Tag Archives: Osama bin Laden
A year after a fearless, anonymous team of Navy SEALs sent Osama bin Laden to wherever mass-murderers go when they die, the commander-in-chief continued his yearlong victory lap with a stop in Afghanistan to sign a framework agreement with Afghan … read more »
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Tagged Afghanistan, afria travel, Al-Qaeda, BarackObama, hamidkarzai, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, NATO, news, obama, Osama bin Laden, South Africa, travel to africa, United States
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A Bosnian-born US citizen has been convicted over a New York suicide-bomb plot and could face a life sentence. Adis Medunjanin and two former schoolmates planned to bomb the New York subway before the 9/11 terror attacks anniversary in 2009. … read more »
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US President Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan on a previously unannounced visit. He is to sign an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai charting future relations with the country. The agreement will outline the US role in Afghanistan after … read more »
WASHINGTON — Cheered by Hollywood stars, President Barack Obama lampooned Mitt Romney’s wealth and mimed a shaggy dog story about his foe, striking a rare light note in the bitter White House race. Obama used an annual star-studded dinner with … read more »
A court in Pakistan on Monday jailed former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two of his daughters for illegally staying in the country and hiding their identity from authorities. The women were sentenced to 45 days in … read more »
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Tagged Abbottabad, Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, IndepthAfrica, ISLAMABAD, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, September 11 attacks, Yemen
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By Abdi Aynte Last month, the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab, which controls vast swathes of territory in south and central Somalia, declared it was joining the al-Qaeda Network. The announcement was hardly surprising: the two groups have been courting each … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged africa african news, Al-Shabaab, AlQaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden, East Africa, indepthafrica africa news, Osama bin Laden, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government
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Nil NIKANDROV A decade ago, the World Trade Center was destroyed in “a terrorist attack” on September 11 in New York. Contrary to all efforts made by the Empire’s propaganda and (dis)information machine, the belief in the complicity of hawks … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bin Laden, CIA, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, United States, Washington, World Trade Center
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Whitney Houston was a secret lesbian and binged on the drugs and alcohol that killed her because she was torn over living a lie, it has been claimed. Rumours have been circulating for 30 years that the singer had had … read more »
Posted in Entertainment, World Entertainment
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Tagged Baptist, BobbyBrown, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, New Jersey, Osama bin Laden, Peter Tatchell, Robyn, Whitney, Whitney Houston
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By Hussein Solomon “Today, I have glad tidings for the Muslim ummah [nation] that will please the believers and disturb the disbelievers, which is the joining of the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia to Qaeda al-Jihad to support the unity … read more »
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Al-Zawahiri, AlQaeda, Arab League, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Osama bin Laden, Somalia, Syria
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Al-Qaida’s decision to formally extend its terror franchise to what once was a nationalist movement in Somalia may only be a desperate joining of hands to prop up two militant groups that are both losing popular support … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged al-Qaida, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Mogadishu, Osama bin Laden, Shabab, Somalia
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I watched Mitch Daniels’ response to the pathetic state of the union address by Barack Obama – and then I fell asleep. It was boring, uninspiring, and unwatchable. Here’s what Mitch Daniels should have said. “Good evening, my fellow Americans. … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Barack Obama, Ben Shapiro, Congress, HarperCollins, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mitch Daniels, obama, Osama bin Laden, United States
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Nigeria’s Jonathan calls on Boko Haram to come out from hiding Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is challenging the violent Islamist sect Boko Haram to come out in the open to clearly state their demands as a basis for talks. (SOUNDBITE) … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Nigeria, Osama bin Laden, Reuters, terrorism
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan challenged the violent Islamist Boko Haram sect on Thursday to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks, while acknowledging that military confrontation alone will not end their insurgency. In an interview … read more »
Last year was supposed to be the one of shattered illusions. From “victories” in Iraq and Afghanistan to the springtime for jihad – not democracy – in the Arab world, the Empire consistently failed to conjure its virtual reality into … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Iraq War, Libya, McDonald, NATO, North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Thomas Friedman
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Osama Bin Laden, the presumed mastermind behind the creation of Al Qaeda, originally formalized a global network of militants mostly comprised of Muslim Brotherhood members. These Brotherhood members, like Ayman al-Zawahiri, tapped into their own personal networks which later socially … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, AlQaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Hezbollah, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Osama bin Laden, Outlaw motorcycle club, Sunni
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Anti-Americanism is, of course, as European as Apfelstrudel. But over the last few years it’s rollercoastered like the stock market. The invasion of Iraq sent it skyrocketing. It was muted somewhat by the election of a black man as President … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Holocaust, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nazi, Nazism, Norway, Osama bin Laden, United States, William Colby, World War II
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By Alan W. Dowd Declaring that the U.S. military and the nation it defends are at a “moment of transition,” President Barack Obama has unveiled a dramatic scaling-back of the military’s role, reach and resources—complete with troop reductions, force redeployments … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Leon Panetta, obama, Osama bin Laden, Pentagon, United States, United States Secretary of Defense
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By Stephen Brown How time flies! It seems only yesterday that we folks in Norway first heard the name Mullah Krekar. The sometime leader of Ansar al-Islam – which narrow-minded individuals insist on calling a terrorist organization, but which I … read more »
Rafe MAIR There was a recent story from Afghanistan that shook me although I don’t know why because it’s scarcely unusual. A raped woman was set free as long as she married her assailant! Is this the society we’re trying … read more »
Posted in Canada, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Canada, George W. Bush, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Osama bin Laden, Soviet Union, United States
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Iranian TV has shown the first video footage of an advanced US drone aircraft that Tehran says it downed near the Afghan border. The film was captioned “RQ170 – advanced US spy plane” and carried on the Vision of the … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Afghanistan, Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel, Osama bin Laden, Tehran, United States, Unmanned aerial vehicle
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October 28, 2011 by benim
Nairobi – While putting few US troops at risk, the United States is playing a growing role in Africa’s military battles, using special forces advisers, drones and tens of millions of dollars in military aid to combat a growing and … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Kenya, Nairobi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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October 26, 2011 by benim
Los Angeles – US President Barack Obama took issue on Tuesday with the broadcasting of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s bloody demise, saying even those who had done “terrible things” deserved decorum in death. Gaddafi was buried in a secret … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jay Leno, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NBC, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Pan African News, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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October 25, 2011 by benim
Tehran – Western countries supported Muammar Gaddafi when it suited them but bombed the Libyan leader when he no longer served their purpose in order to “plunder” the north African country’s oil wealth, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday. … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Iran, Libya, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tehran, United Nations, West Africa, Western world
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October 12, 2011 by benim
The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb in his underwear to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day 2009 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to all charges against him and warned the United States could face “a … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abdulmutallab, Al-Qaeda, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nancy Garlock Edmunds, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Osama bin Laden, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, United States, United States Attorney, West Africa
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October 12, 2011 by benim
The court heard today dramatic details of how passengers screamed in terror at the young Nigerian accused of attempting to detonate a bomb in his underwear to bring down a jetliner. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tuckel described Umar Farouk Abdulmattab … read more »
September 18, 2011 by benim
Lagos – Videos have emerged purporting to show members of a Nigerian Islamist sect preparing for suicide attacks, including a young man said to be responsible for last month’s bombing of UN headquarters. The two videos obtained by AFP are … read more »
September 15, 2011 by benim
The man accused of the Christmas 2009 attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane with explosives hidden in his underpants wasn’t told he had a right to remain silent when interviewed by U.S. investigators, an FBI agent testified. “We … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Detroit, Federal Bureau of Investigation, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Osama bin Laden, Pan African News, Southern Africa, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, West Africa
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September 14, 2011 by benim
On the eleventh of September 2001, the world bore witness to the unimaginable. America, the greatest country on Earth, came under an attack. Like the walls of Jericho, the Twin Towers in New York came tumbling down. Most of us … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, J. Edgar Hoover, Kwame Nkrumah, New York City, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Pan African News, September 11 attacks, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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September 13, 2011 by benim
Al-Qaeda has released a video marking the anniversary of 9/11 which includes a message from its slain leader Osama bin Laden to the American people, monitoring group SITE Intelligence said on Tuesday. SITE said the 62-minute video titled “The Dawn … read more »
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September 11, 2011 by benim
An NYPD police official said tonight terrorists could be trying to masquerade as construction officials in order to carry out an attack during tomorrow’s 9/11 anniversary service. Police are hunting for three stolen vans belonging to construction companies doing work … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, George W. BushX World Trade Center, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, New York City, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Pan African News, Shanksville Pennsylvania, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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