Osama Bin Laden

Notes from Kabul: Al Qaeda defeat “within reach”
The new US Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, has just arrived in the Afghan capital, Kabul. His unannounced visit comes just one week after assuming his position. Speaking with journalists shortly before his arrival, Panetta said that a defeat of Al Qaeda was quote “within reach.” Why is Panetta so confident? Kabul, Afghanistan — Following the death of Osama…
By Roee Ruttenberg July 9, 2011
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Robert Fisk on Osama Bin Laden; Middle East revolutions more important
Robert Fisk on Al Jazeera English this morning recalls meeting Osama Bin Laden and pontificates on Al Qaeda’s irrelevance in the current Arab world. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZPjB4WHQs&feature=player_embedded#at=85[/youtube] h/t Antony Lowenstein
By Joseph Dana May 3, 2011
Hamas condemnation of Bin Laden’s killing: Bad PR
While Israel was observing Holocaust Remembrance on Monday, the US was celebrating the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, seen to be a huge success for the US Administration and a victory for the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The news certainly brought a very patriotic mood to New York, and according…
By Mairav Zonszein May 2, 2011
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