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Sikhs say attacks on community are ‘collateral damage’ of 9/11
Harjit Jeji Shergill would not go so far as to say there was an inevitability to the murder of six Sikh worshipers at his local temple, but after years of people venomously calling him “Bin Laden” he feared it might come to this somewhere in America. As Oak Creek’s Sikh…
Pakistan ‘CIA doctor’ appeals conviction
Lawyers representing the Pakistani doctor jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden appealed against his conviction on Friday. Shakeel Afridi was on May 23 sentenced to 33 years in jail under Pakistan’s archaic system of tribal justice, worsening Pakistan’s already precarious relationship with the United States. He was…
Rumsfeld says bin Laden killing not ‘gutsy’ call
WASHINGTON — Former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has scoffed at praise for President Barack Obama for ordering the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying he would have recommended the operation in a minute. The blunt-talking and controversial former Pentagon chief, best known for the Iraq invasion, was asked in…
Amnesty criticizes U.S. for ‘unlawful’ bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON — Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the “unlawful” killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US commando raid in Pakistan last May. “The US administration made clear that the operation had been conducted under the USA’s theory…
Rep. Peter King voices alarm over Osama bin Laden film project
WASHINGTON — A US lawmaker Wednesday demanded the Pentagon and the CIA justify their cooperation with Hollywood filmmakers planning a movie about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and said state secrets may have been exposed. Republican Peter King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, cited newly…
Pakistani doctor who worked with CIA to find bin Laden jailed
The Pakistani medical official who ran a fake CIA vaccination programme to help find Osama bin Laden has been jailed for 33 years. A spokesman for Khyber Agency, an administrative unit in Pakistan’s restless frontier, said Dr Shakil Afridi would face decades in jail – despite calls from senior US…
Ex-CIA agent: President Clinton missed chance to kill Osama bin Laden
Appearing on CBS News Sunday, former CIA agent Hank Crumpton revealed that the U.S. had a chance to kill terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden months before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but the Clinton administration didn’t take the shot. While using an unmanned aerial drone to spy on members…
Egyptian presidential frontrunner calls Israel a ‘racist state’
A leading Islamist candidate in Egypt’s presidential election has branded Israel a “racist state” and said a shared 1979 peace treaty was “a national security threat” that should be revised. Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh also denounced Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden’s assassination by US special forces as an act of…
Letters reveal anxious bin Laden, divided Al-Qaeda
The United States released letters Thursday from Osama bin Laden’s compound that revealed a divided Al-Qaeda and an anxious leader worried about his network’s image among Muslims, even as he yearned to strike again at US targets. A year after bin Laden was killed by US Navy SEALs at his Pakistani hideout, the White House…
Bin Laden worried about ‘unnecessary’ Muslim deaths
Osama bin Laden was deeply worried about “unnecessary” Muslim casualties from Al-Qaeda attacks and called on his deputies to spare civilian lives to shore up his network’s image, according to letters from his compound published Thursday. A year after bin Laden was killed by US Navy SEALs at his Pakistani…
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