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Pentagon: Navy SEAL book contains classified information
The Pentagon said Tuesday a new book by a former Navy SEAL on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information, an allegation that could expose the author to prosecution. The Defense Department has already threatened legal action over “No Easy Day,” which went on sale in book stores Tuesday, but officials had previously…
Navy SEAL’s book on Bin Laden raid differs from official US account
A book by a member of the US commando team that killed Osama bin Laden at his Pakistani hideout contradicts some details of the operation as presented by President Barack Obama’s administration, media reported Wednesday. “No Easy Day”, which is due to be released on September 4, offers a first-hand…
Author of bin Laden raid memoir facing death threats after being outed
The former Navy SEAL team member who wrote an eyewitness account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden under a pseudonym for his own safety has been the subject of online death threats after his identity was released by both Fox News and the Associated Press. According to NBC…
SEAL commando’s book on killing Bin Laden ignites new election battle
NEW YORK — US Navy SEALs are used to bullets and bombs, but a book by one of the commandos who killed Osama bin Laden has deployed the secretive unit into the even bigger electoral battle for the White House. “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account Of The Mission That…
Obama dismisses criticism from veterans group
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama said Monday that he was not bothered by an outspoken political attack made on him by a group of former CIA spies and US special forces troops. The group claims to have no partisan affiliation, but last week’s remarks mirrored claims by Republican presidential…
Tea party billboard compares Obama to Osama bin Laden
A small group of protesters in Elkhart, Indiana gathered near a tea party billboard on Monday, decrying the political ad for comparing President Barack Obama to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. The billboard, paid for by a tea party group We the People of Marshall and Fulton County, says: “The…
U.S. diplomats in Pakistan ‘facing harassment’
WASHINGTON — US diplomats working in Pakistan face increasing harassment amid a sharp deterioration in ties in the wake of last year’s killing of Osama bin Laden, a State Department report said. Such harassment and obstruction is described by US embassy staff as “deliberate, willful and systematic,” according to the…
French Al-Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan
A French militant described as an Al-Qaeda leader linked to the 9/11 attacks has been captured in Pakistan, experts and a Pakistani official said Wednesday. Naamen Meziche was detained after disclosures by Younis al-Mauritani, apparently tasked by Osama bin Laden to plot attacks on Australia, Europe and the US and…
U.S. confident in killing top Al-Qaeda leader with drone strike
The United States said Tuesday it was certain a CIA drone strike killed Al-Qaeda number two Abu Yahya al-Libi, claiming its top scalp from the terror group since eliminating Osama bin Laden. A US official told AFP that Washington had a “high degree of confidence” that Libi was killed in…
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…
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