http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/elvisbinladen/ en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:19:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226352/posts Claims of the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden seem to be as common as sightings of David Duchovny at porn shops. It is tempting to dismiss all such accounts as hearsay and rumors, but current reports focus on three areas of the world as the most likely hideout for the globe’s most wanted man: Parachinar, Pakistan; Chitra, Pakistan; and most shockingly, the Islamic Republic of Iran. While it is often argued bin Laden would never receive harbor on Iranian territory, this is the location most identified by eyewitness reports available to the public, allowing for a detailed chronology of his... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226352/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:19:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222388/posts Osama bin Laden’s passion for falcon hunting may have come close to doing him in two years ago, when an American falconer working with a Tajik smuggler and a team of former special forces operators planned to kidnap the fugitive terrorist during a hunt in northeastern Iran, according to one of the people involved in the scheme. The plan was scuttled when FBI officials in Boston threatened to arrest members of the snatch team for violating the Neutrality Act — even though the State Department has been running a “Rewards for Justice” program offering private citizens up to $25 million... News Max http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222388/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:46:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135395/posts If the audio message purportedly from al Qaeda's deputy leader is authentic, we have finally heard from a representative of the terror organization about the American election. It was wholly expected that there would be such a tape, though the content, with its references to Malcolm X might be considered somewhat surprising --although in recent tapes al Qaeda's leaders have occasionally referenced critics of American society and foreign policy such as Noam Chomsky and Malcolm X. On the tape, the deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, seeks to make President-elect Barack Obama seem like an apostate for his support of Israel and... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135395/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:51:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124248/posts War On Terror: Halloween came and went this election year with no "October surprise" from Osama bin Laden. Is he busy preparing an attack? More like too frightened to rear his ugly head.The reason al-Qaida's kingpin issued no videotaped message this time — or at least during October, as many presumed he would — has more to do with the pressure we've finally brought to bear on his redoubts inside Pakistan. U.S. forces have launched 19 drone-fired and other missile strikes against al-Qaida and Taliban targets within the past eight weeks alone. One of them took out the No. 4-ranking... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124248/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 02:32:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121728/posts MIRANSHAH/ WANA: A total of 33 people, majority of them foreigners, were killed in two separate U.S. drone strikes in Pak-Afghan bordering areas of North and South Waziristan late Friday. In the first attack two missiles were fired that destroyed a vehicle and a house in Mir Ali, a town in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region that is a known hub of Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, sources said. The latest targeted an Al-Qaeda operative, possibly an Iraqi, but officials citing local intelligence reports said he was not believed to be among the dead. Officials gave the targeted militant's name... The News International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121728/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 15:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121535/posts ISLAMABAD (AFP) — An Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative described by the United States as the terror network's propaganda chief was killed in a missile strike in Pakistan, security officials said Saturday. Abu Jihad al-Masri was among several rebels killed when two missiles fired by a suspected US spy drone hit a truck in the North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Friday night, they said. The United States has offered a one-million-dollar bounty for the death or capture of al-Masri, who has appeared in an anti-Western video introduced by Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's number two. "The strike was aimed at... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121535/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:30:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120115/posts U.S. intelligence agencies expect al-Qaida to release a message from Osama bin Laden just before or after next week's presidential election, ABC News reports. Sources told ABC that intelligence analysts believe bin Laden's followers may consider him irrelevant if he is not heard from at such a critical time. kfyr.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120115/posts#comment Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:43:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116240/posts ISLAMABAD: World's most wanted fugitive, al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is reportedly writing a book on the struggle of his terrorist network that dispenses money, logistical support and training to radical groups in over 50 countries. The book, being written in Arabic, will later be translated into English. Bin Laden decided to write the book to counter "propaganda" against al-Qaida, Geo News channel reported. Bin Laden is writing the book with the assistance of a "young man with a Middle Eastern background who will later translate the text into English", the channel reported. The book will reportedly highlight atrocities... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116240/posts#comment Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:45:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115053/posts PST, Friday, October 24, 2008     KARACHI: Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden is busy these days writing a book in Arabic language on the so-called struggle of his outfit, according to al-Qaeda sources. The book will be later translated into English, the sources said, adding that Bin Laden decided to pen a book on his organization as a response to the ‘negative propaganda and insufficient information’ about al-Qaeda. “He is writing the book with the assistance of a young man with a Middle Eastern background who will later translate the text into English,” sources said. In the book, Osama has... The News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115053/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:02:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114887/posts KHAR, Pakistan — Pakistan's army said Saturday that it has captured a key militant stronghold near the Afghan border, a breakthrough in an offensive against the Taliban and Al Qaeda that has sent nearly 200,000 civilians fleeing for safety. Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan said government forces captured Loi Sam, a strategic town in the Bajur tribal region, earlier this week "and killed the militants who were hiding there." fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114887/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:07:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113266/posts LAPD Chief William Bratton warns that Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda could be preparing an attack to disrupt or influence the U.S. elections. Bratton said in a New York Daily News opinion piece, "Bin Laden probably realizes it could become markedly more difficult to paint the United States as the great Satan with a new president who is admired internationally." ABC TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113266/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:43:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112958/posts A senior al Qaeda operational commander is believed to have been killed recently in Pakistan's South Waziristan region, several U.S. officials told CNN Wednesday. The officials identified the man as Khalid Habib, who is considered to have been an operations coordinator for al Qaeda in the tribal region along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border where al Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden, are believed to be hiding. One official described him as the "chief of external operations" for al Qaeda. Officially, the U.S. intelligence assessment is that Habib was "probably" killed last Thursday, because there is no final DNA match, but there... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112958/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:43:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112590/posts I have, from good and reliable sources, information suggesting that the Hon. R. Barclay Surrick will come down with an order and memorandum either on Thursday or Friday.... Common sense, for the past two months, has told me that Philip Berg's case will be eventually dismissed on grounds of lack of standing. Nevertheless, I have had a gut feeling that Judge Surrick may very well just surprise us all -- the information I have been getting over the past 24-36 hours reinforces that gut feeling. Thank you, and keep your fingers crossed for not only a decision, but a favorable... America's Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112590/posts#comment Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:26:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112617/posts Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton announced Wednesday that he believes Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden might try to influence next month's U.S. presidential election through a terrorist attack or some less dramatic tactic. "With so much at stake in these elections, Bin Laden will probably attempt to make his opinion count," wrote Bratton in an article published on the opinion page of the New York Daily News. Bratton co-wrote the article with R.P. Eddy, former director of counter-terrorism at the National Security Council. Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112617/posts#comment Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:59:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109912/posts Appearing on "Meet the Press" Sunday, Colin Powell claimed one reason he is endorsing Barack Obama is that fellow Republicans are spreading falsehoods about him. Specifically, Powell claimed Republicans are spreading the claim that Obama is a "Muslim." "I'm also troubled by, not what Sen. McCain says, but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said such things as: 'Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim,'" Powell said. He quickly continued: "Well, the correct answer is: He is not a Muslim. He's a Christian. He's always been a Christian." But Powell's statement is... newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109912/posts#comment Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:49:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107487/posts Accused terror suspect Jack Thomas heard Osama bin Laden tell an al-Qaeda training camp before the September 11 attacks that "something big was going to happen," a Melbourne court heard on Wednesday. Former Melbourne taxi driver Joseph Terrence Thomas told ABC current affairs program Four Corners in 2005 that he did not know the al Farouk camp in Afghanistan he attended was an al-Qaeda training camp. In the unedited version of the Four Corners interview played to a Victorian Supreme Court jury on Wednesday, Thomas, 35, says he travelled to Afghanistan to help the country get back on its feet... AAP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107487/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:45:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106163/posts The U.S. military says the No. 2 leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq has been killed by Coalition forces during an Oct. 5 operation in the northern city of Mosul. The military has positively identified the insurgent leader as a Moroccan known as Abu Qaswarah or Abu Sara. FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106163/posts#comment Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:36:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098488/posts CBS) Shortly after 9/11, the Pentagon ordered a top secret team of American commandos into Afghanistan with a single, simple order: kill Osama bin Laden. It was America's best chance to eliminate the leader of al Qaeda. The inside story of exactly what happened in that mission, and how close it came to its objective has never been told until now. The man you are about to meet was the officer in command, leading a team from the U.S. Army's mysterious Delta Force - a unit so secret, it's often said Delta doesn't exist. But you are about to see... CBS Online via The Spartan Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098488/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:55:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098430/posts (CBS) Shortly after 9/11, the Pentagon ordered a top secret team of American commandos into Afghanistan with a single, simple order: kill Osama bin Laden. It was America's best chance to eliminate the leader of al Qaeda. The inside story of exactly what happened in that mission, and how close it came to its objective has never been told until now. cbs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098430/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098340/posts Despite the lies told by the press and by John Kerry, special forces did in fact try to kill Bin Laden at Tora Bora. The biggest challenge in the operation was in fact the terrain. Afghan fighters who were to actually lead the charge ended up turning on the US forces during a cease fire they had with al Qaeda. Then there is the big issue as told by the officer, I'm A Pundit Too http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098340/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 01:14:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097360/posts Howie just posted that a Al Qaeda tape is out featuring Adam Gadahn...it is recent as it mentions the resignation of Mushy and the new Pakistani leader Zardari. Link Jawa Report Jawa Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097360/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 13:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094745/posts Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri narrowly escaped arrest by the Pakistani military, according to an Islamist militant leader. Naji Ibrahim, leader of the Islamist militant organisation, Jemaah Islamiyah made the claim in an interview with Egyptian daily al-Misriun. The Pakistani military had reportedly located al-Zawahiri's hiding place in the lawless tribal areas controlled by the Pakistani Taliban, also thought to be a haven for Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden. The US State Department has offered a 25 million dollar reward for the Egyptian-born doctor, who has delivered numerous audio and video messages urging militants to continue the fight against the United... AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094745/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:55:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093717/posts Taliban leader Mullah Omar has urged United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan to withdraw or face a similar defeat to occupying Soviet troops a generation ago. In a rare message posted on militant websites and monitored by the US-based SITE intelligence group, Omar offered a bargain to the US-led forces that drove the Taliban from power in 2001 but are now fighting a fierce insurgency by the Islamist militia. "Reconsider your wrong decision of wrong occupation and seek a safe exit to withdraw your forces," said the message, which the Taliban said came from Omar. "If you leave our... AuBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093717/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:11:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092897/posts Pakistani police capture al Qaeda's Karachi commander By Bill RoggioSeptember 26, 2008 10:57 AM Pakistani police detained a senior leader af al Qaeda's network in Karachi during raids in the southern city as more information on al Qaeda's network inPakistan comes to light. Police captured a senior terrorist leader named Rahimullah during a early morning raid in the port city. Rahimullah's capture led to a follow-on raid that targeted a suicide bombing cell. Three terrorists were killed during the raid after throwing hand grenades at the police. A gun battle and an explosion was reported. Police indicated the bombers blew... The Long War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092897/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:53:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088165/posts The number of Muslims around the world who say suicide attacks are acceptable has fallen sharply in the past six years, as has Muslims' confidence in Osama bin Laden, a survey by a US think-tank showed Thursday. But, the Pew Research Center warned in its Global Attitudes Project, significant minorities of Muslims in eight countries surveyed continue to endorse suicide bombings and support the Al-Qaeda leader. In Lebanon, the number of Muslims who said suicide attacks can be justified often or sometimes in defense of Islam fell by 42 percent between 2002 to this year, the study showed. But although... Daily News Egypt http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088165/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:27:20 GMT