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(CBS) A German resident held by the U.S. for almost five years tells 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley that Americans tortured him in many ways - including hanging him from the ceiling for five days early in his captivity when he was in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Even after determining he was not a terrorist, Murat Kurnaz says the torture continued. Kurnaz tells his story for the first time on American television this Sunday, March 30, at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Kurnaz, an ethnic Turk born and raised in Germany, went to Pakistan in late 2001 at age 19 to study Islam and...

An American man has been detained in the mountains of Pakistan after local authorities found him carrying a sword, pistol and night-vision goggles on a Rambo-style solo mission to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden. Friends and family say construction worker Gary Brooks Faulkner is a devout, good-humored Christian who often talked about building a porch or framing a house — not taking down the world's most-wanted terrorist. They had few clues to explain his 7,300-mile journey. "I'm like, 'What? They got him where?'" said Daren Paredes, a friend who met Faulkner in the northern Colorado town of Greeley....

VIRTUAL KILLTHE CHRIS WALLACE-BILL CLINTON INTERVIEW DECONSTRUCTED HEAR: the only idea clinton was promoting during the interview the devastating case made against bill clinton by: Michael Scheuer, former 'hunting bin Laden' CIA Division Chief, and Richard Miniter, author of Losing Bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror DECONSTRUCTED INTERVIEW (play now) by Mia T, 9.27.06   "Mr. bin Laden used to live in Sudan. He was expelled from Saudi Arabia in '91 and he went to the Sudan. We'd been hearing that the Sudanese wanted America to start dealing with them again. They released him [bin Laden]....

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A top al Qaeda operative, one of the world's most wanted men with a multi-million-dollar price on his head, is resisting questioning by Pakistani interrogators seeking clues to the hiding place of Osama bin Laden, officials said Friday. Investigators are scouring a computer and several disks seized when they captured Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani and 13 others after a 14-hour gunbattle with security forces at the weekend in the city of Gujarat, 110 miles southeast of Islamabad, intelligence sources told Reuters Friday. The suspects were being interrogated in the eastern city of Lahore. But Ghailani, born in Zanzibar...

Osama fled Pakistan through port LAHORE: Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden might have escaped from Pakistan through Karachi or Gwadar. Sources have told Daily Times that US and Pakistani intelligence agencies were investigating a suspect believed to be Bin Laden who travelled from Dera Ismail Khan to Karachi in a truck. “He might have escaped on a private ferry through Karachi or Gwadar port,” the sources said. “Investigations are also underway about his destination. There are equal chances that either he left Pakistan or entered Balochistan. He could have moved into Afghanistan through Balochistan,” the sources added. Sources said...

French troops 'find bin Laden site' FRENCH troops had recently helped track down an area in Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden might have hidden out, France's defence minister said in an interview published today. Michele Alliot-Marie did give specifics on where the location was or whether the fugitive al-Qaeda chief was believed to have remained there. It was also unclear how large of an area she was talking about. "Our men are well-established and know the terrain well," Alliot-Marie was quoted as telling L'Express news magazine. "Thanks to certain information, they in fact recently helped contribute to locating him." Asked...

Iran in contact with al-Qaeda, says Black ISLAMABAD: US State Department’s ambassador-at-large J Cofer Black has claimed that the Iranian government is in contact with al-Qaeda and that it must expel or extradite all members of the network to the countries of their origin. In an exclusive interview with Geo TV, Black said that our intelligence agencies are aware of the presence of some senior al-Qaeda leaders in Iran who are dangerous. He said that "these al-Qaeda operators are not only a threat to the US but they are also a threat to Pakistan". Black appreciated the role of Pakistan...

Bin Laden 'On The Run,' US Official Says Michael Kitchen Islamabad 28 Feb 2004, 15:13 UTC A top U.S. anti-terrorism official says al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is on the run,<./b> amid what officials say is an intensifying hunt for fugitive members of the terror network. The U.S. official says he believes Osama bin Laden will be captured soon. Ambassador J. Cofer Black, coordinator for the State Department counter-terrorism office, say the United States and its allies will find Osama bin Laden. "I feel confident that it will be sooner rather than later, although I'm not going to speculate on...

Pakistani Forces Chase al-Qaida Members By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press Writer February 27, 2004, 12:55 PM EST ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani forces moved into selected areas of their country's border with Afghanistan after satellite telephone intercepts indicated al-Qaida members were hiding there, security officials told The Associated Press on Friday. There was no indication al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was involved in the conversations, but two intelligence officials said participants discussed a man called "Shaikh" -- a code name for bin Laden. "Some people who were speaking in Arabic have been heard saying Shaikh is in good health," one of...

A son of Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, has been captured by Pakistani forces, one of Pakistan's leading newspapers reported today. The Urdu-language Jang daily said Khalid al-Zawahri was arrested in an operation yesterday against al-Qaeda suspects in South Waziristan, a semi-autonomous area bordering Afghanistan. The report, quoting diplomatic sources, said Khalid was handed over to US custody soon after the arrest and flown out of Pakistan. Military and government officials declined to confirm or deny the report.

Bin Laden on the Move Al Qaeda Chief, Top Aide Believed to Be Back in Afghanistan By Brian Ross Feb. 24— Osama bin Laden and his No. 2 man have moved out of Pakistan and are believed to have crossed the mountainous border back into Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence officials tell ABCNEWS. The intelligence reports come as Arabic television stations aired audiotapes purportedly made by bin Laden's top aide, Ayman al-Zawahri. In one of the tapes, a man said to be Zawahri taunts President Bush and threatens new attacks on the United States. Zawahri and his boss, bin Laden, moved out...

Pakistani Forces Detain 20 in New Hunt Pakistani Forces Detain 20 People During New Hunt for Bin Laden, al-Qaida Militants The Associated Press WANA, Pakistan Feb. 24 — Pakistani forces backed by helicopters and artillery leveled three houses and detained at least 20 people Tuesday, sweeping through villages in a remote border region where Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida militants are believed to be hiding. The searches near the town of Wana, just a few miles from the border with Afghanistan, began after dawn, as paramilitary and army troops moved into areas where the fugitives are believed to have taken...

KARACHI - A massive land and air military operation on either side of the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is now under way, with the main goals of catching leading commanders of the Afghan resistance, as well as Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar. The focal point of the operation at this point is the tribal areas of North and South Waziristan on the Pakistani side, and Paktia and Paktika in Afghanistan. On Sunday, Pakistani Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat confirmed that Pakistani paramilitary troops had been deployed in these tribal areas. In the coming weeks, the operation...

WANA: A marked increase has been witnessed in the number of coalition forces in eastern Afghan provinces to hunt down al-Qaeda and Taliban elements believed to be hiding in the border areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Local tribesmen, who are able to move both sides of the Durand Line, claimed of the unprecedented movement of the US and other allied forces in Birmal area of Paktika province of Afghanistan during the week. Dozens of helicopters are hovering over the area day and night, which sends signals of fear and uncertainty among the tribesmen living on both sides of the divide.The...