http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obl/ en-us Mon, 6 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 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/2080468/posts The Sayyid Qutb Reader Selected Writings on Politics, Religion, and Society Edited by Albert J. Bergesen Routledge, 2008 0415954258 (paperback; $34.95) 041595424X (hardback; $135.00) Preface It has been said that perhaps no writer has occupied so central a place within the universe of political Islam in the second half of the twentieth century as Egypt's Sayyid Qutb, and if one wants to understand the mind of radical Muslims, one needs to know what they read, or have read, and they read Sayyid Qutb. In general, his work has been divided into three periods. The earliest (1920-1947) centers on more literary... Routledge Publishing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080468/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:06:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058339/posts WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2008 – The first detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to have his case brought to trial was sentenced today by a military panel there to 66 months in prison for providing material support to terrorism. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, who served as Osama bin Laden’s driver, was tried and sentenced under the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Following a two-week trial, a military jury yesterday found Hamdan guilty of providing material support to terrorism, but not of the more serious charge of conspiracy. Navy Capt. Keith Allred, the military judge, sentenced him to 66 months confinement but... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058339/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:29:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051361/posts He told CNN's Wolf Blitzer, "We have various options. The Nuremberg Trials are certainly an example of the kind of tribunal that we could move forward with. I don't think we'd have any difficulty in devising an international -- internationally supported mechanism that would mete out justice. There's no problem there." McCain said it would be a "good thing to reveal to the world the enormity of this guy's crimes, and his intentions, which are still there." CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051361/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:20:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048924/posts In his interview with CBS News, Obama says: Logan: Because you do have a situation seven years on into this war where Osama bin Laden and all his lieutenants and all the leaders of the Taliban, they’re still there. And they’re inside Pakistan. Obama: Right. It’s a huge problem. And first of all, if we hadn’t taken our eye off the ball, we might have caught them before they got into Pakistan and were able to reconstitute themselves. Several times in recent interviews, Obama has referred to "taken our eye off the ball" in terms of the invasion of Iraq,... The Campaign Spot at NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048924/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047712/posts Mexico to honor Sen. Kennedy for work on immigration Friday, July 18, 2008 - Updated 7m ago MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government is honoring U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy for his defense of immigrant rights. Mexico announced today it will award Kennedy the Aguila Azteca, the highest honor the government can bestow on foreign dignitaries. An announcement on Mexico’s federal registry says Kennedy will be presented with a sash in the United States. Mexico says the Massachusetts Democrat has denounced injustices against migrants and "highlighted the importance of addressing illegal immigration by looking for an integral solution." Kennedy co-sponsored an... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047712/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:57:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035553/posts Barack Obama Hasn’t a Clue: Here’s Why Osama Bin Laden Hasn’t Been Captured Yet by Gregory D. Lee It has been six-and-a-half years since the 9/11 attacks and Osama Bin Laden still hasn't been captured. Is Barack Obama correct when he claims that President Bush lost sight of OBL when military operations shifted to Iraq? Or is OBL dead from liver disease or from the intense bombing of Tora Bora during the Afghanistan offensive? From my personal experiences living and working in Pakistan for four years in the mid-1990s as a Supervisory Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration, I'm... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035553/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:05:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033475/posts This "as President" talk by Barack Obama on what he would do about Osama bin Laden is political gobbledygook: "First of all, I think there is an executive order out on Osama bin Laden's head. And if I'm president, and we have the opportunity to capture him, we may not be able to capture him alive." -- June 18, 2008 There is no publicly known Presidential Executive Order "out on Osama bin Laden's head." The administration has never acknowledged whether President George W. Bush has or has not signed an Executive Order that states the policy of the United States... 911FamiliesForAmerica.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033475/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:25:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028187/posts Osama Bin LadenNew Yorkers last week were reminded yet again of the horrors of the 9/11 attacks, when their unrepentant mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was arraigned in Guantanamo Bay. But few are aware a tectonic shift has taken place beneath the headlines in the wider war on terrorism - one that could within a few years significantly lower the likelihood of terror returning to New York's streets. This is because Al Qaeda has gotten itself into hot water with the one constituency that it cannot afford to alienate: its fellow jihadists.Over the past year, a growing number of very consequential... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028187/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 05:48:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997240/posts Absolut-ely Ridiculous Rick Moran Take a look at this map that Absolut Vodka is using in its latest campaign in Mexico and the US: Now I have an open mind about a lot of things. But somehow, giving California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, and about 4 other states to Mexico because they don't like a treaty they signed after losing a war 160 years ago seems a little too much in the way of good neighborliness if you ask me. The word is "reconquista." The open borders crowd tells us that this is a myth, that the issue of... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997240/posts#comment Sat, 5 Apr 2008 18:10:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995972/posts 'Osama bin Laden is Planning Something for the US Election' US author Steve Coll spent years looking into Osama bin Laden's family. Now, his new book provides a unique insight into the clan. SPIEGEL spoke with him about where the terrorist might be hiding, how his father got his start, and the unique romantic liasons pursued by one of his brothers. SPIEGEL: Mr. Coll, Osama bin Laden recently broke a long silence. He threatened Europe and called for the "liberation" of the Gaza Strip. How seriously should we take these missives? Do they tell us anything about him or about... SPIEGEL Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995972/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:07:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993807/posts A jihadist Web site Wednesday posted a message from Osama bin Laden chiding the European Union for allowing newspapers to republish cartoons insulting the prophet Muhammad. In his five-minute audio message entitled, "The Response Is What You See, Not What You Hear," bin Laden accuses Europeans of abandoning the "etiquettes of disputes and morals of fighting." Bin Laden says he considers the reprinting of the cartoons a more serious offense than the killing of women and children. He also adds the revenge for republishing the cartoons "will be more severe." Bin Laden concludes his message by saying if there are... ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993807/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:29:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986961/posts The amazing series of events that led to an Al Qaeda terrorist manual becoming freely available on the internet can be revealed today. Only last week a terror suspect was jailed in Britain for having a copy of it and told that its possession was a serious criminal offence. But the deadly document, described as a Declaration of Jihad, is a public record in the US after being translated from Arabic and typed up for MI5, passed to the American authorities and then declassified by the Department of Justice. The manual includes advice on planning kidnappings, bombings, assassinations and torture.... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986961/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:16:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985847/posts The US captured an al-Qaeda terrorist who played an instrumental role in helping Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan after 9/11. Mohammed Rahim now sits in a Guantanamo Bay cell after his capture, arriving there this week, although the CIA won’t say when or where they caught him: The Pentagon says authorities have captured a high-level al-Qaida figure who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001.Officials declined to say when or where Mohammad Rahim was captured — announcing only that he was handed over by the CIA to the Pentagon earlier this week and is being held at... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985847/posts#comment Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:54:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984426/posts The Jordanians had held Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi without trial for several years without trial, but could apparently find no charges to bring against him.  Earlier today, the man described as more influential in al-Qaeda than either Osama bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri went free from the prison where he mentored Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who founded al-Qaeda in Iraq: Jordanian authorities on Wednesday released Jordanian Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi, a leading al-Qaeda mentor, after several years imprisonment without trial, security sources said.They said Maqdisi, who was regarded as the spiritual mentor of slain al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984426/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:05:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968669/posts U.S. intelligence agencies are beginning to suspect that Al Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden is dead after all, despite a recent audio tape exhorting Al Qaida terrorists in Iraq. The Al Qaida leader who was the main force behind the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, was last heard on an audio tape released Dec. 30. The tape mentioned Iraqis who are opposing Al Qaida, but there has been no specific time referenced from his last two messages. An earlier message in October also exhorted Al Qaida to fight in Iraq. Questions about Bin Laden are being... World Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968669/posts#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:11:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962252/posts Which target got a million-dollar missile in the rear yesterday? ABC News reports that Pakistani officials believe they killed someone high up the al-Qaeda food chain with a missile strike yesterday, but they're not saying who it might be. Hopes have been raised in the past, but usually have wound up either killing lower-level figures or, as George Bush famously noted, a camel and a ten-dollar tent: Pakistani intelligence sources say they believe a "high-value" al Qaeda target was killed in a missile strike yesterday in the country's tribal region bordering Afghanistan. U.S. officials said there was no indication that... Captain's Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962252/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:03:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960556/posts WEST COLUMBIA — When private property gets in the way of a road project, its owners will be moving out of the way, one way or another, in almost every case. With a widening of Highway 36 on the horizon and state and federal officials ready to drive the Trans-Texas Corridor through the Lone Star State, many land-owning Texans are preparing to defend their property from their own government. Brazoria County residents troubled by the looming eminent domain fights came to the Gulf Coast Christian Center on Saturday morning to voice their views to Tom Lizardo, chief of staff for... The Facts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960556/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:47:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955399/posts CAIRO, Egypt - Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father — except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there's the black leather biker jacket. The 26-year-old does not renounce his father, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but in an interview with The Associated Press, he said there is better way to defend Islam than militancy: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West. Omar — one of bin Laden's 19 children — raised a tabloid storm last year when he married a 52-year-old British woman, Jane... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955399/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:16:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955325/posts CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father—except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there's the black leather biker jacket. The 26-year-old does not renounce his father, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but in an interview with The Associated Press, he said there is better way to defend Islam than militancy: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West. Omar—one of bin Laden's 19 children—raised a tabloid storm last year when he married a 52-year-old British woman, Jane Felix-Browne, who took the name... breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955325/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:21:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1936962/posts Conservative and liberal bloggers alike are buzzing about Mitt Romney's alleged statement to an Islamic businessman that he "cannot see that a Cabinet position would be justified" for a Muslim, based on the percentage of Muslims in the U.S. Romney quickly disputed businessman Mansoor Ijaz's account of their exchange, but Ijaz stands by his telling. To make matters worse for Romney, TPM Election Central just dropped another bomb: apparently two NV GOPers had asked Romney a similar question several months ago and gotten a similar answer, which one of them even described as "racist." Will this hurt Romney among IA... The Hotline at National Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1936962/posts#comment Sun, 9 Dec 2007 15:07:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1919532/posts Bin Laden's latest tape--translated http://mfile.akamai.com/5020/wma/rushlimb.download.akamai.com/5020/New/osamamessage.asx http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1919532/posts#comment Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:59:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918109/posts When al-Qaida’s media arm released its first Osama Bin Laden video in nearly three years, most of the media attention was focused on Bin Laden's beard. It appeared either dyed — or perhaps even pasted on. He was ridiculed and a variety of theories were offered to explain it. But now, there is a running debate among video analysts about whether al-Qaida faked the video altogether —that rather than being new, the September 7 message may have been something recorded at the same time as his last video in October 2004 (and then released with new audio). The point of... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1918109/posts#comment Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:22:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1916794/posts A Simple Way to End the War on Terror by Yacka Jah Yacka Tue Oct 23, 2007 at 09:03:20 PM PDT While it appears from more than one point of view that the War in Iraq and the War on Terror are situations from which we may never be able to extricate ourselves, from the mountains of Pakistan comes a very simple solution: convert to Islam. Before we reject this out of hand, lets seriously consider it for a moment: Osama Bin Laden promised the wars would be over if Americans convert to Islam. This may sound like a lot... Moonbat Central (Daily Kos) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1916794/posts#comment Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:19:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916736/posts Bronxville, N.Y. - In yet another sign of trouble for Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden publicly conceded that his like-minded militants in Iraq "made mistakes." In an audiotape broadcast by Al Jazeera this week, he sounds deeply anxious about the survival of Al Qaeda in Iraq – a group that is largely independent of his own organization but adheres to a similar ideology. Al Qaeda's top leader appealed to Sunni Arab tribes and other armed Iraqi Sunni groups to stop fighting Al Qaeda members and unite against the real enemy – the US-led coalition. Al Qaeda in Iraq faces growing... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916736/posts#comment Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:40:59 GMT