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Indians to Rescue Cavalry in Hunt for Bin Laden
Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:26:00 +0000 | Newsvina Asia
No fooling! An elite corps of Native American trackers, called the Shadow Wolves, is being deployed to Central Asia to help in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Their normal turf, border patrol on the Tohono O'Odham Reservation in Arizona, is challenging:
The al-Qaeda 'caravan' visits Algiers
Thu, 12 April 2007 19:00:00 +0700 | atimes.com
The decision by Algeria's Salafist Group for Call and Combat to pledge allegiance to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda fits well into the primary mission bin Laden has defined for his organization: instigating and inspiring Muslims to move their focus from nationalist preoccupations to the more distant enemy, the US and its allies. Nevertheless, as Wednesday's bomb attacks in the Algerian capital Algiers illustrate, this does not mean Islamists will stop attacks in their own countries. - Michael Scheuer
A Taliban Leader in Pakistan Says He Would Aid bin Laden
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:28:16 EDT | New York Times
A Pakistani Taliban commander in the country?s tribal regions said he would give Osama bin Laden protection if he so desires.
World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Like Rushdie, a Lofty Title for Bin Laden
Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:58:22 EDT | New York Times
A group of clerics, the Pakistan Ulema Council, said they had given Osama bin Laden the title Saifullah, or sword of Allah, in response to the British government?s decision to give Salman Rushdie, the author of ?The Satanic Verses,? a knighthood. The chairman of the council, Tahir Ashrafi, said that since Mr. Rushdie, who is considered a blasphemer by many Muslims in Pakistan, had been given the title ?Sir,? then Mr. bin Laden, a holy warrior in the eyes of the council, should be given a parallel title. The gesture was a more lighthearted reaction to the honor for Mr. Rushdie than the noisy protests of demonstrators in some cities of Pakistan. On Monday, Pakistan?s Parliament passed a resolution condemning the knighthood and said it should be withdrawn.
Bin Laden, on Tape, Urges Pakistanis to Oust Musharraf
Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:07:49 GMT | New York Times
In a recording released Thursday, Osama bin Laden urged Muslims in Pakistan to rise up against President Pervez Musharraf, whom he called an apostate.
Benazir Bhutto accuses Osama Bin Laden's son from beyond the grave - Times Online
Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:32:15 +0000 | Newsvina Asia
IN A POSTHUMOUS autobiography excerpted in The Sunday Times today,names the 16-year-old son of Osama Bin Laden as the leader of one of four gangs of "designated assassins" sent to kill her.
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