May 07, 2011 · Great, definitive biographies are rarely written by their subjects’ contemporaries. Generations often pass before sufficient evidence can be amassed
May 05, 2011 · WASHINGTON — There were 79 people on the assault team that killed Osama bin Laden, but in the end, the success of the mission turned on some two dozen men who landed inside the Qaeda leader’s compound, made their way to his bedroom and shot him at close range — all while knowing that the
Apr 29, 2018 · The American hero — who’s credited with firing the head shots that took down bin Laden — also shouted out New York’s finest in his caption, saying
May 19, 2016 · ‘I thank Islam for bin Laden.’ Yuri Kochiyama was a Japanese-American who was placed in an internment camp as a adult during World War II and went on to a lengthy career as an activist.
How the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden unfolded and where it happened.
Al-Qaeda (/ æ l ˈ k aɪ d ə, ˌ æ l k ɑː ˈ iː d ə /; Arabic: القاعدة al-qāʿidah, IPA: [ælqɑːʕɪdɐ], translation: “The Base”, “The Foundation” or “The Fundament” and alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qæda and sometimes al-Qa’ida) is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin
1. Osama bin Laden was ‘created’ by the CIA . He did not receive any direct funding or training from the US during the 1980s. Nor did his followers. The Afghan mujahideen, via Pakistan’s ISI intelligence agency, received large amounts of both.
In January, the U.S. government released 49 new documents seized in 2011 from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Among the items — the fourth and final batch of bin Laden documents made public since 2012 — is a letter addressed to a senior colleague in North Africa in which
It tells US president the 1,800-mile barrier will help end the Afghan war and reduce terrorism
So we were told Bin Laden died in 2001. Then we were told he was dead in 2002. And 2005 and 2006 and 2007 and 2009 before he was killed again in 2011. So which is it? And how do we know? Good question. Join James as he explores this and other conundrums in the 39th edition of Questions For Corbett
