News for 'Osama Laden'

Was taking out Osama a US-Pak operation?

Was taking out Osama a US-Pak operation?

Rediff.com3 May 2011

Security Expert B Raman wonders whether the operation in Abbotabad, which finally killed Osama Bin Laden was an exclusive United States operation or in collaboration with Pakistan.

Pentagon considers legal action over bin Laden book

Pentagon considers legal action over bin Laden book

Rediff.com31 Aug 2012

The Pentagon has warned to take legal action against a former Navy SEAL who has written a first-person account of the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, saying that he has violated his signed agreement not to divulge classified information.

Pak intelligence believes Bin Laden is dead

Pak intelligence believes Bin Laden is dead

Rediff.com27 Apr 2009

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said his intelligence believes that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is dead, but admitted they have no proof.

Taliban co-founder gave away bin Laden: Report

Taliban co-founder gave away bin Laden: Report

Rediff.com30 May 2011

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaked the whereabouts of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to American investigators, the Sunday Mirror reported.

Navy SEAL who killed Osama set to reveal identity

Navy SEAL who killed Osama set to reveal identity

Rediff.com30 Oct 2014

The Navy SEAL who shot dead Osama bin Laden has reportedly agreed to reveal his identity in a Fox News channel documentary.

Osama has left behind a saga of mystery and terror

Osama has left behind a saga of mystery and terror

Rediff.com2 May 2012

Though Pakistani authorities tried their best to close the chapter of Osama bin Laden in a brisk manner, they couldn't do so, says Tahir Ali

PIX: Obama salutes US troops for Laden operation

PIX: Obama salutes US troops for Laden operation

Rediff.com7 May 2011

United States President Barack Obama has met some of the American special forces commandos, who killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in an operation in Pakistan and saluted them on behalf of the US and people all over the world for a "job well done".

Osama's family remanded to judicial custody

Osama's family remanded to judicial custody

Rediff.com17 Mar 2012

A Pakistan court on Saturday remanded family members of Osama bin Laden, including his widows, to judicial custody for nine days. The Al Qaeda chief's youngest widow, Yemeni national Amal Abdulfattah, and her five children were among those remanded to judicial custody. Abdulfattah was with bin Laden in a compound in Abbottabad where he was killed by United States special forces in May last year.

We did not invite Osama to Pak: Gilani

We did not invite Osama to Pak: Gilani

Rediff.com9 May 2011

Exposed by the United States action that eliminated Osama bin Laden in the heart of the country, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday sought to turn tables on its ally asking who was responsible for the rise of Al Qaeda chief.

US denies Pakistan cooperated on Osama raid

US denies Pakistan cooperated on Osama raid

Rediff.com12 May 2015

The White House has rejected a revelation by a prominent US journalist who claimed that an operative of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence had revealed the hideout of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden who was later killed in a raid by American commandos.

Target US, Osama tells Zarqawi

Target US, Osama tells Zarqawi

Rediff.com1 Mar 2005

'There has been communication between bin Laden and Zarqawi within the past two months, during which bin Laden suggested to Zarqawi to involve himself in attacks in the United States,' a US counter-terrorism official said.

'Osama probably hiding in remote regions of Pak'

'Osama probably hiding in remote regions of Pak'

Rediff.com16 Aug 2010

A top United States General has said Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, is probably hiding in the remote mountainous regions of Pakistan, even though no one known where he actually is.

Tere Bin Laden not to be released in Pakistan

Tere Bin Laden not to be released in Pakistan

Rediff.com14 Jul 2010

Tere Bin Laden, starring Ali Zafar not cleared for release by the Pakistani censor board.

REVEALED! The US soldier who shot down Osama

REVEALED! The US soldier who shot down Osama

Rediff.com6 Nov 2014

Meet Rob O'Neill, a man who grew up in a mining town in the US state of Montana. He's also the highly decorated US Navy SEAL who shot dead Osama bin Laden during the 2011 raid on the terrorist mastermind's secret lair in Pakistan.

REVEALED: How Osama moved to Pak in mid-2002

REVEALED: How Osama moved to Pak in mid-2002

Rediff.com8 Jul 2013

Osama bin Laden's family had entered into Pakistan way back in October/November 2001, just around 9/11 while the then Al Qaeda chief joined them in Peshawar in mid-2002, a media report today said quoting the findings of the Abbottabad Commission Report in Islamabad.

Osama is not in Pakistan,says Rehman Malik

Osama is not in Pakistan,says Rehman Malik

Rediff.com30 Nov 2009

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik asserted on Monday that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is not in his country and if anyone provided information about him the government would take action.

Pakistan sheltered Osama for Saudi cash?

Pakistan sheltered Osama for Saudi cash?

Rediff.com11 Aug 2011

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was protected by elements of Pakistan's security apparatus in return for millions of dollars of Saudi cash, an American security analyst has claimed.

US rules out releasing Osama's pictures

US rules out releasing Osama's pictures

Rediff.com30 Apr 2012

The United States does not plan to release images related to the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan fearing that this might incite emotions, a top counter terrorism official has said ahead of the first death anniversary of the Al Qaeda

'SEALS were told to catch Osama alive, if possible'

'SEALS were told to catch Osama alive, if possible'

Rediff.com5 Sep 2012

The raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan was 'not a kill-only' mission as commandos were told to capture the dreaded al Qaeda chief alive if possible, a former Navy SEAL has claimed.

No idea about CIA's Laden hunt: Pak

No idea about CIA's Laden hunt: Pak

Rediff.com7 Mar 2007

The US has been mounting pressure on Pakistan to act against terror.

Bin Laden's son 'desperate to live in Britain'

Bin Laden's son 'desperate to live in Britain'

Rediff.com15 Apr 2008

Omar bin Laden, 26, was recently in the news for tying the knot with 52-year-old granny Zaina al Sabah bin Laden, formerly Jane Felixe-Browne, whom he had met in Egypt.Felixe-Browne told a TV channel that her husband had passed all the necessary immigration tests, but said she was '99 per cent' sure his application would be rejected because his father was the Al Qaida chief. "We will go to the (European) court of human rights," she said.

Osama's son killed in predator attack?

Osama's son killed in predator attack?

Rediff.com23 Jul 2009

Saad bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader's third-oldest son, is believed to have been killed by Hellfire missiles fired from a US Predator drone 'sometime this year', National Public Radio reported, quoting unnamed officials.

Bin Laden's shadow in Hyderabad

Bin Laden's shadow in Hyderabad

Rediff.com26 Aug 2007

If we do not get out of our denial mode and act firmly against the extremist and anti-national elements, a 9/11 is waiting to happen in our homeland.

Pakistan asks US to share information on Osama

Pakistan asks US to share information on Osama

Rediff.com7 Oct 2009

With Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden remaining elusive, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmud Qureshi has said the United States may be aware of his whereabouts and asked American intelligence agencies to share any information they have on him. "US may be aware of the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden," Qureshi, currently on a visit to Washington, was quoted as saying. "If the US intelligence is that clear, they should share that intelligence with us," he said.

In Abbottabad, Osama was reduced to an armchair amir

In Abbottabad, Osama was reduced to an armchair amir

Rediff.com5 May 2012

After Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden moved to Abbottabad he was neither the commander-in-chief nor an ideologue par excellence, but a senior jihadi who mattered little.

Osama's successors will be much worse, warns son

Osama's successors will be much worse, warns son

Rediff.com12 Feb 2010

Osama bin Laden's son has warned that if his father is killed, his successors, who will take charge of the Al Qaeda, will be 'much, much worse'. "From what I knew of my father and the people around him, I believe he is the most kind among them, because some are much, much worse They want to make more violence, to create more problems," ABC News quoted Omar bin Laden, who was raised in the midst of his father's fighters, as saying.

Pakistan's ISI held Osama prisoner for 6 years: Report

Pakistan's ISI held Osama prisoner for 6 years: Report

Rediff.com17 Jun 2015

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence had held Osama Bin Laden prisoner for nearly six years in Abbottabad and handed him over to the United States in a staged raid, a media report said on Wednesday in a new controversial account of the Al Qaeda chief's death.

Osama's widows get into a catfight in Pak prison

Osama's widows get into a catfight in Pak prison

Rediff.com15 Mar 2012

Two of Osama bin Laden's widows were involved in a vicious catfight in a Pakistani prison over the youngest wife's suspicion that the eldest had betrayed the slain Al Qaeda leader, a media report said today.

Osama sidelined within Al Qaeda

Osama sidelined within Al Qaeda

Rediff.com16 Sep 2007

Osama bin Laden has been sidelined by his followers and has no longer any control over the Al Qaeda terror network, according to intelligence officials in Britain and the US.

Revealed: Secrets from Osama's handwritten journals

Revealed: Secrets from Osama's handwritten journals

Rediff.com12 May 2011

Forced into deep cover by relentless pressure from the United States and his dreaded group fragmenting, slain Osama bin Laden was planning attacks on America and Europe till his last moments, the Al Qaeda chief's hand-written journals seized from his Abbottabad hideout have revealed.

Bin Laden asks Americans to embrace Islam

Bin Laden asks Americans to embrace Islam

Rediff.com8 Sep 2007

The 30-minute videotape, aired by Al Jazeera on Friday, appeared to have been recently made, since bin Laden refers to the Democratic victory in Congress and to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was elected in May.

Osama's revenge: Karachi attack the tip of terror iceberg?

Osama's revenge: Karachi attack the tip of terror iceberg?

Rediff.com23 May 2011

Suspecting that the Pakistan government and the Inter-Services Intelligence have backed United States in its operation against Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, extremist organisations have decided to avenge the killing. There's no stopping the Taliban and more attacks similar to the one at the Karachi naval base are expected, fears the Pakistan media. Tahir Ali reports.

Laden, Al Zawahiri safe: Taliban

Laden, Al Zawahiri safe: Taliban

Rediff.com19 Mar 2004

ETA or Osama?

ETA or Osama?

Rediff.com12 Mar 2004

All about Operation Geronimo that got Osama

All about Operation Geronimo that got Osama

Rediff.com3 May 2011

'Geronimo EKIA.' That was the terse message that United States President Barack Obama was waiting to hear anxiously. It meant that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed, The New York Times reported. The code name for bin Laden was 'Geronimo' and EKIA stood for Enemy Killed In Action.

Osama is not hiding here: Pak defence minister

Osama is not hiding here: Pak defence minister

Rediff.com9 May 2008

"I don't think Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan because we have combed our area," Mukhtar told the Dawn news channel amid frequent Western media reports that terror mastermind was hiding in Pakistan's porous tribal areas bordering Afghnistan. Acknowledging that it was not possible to totally control the border with Afghanistan, he said Pakistan is trying to apprehend all Al Qaeda operatives within its territory.

Why Osama was hiding in a non-tribal area

Why Osama was hiding in a non-tribal area

Rediff.com2 May 2011

After bin Laden's reported death near Islamabad, rediff.com revisits B Raman's June 2010 analysis

German spy agency gave US info on Osama's whereabouts: Report

German spy agency gave US info on Osama's whereabouts: Report

Rediff.com17 May 2015

Germany's foreign intelligence agency helped the Central Investigation Agency track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, before the Al Qaeda leader was killed by United States special forces in May 2011, according to a media report today.

Laden's admirers face police wrath

Laden's admirers face police wrath

Rediff.com22 Dec 2005

Two students had sent an e-mail praising the terrorist mastermind.

Pak army chief briefed about operation to kill Osama: Book

Pak army chief briefed about operation to kill Osama: Book

Rediff.com22 Aug 2012

A colonel in the Pakistan's spy agency -- the Inter-Services Intelligence -- had provided vital help to the Central Investigation Agency in tracing Osama bin Laden, a new book has claimed.