Posts Tagged ‘Osama bin Laden’

Bin Laden’s Death: Key Implications

Mon May 2, 2011 12:27 GMT  | 2 Comments

The death of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in the early hours of May 2, 2011, has several noteworthy implications worldwide. The US can claim a very important symbolic victory in the ‘War on Terror’ (admittedly a phrase seldom used these days). Osama Bin Laden shot to international prominence in August 1998, when he was… [Read more]

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Osama’s New Tape: The War On Terror Goes On

Mon Jan 25, 2010 15:03 GMT  | Leave a Comment

There was a time when audio or video messages issued by Osama bin Laden would be front-page news, and we’d all wonder if a new al-Qaeda terror attack was imminent. However, in recent years, a widespread belief has developed that bin Laden is irrelevant, and that the real terror threat to the West comes from… [Read more]

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