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Osama bin Laden’s Last Voyage

Osama bin Laden’s Last Voyage

Osama bin Laden’s body was taken out to sea and dumped in the North Arabian Sea from the deck of the USS Carl Vinson (pictured below) … officials have confirmed. The Pentagon claims bin Laden’s body went through traditional Islamic procedures before it was sent down to Davy Jones’ locker — procedures which included a [...]

May 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Middle East, World News | Read More »

Osama bin Laden is Dead, President Addresses Nation

Osama bin Laden is Dead, President Addresses Nation

Shortly after 8:30 p.m. tonight, President Obama addressed the nation via breaking news announcement to confirm that Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S. forces. Network news sources are reporting that despite the late hour–well past midnight on the East Coast–celebratory crowds continued to grow in Washington, D.C. outside the White House as well [...]

May 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Middle East, World News | Read More »

US forces ‘kill Osama bin Laden’

US forces ‘kill Osama bin Laden’

The al-Qa’ida leader Osama bin Laden has been killed in a firefight with US forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama announced today. The killing ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. “Justice has been done,” Obama said in a hastily called, late-night White House speech revealing the death [...]

May 2nd, 2011 | Posted in Middle East, World News | Read More »

Hosni Mubarak offers Egyptians far less than they demand

Hosni Mubarak offers Egyptians far less than they demand

EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak attempted again on Thursday to deflect his country’s swelling popular revolution with cosmetic concessions and empty promises. He said he was delegating powers to his handpicked vice president, offered unspecified changes to a handful of constitutional amendments and expressed regret over the hundreds of protesters killed by his security forces. Minutes [...]

February 11th, 2011 | Posted in Africa, Asia, Middle East, World News | Read More »

Bin Laden Threatens French Hostages With Death In New Tape

Bin Laden Threatens French Hostages With Death In New Tape

In a newly released audiotape message to the French people, Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden threatens death to French hostages held by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Africa unless French troops leave Afghanistan.   In the message, Bin Laden’s second to the French people in less than six months, he says that by keeping troops [...]

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January 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Middle East, World News | Read More »