Thousands of al-Qaeda pages and files were recently declassified, shedding light on the lead-up to 9/11 and grand plans of an attack on supertankers.
Ibrahim bin Laden, the older half brother of Osama bin Laden, has put his abandoned Bel Air mansion on the market.
According to a top-ranking US official, Hamza bin Laden, the son of former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, is dead.
When Evan went on the American game show ‘Pyramid’, he hoped to win some proper cash. Instead, he gained notoriety.
It’s not often that journalists are allowed access to the bin Laden family. Here, Osama’s mother, brothers and uncle speak about their most infamous relative.
As US intelligence officers reveal what they found in Osama’s Pakistani hideout, we are learning more about the slain Al Qaeda leader. Seems he had a weakness for the flesh.
So what hard-hitting questions does one ask when trying to recruit people to sacrifice themselves as martyrs? Yep, al Qaeda isn’t mucking about.
It seems that Seymour Hersh isn’t the only respected journalist to have doubts about the US version of the Osama bin Laden killing. More voices are piping up.
It wouldn’t be a regular day in the office if we didn’t come across some kind of conspiracy theory involving the US government. The man making these claims, however, isn’t some deep south redneck.
The man who was the world hide-and-seek champion from 2001 until 2011 wasn’t always an evil, murderous man. Jokes, of course he was. Here are some pics of the younger Osama.
Confusion over who really killed bin Laden. They’ve named the new Star Wars. Moody’s drops SA rating. Rock drummer murder charges news. New Wahlberg remake adjusts title for inflation. Why Zuck wears the same T-shirt every day.
If I was the person who brought down one of the most wanted men of all time, I don’t think I would reveal my identity in this lifetime. The whole of the Middle East is going to be looking for this guy…
Take a closer look into some of the items the CIA has siezed over the years as the agency opens up its museum to some film cameras.
“The White Widow” – or, as we have come to know her, “that lady who forged a South African Passport and then masterminded the Nairobi mall massacre” has apparently written a poem in praise of Osama Bin Laden. Investigators had a bit of a peep through her computer, and found this cute little ditty that was dedicated to the worlds most wanted man.
Horse meat found in Tesco. SAA suspends another CEO. Who will be the next pope? North Korea conducts nuclear test. UCT biz school best in Africa, Middle East. More Apple smartwatch evidence.
Seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to assassinate Osama bin Laden have been helping EA games with inside information to make EA’s latest shoot-em-up “Medal of Honor: Warfighter.” The US military is not amused.
Just yesterday we reported on the fact that Apple Maps had exposed a Taiwanese military facility, now, using information contained in a Navy SEAL’s book, someone found a satellite image on Bing depicting what is surely the training facility used for the assault on bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound in Pakistan.
Controversy surrounding no-longer-anonymous Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette has peaked because his book about his account of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden is now for sale. Here’s an interesting summary of what he says went down.
Sacha Baron Cohen has just given birth to General Aladeen, another outrageous personality in his latest character comedy, The Dictator. The British comedian continues to export his brand of risque, politically incorrect, fish-out-water comedy to the Americas, continuing the legacy of Ali G, Borat and Bruno.
Osama Bin Laden is all over the news again, not bad for someone who has been dead and gone for quite some time now. Today sees the disclosure of documents seized at his compound. It is also a great opportunity for those looking for a keepsake to get in on the ground floor – the bricks from his compound are going on sale.
An amazing array of eye-opening al-Qaeda documents, seized during the raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound last year, will be made public today. The collection of thousands of files has been described as a treasure trove of information on the Islamist organization – and the single largest cache of terror material obtained at a senior level.
When Osama Bin Laden was killed, he left pretty big boots to fill as far as international criminals are concerned. So it stands to question, who would replace the world’s most notorious terrorist on the FBI’s most wanted list. A mass murderer? Perhaps a system-crashing, government-infiltrating hacker? Click through to unveil the man who replaced the face of terrorism.
Look, if you’re a robber, think again about hiding out in a cave on Table Mountain. Because the Western Cape authorities are going to be cracking down on yo’ ass. Just a warning.
A scuba diver in California says he’s going fishing for the catch of the century. He plans to recover the body of the world’s fourth baddest man ever (behind Hitler, Stalin and Judas Iscariot).
An in-depth pocket guide to Osama Bin Laden’s hideout that was used by U.S. Navy Seals suggests a mole was living alongside the terror leader. And apart from his wife and children, there weren’t many other people around… But how did this guide come to light? It was dropped by one of the special forces soldiers when they raided the home, of course!
Just like every other newspaper in the US, in recent days Brooklyn-based Hasidic newspaper Vos Iz Neias has published the ‘Situation Room’ photo of Barack Obama and his White House security team watching footage of the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Except this version of the photo had a notable difference – and it didn’t involve Princess Bea’s cupcake hat.
Al Qaeda confirmed Osama bin Laden’s death on Friday and warned of retaliation. The announcement came via a statement posted on internet website forums commonly used by the militant group and reportedly warns that Americans’ “happiness will turn to sadness.”
I’ve been really intrigued by the whole Osama getting what was coming to him thing, as I’m sure you are. And chances are that you’ve also come across the photo of Obama and his national security team sitting in the Situation Room on Sunday. The image has been viewed over two million times on Flicker and has been re-published countless times on news websites worldwide. But just what are they all looking at?
Even the Bedouin people of the Sahara must surely know by now that Osama bin Laden has bitten the dust. So you’d think a sentence like “Osama bin Laden is Dead” wouldn’t pose too great a challenge for the press. But what countless newspapers, TV stations, radio stations and websites didn’t count on is how easily that simple sentence can become “Obama bin Laden is Dead.”
A photo purporting to depict a very dead Osama bin Laden has been proved as a fake. Although it must be noted that only the photo is a fake and the man himself is very much a corpse, somewhere at the bottom of the ocean.