After Bin Laden's Death, Who Will Lead Al-Qaida?
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Osama Bin Laden Killed
Al-Qaida Makes Al-Zawahri It New Leader
()Osama bin Laden's longtime No. 2 assumes the leadership position in the wake of the al-Qaida leader's death.
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Gates: No Proof, But 'Somebody' In Pakistan 'Had To Know' About Bin Laden()
May 18, 2011 It's just supposition at this point, the defense secretary concedes. But he and other U.S. officials believe there were people in Pakistan who knew the al-Qaida leader was living there.
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Ex-Egyptian Special Forces Colonel Is Al-Qaida's Interim Leader, CNN Reports()
May 18, 2011 Saif al-Adel is "a seasoned operator, he has experience, he has the bona fides within the organization," one expert tells NPR.
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What Panetta Told McCain About Bin Laden And 'Enhanced Interrogation'()
May 16, 2011 "There was no one essential ... piece of information that led us" to the al-Qaida leader, the CIA chief said in a letter. And some detainees subjected to "enhanced interrogation" lied about key information — the identity of a bin Laden courier.
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Presence Of His Family Likely Helped Bring Down Bin Laden()
May 17, 2011 "One of the signatures of bin Laden's presence was an extended family and I think that's one of the building blocks that built the evidentiary case to find him," says journalist and bin Laden expert Peter Bergen.
Kerry Seeks To Smooth Fraught U.S.-Pakistan Ties()
May 16, 2011 With American-Pakistani relations at a crossroads, U.S. Sen. John Kerry attempted Monday to calm the fury generated in Pakistan when U.S. forces landed undetected and killed Osama bin Laden. Kerry said a stalled dialogue had at least restarted, with candor.
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Report: U.S., Pakistan Agree To Work Together Against 'High Value Targets'()
May 16, 2011 Relations between the U.S. and Pakistan have been more strained than ever since a team of American commandos swept into Abbottabad, Pakistan, two weeks ago and killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Pakistan was not told of the raid.
One Last Battle: Spinning Bin Laden's Legacy()
May 14, 2011 Almost as important as finding and killing the al-Qaida leader was what came afterward: telling the story of the operation in such a way that U.S. interests were advanced. Strategic communication efforts have not always been handled all that skillfully, and managing this story was no exception.
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Pornography Found At Bin Laden's Compound, Sources Tell Reuters()
May 13, 2011 The wire service says it was told that the pornography "consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive" and that the sources "said they did not know if bin Laden himself had acquired or viewed the materials."
