Osama Bin Laden Killed

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Bin Laden's Wives, Daughters Sentenced To 45 Days Detention, Deportation()  

Pakistani security personnel stand guard outside the house in Islamabad where family members of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden are being held.

April 2, 2012 The three women and two of bin Laden's older daughters were convicted of living illegally in Pakistan. Two of the wives are thought to be from Saudi Arabia, one from Yemen. They've all been fined about $114 each as well.

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Bin Laden Fathered 4 Children, Hid In 5 Safe Houses While On Run, Wife Says()  

During the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a video showing the al-Qaida leader watching television was discovered.

March 30, 2012 His youngest wife has given investigators the most detailed account yet of where the al-Qaida leader was in the years between the 2001 terrorist attacks and his death in May 2011, The New York Times reports.

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Report: Bin Laden Tried To Organize Plot To Kill Obama And Petraeus()  

March 16, 2012 Washington Post columnist has been shown some of the documents seized during the raid that ended with the al-Qaida leader's death. The plot didn't get far, officials tell him, but underscores bin Laden's desire to strike the U.S. again.

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Al-Qaida Makes Al-Zawahri It New Leader()  

1998 file photo of Ayman al-Zawahri.

June 16, 2011 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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Al-Qaida's Paper Trail: A 'Treasure Trove' For U.S.()  

Al-Qaida is known to keep meticulous records. Experts say that's the influence of Osama bin Laden, shown in 1998, who was obsessed with documenting everything.

May 31, 2011 From its earliest days, al-Qaida leaders insisted on receipts for everything from floppy disks to explosives. Experts say that was the influence of Osama bin Laden, who earned an undergraduate degree in economics and public administration. That obsession with record-keeping has come back to haunt the organization.

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Pakistan: The Critical Partner Where Many Insist Bin Laden Is Alive()  

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were in Islamabad today (May 27, 2011).

May 27, 2011 Even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling the killing of Osama bin Laden a "turning point" in U.S.-Pakistani relations, many there are insisting that the al-Qaida leader is still alive.

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Pakistan Agrees To Let CIA Search Bin Laden's Compound()  

The compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was found and killed. (May 3, 2011, file photo.)

May 26, 2011 According to The Washington Post, the team will be looking for materials that the al-Qaida leader and his follows might have hidden at the site.

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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()  

Egyptian Saif al-Adel, in an image released by the FBI.

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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One View: Corrupt As It Is, Pakistan Does Not Want To Keep Crisis Going()  

Pakistani military and police officials cordoned off a street in Abbottabad near the compound where Osama Bin Laden was found and killed. (May 8, 2011, file photo.)

May 17, 2011 Anatol Lieven, author of the new book Pakistan: A Hard Country, argues that Pakistan has been hurt more by the ongoing war on terrorism than it's been helped by billions of dollars in U.S. military aid.

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