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  • In this Oct. 7, 2011 file photo, Osama bin Laden is seen at an undisclosed location in this television image. A person familiar with developments said Sunday, May 1, 2011 that bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has the body. (AP Photo/Al Jazeera, File)

    GREEN: Obama to Allah: Pardon Osama

    The Obama administration is in lockdown on the particulars of their disposal of the most hated man in the civilized world. Officials have refused to release photos or video of bin Laden’s capture, corpse or controversial sea burial, instead averring that it was “taken care of in the appropriate way.” “Appropriate” seems to be the administration’s final word on the matter. The answer to whether a Muslim expert was consulted was that “appropriate specialists and experts” were sought out, while a senior defense official at a Pentagon briefing emphasized Osama was handled “using the appropriate procedures and rituals.”


  • **FILE** Osama bin Laden (Associated Press)

    Al Qaeda vows revenge for bin Laden's death

    Al Qaeda confirmed the killing of Osama bin Laden and vowed revenge, saying Friday that Americans' "happiness will turn to sadness." The statement was the first by the terror network since its leader was slain in a U.S. commando raid against his Pakistani hideout.


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    PRUDEN: The insult to the American soldier

    The White House converted a picture-perfect military operation into a public-relations disaster that will be cited as what not to do and how not to do it in flackery textbooks for a hundred years.


  • This image provided by the U.S. Army shows U.S. soldiers and service members as they watch the cable news coverage of the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on a television at the Bagram air field on Monday. Bin Laden was slain in his hideout in Pakistan early Monday in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a decade. (Associated Press)

    Gates: Bin Laden death could be a game-changer

    The killing of Osama bin Laden could be a game-changer for the U.S. military in Afghanistan by splitting the native Taliban from the al Qaeda terror network, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday during a stop at a North Carolina Air Force base.


  • Internet chatter up on bin Laden revenge attacks

    Pipe bombs, a targeted car crash, a lone gunman: Western intelligence officials said Friday they are seeing increased Internet and phone chatter about cheap, small-scale terror attacks to avenge the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.


  • Champion drops Mendenhall over bin Laden tweets

    The Champion sports apparel company has ended its endorsement deal with Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall over Twitter remarks the player made criticizing people for celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden.


  • ** FILE ** In this Dec. 24, 1998, file photo, Muslim militant and al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahimullah Yousafzai, File)

    Bin Laden eyed U.S. rails from his secret compound

    Holed up in a compound in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden was scheming how to hit the United States hard again, according to newly uncovered documents that show al Qaeda plans for derailing an American train on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.


  • President Obama pauses Thursday after laying a wreath at the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York. (Associated Press)

    Obama pays respects at 9/11 ground zero

    Marking Osama bin Laden's death where the terrorist inflicted his greatest damage, President Barack Obama soberly laid a wreath Thursday at New York's ground zero and declared to the city and the world, "When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say."


  • Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a suicide car bombing in Hillah, Iraq, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, on Thursday, May 5, 2011. The blast outside a police station killed 20 policemen and injured 40 more, a local councilman said. (AP Photo)

    Suicide bomber kills 20 policemen in central Iraq

    A suicide car bomber rammed his explosive-packed vehicle into a barrier outside a police building in central Iraq on Thursday morning, killing 20 police officers and wounding dozens more, a local councilman said.


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