Bin Laden
# bin-laden - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
US can keep dead Osama bin Laden photos under wraps
A court ruled that pictures of a dead Bin Laden could reveal classified intelligence methods.
# bin-laden - Saturday 27 April, 2013
12 years later, large piece of 9/11 airplane found in New York
Authorities said it will not be removed until the area has been thoroughly examined.
# bin-laden - Friday 8 March, 2013
Bin Laden son in law pleads not guilty to terror
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, allegedly a senior propagandist in the Al-Qaeda network, is accused of conspiring “to kill nationals of the United States.”
# bin-laden - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Bin Laden son-in-law captured, faces terror charges in New York
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith is expected to be in US federal court in New York tomorrow in an initial hearing to face terror charges.
# bin-laden - Monday 7 January, 2013
Irishman who planned bin Laden raid to be named as new CIA head
John Brennan’s parents hail from Roscommon, and he was raised in New Jersey. The counterterrorism expert was deeply involved in planning the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
# bin-laden - Friday 31 August, 2012
Pentagon may take legal action against Navy SEAL who wrote about Bin Laden raid
In his book, Matt Bissonnette writes about the moment Bin Laden was shot.
# bin-laden - Monday 27 August, 2012
Pentagon checking Bin Laden raid book for leaks
Officials have received the manuscript and are checking for any classified information, said Pentagon spokesperson.
# bin-laden - Wednesday 30 May, 2012
Doctor who helped CIA trace bin Laden ‘jailed over militancy’
Court documents obtained today debunk the view that Shakil Afridi was convicted for working with the CIA.
# bin-laden - Thursday 24 May, 2012
US aid to Pakistan cut over jailing of doctor who helped CIA
Dr Shakil Afridi was convicted of conspiring against the state of Pakistan after he helped the CIA in their search for bin Laden.
# bin-laden - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
Doctor who helped CIA trace bin Laden sentenced to 33 years
The Pakistani man has been convicted of conspiring against Pakistan.
# bin-laden - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Romney insists he would have ordered bin Laden killed
Seemingly backtracking on his statements from a few years ago, the Republican presidential candidate says he would have given the order to kill Osama bin Laden.
One year on: Osama bin Laden’s death
The architect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks was killed by US Navy SEALs in the early hours of 2 May 2011 – here, we take a look back at the events that unfolded in the wake of his death.
# bin-laden - Friday 27 April, 2012
US court rules against release of dead bin Laden photos
Meanwhile, earlier today Osama bin Laden’s family was deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia.
# bin-laden - Monday 2 April, 2012
Bin Laden’s wives, daughters in jail for illegal entry into Pakistan
The five women were sentenced to 45 days in prison for illegally entering and living in the country.
# bin-laden - Sunday 26 February, 2012
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things you need to know by 9am including: Syria goes to the polls; Fianna Fáil complains to RTÉ and the Sun on Sunday is launched…
# bin-laden - Tuesday 31 January, 2012
Will the US release photos of Osama bin Laden’s death?
The CIA has 52 photos and videos of the al-Qaeda leader’s assassination – and could be forced to make them public.
# bin-laden - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
# bin-laden - Tuesday 27 December, 2011
14 game-changing moments of 2011
These were the catalysts for some of the upheavals at home and abroad this past year…
# bin-laden - Thursday 17 November, 2011
Osama bin Laden was ‘tender, gentle family man’, says successor
Ayman al-Zawahiri said he wanted to “show the human side” of the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
# bin-laden - Monday 7 November, 2011
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
New book offers more details on Navy SEALs’ bin Laden raid
Former Navy SEAL commander Chuck Pfarrer sheds some light on the May raid at Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound.
# bin-laden - Wednesday 26 October, 2011
Obama tells Jay Leno that Occupy movement is a result of ‘frustration’
The US president appeared on the country’s highest-rated talk show to talk about Gaddafi, bin Laden, the Occupy Wall Street movement and Hillary Clinton as vice president…
# bin-laden - Thursday 6 October, 2011
Doctor who ‘helped CIA find bin Laden’ accused of treason
The CIA’s fake vaccination programme in the Pakistani town where bin Laden was found and killed in May has caused many problems in its aftermath.
# bin-laden - Friday 9 September, 2011
9/11 recordings: “Somebody’s stabbed… I think we’re getting hijacked”
Audio recordings made on the day of the 9/11 attacks document the reactions of flight crew, air traffic controllers and the US military as events unfolded.
# bin-laden - Wednesday 3 August, 2011
Bin Laden raid ‘was always shoot to kill’ as new details emerge
The most detailed account of the bin Laden raid in May is published in this week’s New Yorker.
# bin-laden - Tuesday 12 July, 2011
How the CIA tried to find Osama bin Laden
A fake vaccination programme was organised in the town where the Al Qaeda leader was hiding but did it work?
# bin-laden - Monday 11 July, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
In today’s 9 at 9: Roscommon A&E is closed but the row rumbles on; energy price hikes in the offing; a new debt crisis hits a eurozone country; the return of Bobby and JR; and Christy Moore at Oxegen.
# bin-laden - Friday 8 July, 2011
# bin-laden - Wednesday 15 June, 2011
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things to know this morning…
# bin-laden - Thursday 26 May, 2011
CIA will be granted access to bin Laden house
US intelligence forces will be given an opportunity to search for fingerprints and other evidence in Abbottabad.
No evidence of imminent terrorist threat from Bin Laden before death: Officials
US and European intelligence officials have said that, as yet, no evidence that shows Osama bin Laden was involved in plotting specific or imminent terrorist threats have been uncovered.
# bin-laden - Sunday 22 May, 2011
Obama: I would repeat Bin Laden raid
Obama has insisted that while he is “very respectful of the sovereignty of Pakistan”, his first duty is to secure the United States.
# bin-laden - Thursday 19 May, 2011
US officials say “no evidence” Islamabad knew of bin Laden’s life in Pakistan
However, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says his supposition is that “somebody knew”.
# bin-laden - Monday 16 May, 2011
The Daily Fix: Monday
Our daily wrap-up of what’s been going on – including a tongue-in-cheek tour of a certain house in Abbottabad…
# bin-laden - Sunday 15 May, 2011
Journalists and dignitaries get a glimpse of US warship which disposed of bin Laden’s body
A group of journalists and the president of the Philippines were invited on board the USS Carl Vinson warship on Sunday but operational details of the bin Laden raid and killing were not discussed.
# bin-laden - Saturday 14 May, 2011
Pakistan’s parliament condemns Bin Laden raid, US drone attacks
Pakistan’s parliament has condemned the fatal US raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound and called for an independent inquiry. It has also voted to ban NATO transit convoys until US drone attacks in the country cease.
# bin-laden - Friday 13 May, 2011
Porn found at Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan
US commandos uncovered the stash of videos after bin Laden was killed. In other news, George Bush enjoys eating soufflé, and was doing so when he heard of bin Laden’s death.
‘Taliban Terry’ still being held over alleged Obama threats
While Islam convert is being held in security operation around US presidential visit, file going to the DPP on another man suspected of photographing Garden of Remembrance ‘with intent’.
Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for twin blasts that kill 73
73 people are killed in two suicide bombings at a training base for the Pakistani federal paramilitary forces.


























































US admiral’s comments on murdered journalist “extremely irresponsible”
Islamabad’s relationship with the US won’t be helped by Adm Mullen’s remarks the the Parkistan government ‘sanctioned’ journalist’s killing.
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