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Bin Laden posters used for target practice
DAL2001092504 - 25 SEPTEMBER 2001 - DALLAS, TEXAS USA: Curt Watkins takes aim at a Osama Bin Laden posters he uses for target practice at the Bullet Trap in Plano, Texas. The range has sold around 1000 of the Bin Laden targets since Friday. All profits from the sales are going to aid the children of firefighters killed in the Sept. 11 World Trade Center bombing. cc/cc/Ian Halperin UPI

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Twitter's Top 10 Tweets of 2011
Added December 01, 2011 with 10 photos
ABC News and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey took a look at the most relevant, important and resonating tweets to have been sent out over the past year, coming up with a list ranging between the beginning of a live account of the raid on bin Laden's compound, reactions to the Arab Spring and a successful attempt to get a free steak.
Gates, Mullen hold press conference
Added May 18, 2011 with 9 photos
Someone, although not a top leader, within the Pakistani government knew Osama bin Laden was hiding in-country, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a press conference today at the Pentagon.
Suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan
Added May 13, 2011 with 7 photos
Pakistan's Taliban claimed their first major strike in revenge for Osama bin Laden's death as at least 70 people were killed in the attack on paramilitary police outside the main training center in Shabqadar, about 19 miles north of Peshawa.
Anti-American protest in Abbottabad
Added May 06, 2011 with 11 photos
Supporters of a Pakistani religious group Jamaat-e-Islami held an anti-American rally in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 6, 2011. Osama bin Laden was killed by a U.S. special forces in a secret operation on Monday, in a house in Abbottabad.
Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan
Added May 03, 2011 with 12 photos
After years of searching with the assumption that bin Laden was on the run in the barren mountains along Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Special Forces found him in a million dollar compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where he had allegedly been staying comfortably for months.
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Tick tock!
Tick tock!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Are we hearing the sounds of geostrategic and economic time bombs ticking around the world?
War on terror: Drone strikes vs. capture
War on terror: Drone strikes vs. capture
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Could an increased emphasis on drone strikes lead to a paucity of intelligence material that is vital in meeting the challenges in the war on terrorism proactively?
Obama: Success achievable in Afghan war
Obama: Success achievable in Afghan war
WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- The United States is successful in Afghanistan today because of the military's work during the entire 10-year war, President Obama said Wednesday.
High-level al-Qaida commander killed
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 1 (UPI) -- Mustafa Abu Yazid, a top commander of al-Qaida in Afghanistan, apparently died in a missile strike in Pakistan's tribal areas, a U.S. official says.
Bin Laden driver heard 9/11 briefing: FBI
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, July 23 (UPI) -- A former FBI agent told a U.S. military tribunal in Guantanamo Wednesday a defendant was present when Osama bin Ladin was briefed after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Another climber arrested at Times building
NEW YORK, July 9 (UPI) -- For the third time since the New York Times building opened in Manhattan a year ago, police Wednesday arrested a climber on the 52-story structure.
British forces enlisted to find bin Laden
LONDON, June 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush has recruited British special forces in a final effort to find Osama bin Laden as his presidency approaches its end, officials say.
Sept. 11 defendants don't want counsel
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, June 5 (UPI) -- Three of five men accused in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks rejected court-appointed council during arraignment Thursday at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
U.S. intensifies search for 'traitor'
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say they are ramping up efforts to track down a top al-Qaida lieutenant from Orange County, Calif., who has been charged with treason.
CIA says al-Qaida defeated, on defensive
CIA says al-Qaida defeated, on defensive
WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida is on the defensive in much of the world and essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, the head of the U.S. spy organization says.
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“ It paled when you went overboard in your unbelief ... and went to the extent of publishing those insulting drawings, ”
Bin Laden angered by Muhammed cartoons
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“ The most evil of the traitors are those who trade away their religion for the sake of their mortal life, ”
Bin Laden urges Iraqis to oppose U.S.
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“ Your day will come, vile one. As long as we live, you won't be safe, Jazeera. ”
Al-Jazeera draws criticism
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“ You permitted Bush to complete his first term, and stranger still, chose him for a second term, ”
Bush: Tape shows 'dangerous world'
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“ What is the name of Osama's forgetful brother? Where did I put it? ”
Book by kids too coarse for kids?
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