Bin Laden's widows still not accessible by U.S
The dispute over access for U.S. officials to Osama bin Laden's three widows, who were taken into Pakistani custody after the raid that killed the leader of al Qaeda, has become the latest test in the adversarial relationship between the CIA and its Pakistani counterpart, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate.
Pakistan has not allowed U.S. investigators access to the widows, nor shared their own interrogation report, a Pakistani security official said Tuesday. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with the rules of his organization. more
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Al-Qaida vows revenge for Osama bin Laden's death
Al-Qaida vowed to keep fighting the United States and avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, which it acknowledged for the first time Friday in an Internet statement apparently designed to convince followers that it will remain vigorous and intact even after its founder's demise.
Al-Qaida's plots are usually large-scale and involve planning over months or even years. But Western intelligence officials say they are seeing increased chatter about cheap, small-scale attacks -- perhaps by individuals or small extremist groups inspired to take revenge for the killing.
"USA, you will pay!" chanted more than 100 participants in a pro-bin Laden protest outside the U.S. Embassy in London on Friday.
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boston.com
Frontline Taliban promise revenge attacks after bin Laden
(Reuters) - Heavily armed Taliban fighters, appearing in a video purporting to show frontline militants in southern Afghanistan, have said the killing of Osama bin Laden will inspire them to continue fighting until all foreign troops have left the country.
It was impossible to verify the authenticity of the video, which was obtained by Reuters in southern Afghanistan.
About six unidentified Taliban fighters, all with their faces covered, posed with assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, machine guns and other weapons. more
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reuters.com
Hollywood has new options with Osama bin Laden's death
About three years ago, screenwriter Mark Boal became fascinated by the possibility of a movie about U.S. special forces' attempt to root out Osama bin Laden from Afghanistan's Tora Bora district.
Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow, who were collaborating on a then-little-known Iraq film, "The Hurt Locker" (for which they would both win Oscars), were intrigued both by the manhunt and the ways the terrorist leader had eluded capture. They would go on to option a book called "Kill Bin Laden," a memoir purportedly by a member of the Delta Force who was involved in the Tora Bora mission after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
News of Bin Laden's demise at the hands of U.S. forces has now thrust the duo's project — which was due to begin shooting in the coming months — directly into the Hollywood limelight, and the filmmakers into a predicament: How should they adjust the story, if at all, to take into account the latest developments? more
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Bin Laden's widows still not accessible by U.S
