... character used to give an Iraqi face to an organization dominated by foreign al-Qaida fighters. But al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden vouched for al-Baghdadi in a 2007 audio tape in which he said "Emir Abu Omar would rather have his neck severed than ...

... for it. Al-Qaida countered Obama's outreach. Osama bin Laden released an audio tape accusing Obama of inflaming hatred ... prosecution of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The message from bin Laden, the terrorist mastermind-in-hiding who was born ...

... children in Yemen. The lawless and impoverished country on the tip of the Arabian peninsula also the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden's family was the scene of one of al-Qaida's most dramatic pre-9/11 attacks, the 2000 suicide bombing of the ...

... The country, a lawless and impoverished nation on the tip of the Arabian peninsula, is the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden's family. It was the scene of one of al-Qaida's most dramatic pre-9/11 attacks, the 2000 suicide bombing of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The CIA believes Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan, and the spy agency is hoping to ... reporters after a speech on Capitol Hill Thursday that finding bin Laden remains one of the CIA's top priorities. "I guess ...

... East." The president even made a rare mention of Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader whose has escaped capture. Crediting ... delivered a devastating blow to al-Qaida in the land Osama bin Laden once called the central battleground in the war on terror ...

... deadliest for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban for hosting al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Suicide attacks and roadside bombs have become more dangerous, and Taliban fighters have infiltrated wide swaths of ...

... initial defeats in the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. However, on the day that a new audiotape believed to be from Osama bin Laden was posted on Islamic militant Web sites, Biden struck an optimistic note, saying that the assets and cooperation he ...

... he is sending more into Afghanistan. "I do not have a timetable for how long that's going to take," he said. "What I know is I'm not going to allow al-Qaida and (Osama) bin Laden to operate with impunity, planning attacks."

... attack. A careful study of Osama bin Laden's videos, letters and Internet ... drive us out of the Middle East. Bin Laden believes that al-Qaida can bring ... centers and economic infrastructure. Bin Laden cites the 9/11 attacks as proof ...