... 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 ...

... economic means to regain dominance. Hence, the Taliban, Osama Bin Laden and a litany of Islamic "leaders" who violently prosecute ... happen if we didn't hate them back? Suppose we found Osama Bin Laden and told him, "Go, and sin no more." Gee, ...

... had in mind in making that promise, and set high expectations for it. Al-Qaida countered Obama's outreach. Osama bin Laden released an audio tape accusing Obama of inflaming hatred toward the U.S. by ordering Pakistan to crack down on ...

... 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 ...

... allegations. 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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The CIA believes Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan, and the spy agency is hoping to close in on him as that country's military cracks down on the northwestern ...

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

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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."