Osama Bin Laden
New Bin Laden Tape Warns Sunnis Against Working With Us
Osama bin Laden has directed the fury of al-Qaida against a new target: Sunni Arab leaders in Iraq who have turned against insurgents backed by the terror group and are working with US forces to end violence in key areas of the country
Bin Laden: Europe Must Quit Afghanistan
The al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, called on European governments to end their military cooperation with the US in Afghanistan in a new audio message broadcast today
Change of Tone in Bin Laden's Latest Message
Osama bin Laden has resurfaced with a new message urging insurgent groups in Iraq to avoid divisions and unite to defeat the US-led coalition.
Bin Laden Tape Urges Uprising Against 'infidel' Musharraf As Poll Date is Set
Video incites revolt over storming of Red Mosque· President seeks further term amid growing protest
Bin Laden Takes Liberties With Contents of Guardian Video
To the long list of crimes committed by Osama bin Laden a new one can now be added: manipulation of the media.
Osama bin Laden Video: More Smoke and Mirrors?
Who is the central character in the new bin Laden video? A look-alike Osama muppet or possibly a reworked version of an older image? The actual dude himself?
Osama Bin Laden is Alive and Well, Says Taliban Leader
The brother of a Taliban commander killed by US forces has claimed that he received a letter of condolence from Osama Bin Laden, who was "alive, active and well".
A Boost for Bin Laden
It is absurd for our leaders to go on denying that the Iraq invasion increased the terrorist threat. By Richard Norton-Taylor
Conjecture Over Bin Laden Death
An informal chat between two diplomats at a social gathering in Pakistan appears to have been the trigger for a worldwide flurry of speculation over the weekend about the possible death of Osama bin Laden.
Spy Chiefs to Probe 'osama is Dead' Claim
Intrigue last night surrounded a leaked French intelligence report that Osama bin Laden had died of typhoid. The news spread rapidly around the globe, prompting a flurry of investigations by officials in Paris, Washington, London and Islamabad.
Village Where Osama Bin Laden Plotted 'a Terrible Calamity'
It is a long way from Osama bin Laden's house to New York - 6,782 miles, to be precise. But it is in this desolate area, a 20-minute drive from Jalalabad city, that Bin Laden put down his Afghan roots and, quite possibly, plotted the greatest terrorist acts of our time.
Where is Osama Bin Laden?
Armies have been mobilised, phones tapped, huge rewards offered - yet Osama bin Laden is still at liberty. Does anyone even have the faintest idea where he is? Declan Walsh investigates.
Al-Qaida Tape Warns of New Attacks
A taped message from Osama bin Laden's deputy, broadcast today on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, has warned of further terror strikes.
Video Claims to Show Bin Laden With 9/11 Plotters
· Al-Jazeera screens footage of masked men in training · Testament in 'will' speaks of reprisal against west
Simon Tisdall: Bush and Bin Laden Locked in an Embrace
Geoorge Bush's latest tactical switch has raised suspicions that Republicans are once again resorting to the politics of fear, says Simon Tisdall.
Bin Laden's Deputy Calls for Global War on 'crusaders'
Al-Qaida's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, made a dramatic intervention in the Lebanese crisis yesterday with a videotape calling on Muslims everywhere to rise up against Zionists and 'crusaders'.
Agent Who Led Bin Laden Hunt Criticises Cia
· Closure of unit 'wasted 10 years' experience' · Al-Qaida reasserting its influence, says ex-chief
CIA Attacked By Agent Who Led Bin Laden Hunt
· Closure of unit 'wasted 10 years' experience' · Al-Qaida reasserting its influence, says ex-chief
CIA Disbands Bin Laden Unit
Nearly five years after George Bush vowed to bring Osama bin Laden to justice 'dead or alive', it's the end of the line for the CIA's Alec Station, the unit dedicated to the hunt for the al-Qaida leader.
Osama Warns Iraq Shi'ites After Bomb Kills 62
Ramadi, Falluja and Mosul are bastions of Sunni rebellion, while Iraqi southerners are overwhelmingly Shi'ite Muslims. Exclusive story from Vipin Agnihotri
White House: Osama Using Media To Further Iraqi Insurgency
"These terrorists offer nothing in their ideology and messages beyond future fighting, conflict and misery,'' the Bush administration said in a statement read by a White House official. Special story from Vipin Agnihotri
Bin Laden hails slain al-Zarqawi as 'lion'
Bin Laden paid tribute to al-Zarqawi in a 19-minute audio message posted on an Islamic militant web site. The message has narration by a voice resembling Bin Laden's as a video shows an old photo of him in a split-screen next to images of al-Zarqawi taken from a previous video. Exclusive report by Vipin Agnihotri
'Bin Laden' Tape Says Tv Journalists Have No Al-qaida Links
A new tape recording purportedly from Osama bin Laden claims that two al-Jazeera journalists who have been imprisoned have nothing to do with al-Qaida. By Julia Day.
Bin Laden Tape Challenges 9/11 Conviction
A purported Osama bin Laden tape was today posted on an Islamist website to deny that Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man held accountable for the 9/11 attacks on US soil, played any role in them.
New Bin Laden Tape Issues Threat to Civilians
Osama bin Laden issues an ominous warning, apparently seeking to justify attacks on civilians in the west and calling on his supporters to open up a new front in al-Qaida's struggle.
Missing Bin Ladens Puzzle Spain
Spain's government said yesterday it had ordered an investigation into how the country was soaking up a quarter of one of the world's largest denomination bank notes, the €500 (£345) bill.
Anger at Bin Laden Niece's Reality Tv Show
The news that Osama bin Laden's niece is to star in a US reality TV show has provoked fury from families of some of those killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
US President Uses Kabul Visit to Renew Bin Laden Pledge
· Al-Qaida leader will be caught, Afghans told · Stopover amid rise in Taliban attacks on troops
Bin Laden Vows Never to Be Captured Alive
Osama bin Laden vowed never to be captured alive, in an audio message posted on a militant Islamist website yesterday.
Bin Laden: 'i Will Never Be Taken Alive'
Osama bin Laden vowed never to be taken alive in an audiotape broadcast on a militant website today.
OSAMA BIN LADEN: Serving the Empire
It is virtually impossible not to observe that Osama bin Laden has served the purpose and function of the American empire ever since he first appeared in the world spotlight. The latest address is no exception.
Usama Bin Laden: The Man Who Would Be Caliph
Caliph: Bin Laden's Dream - The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"
Bin Laden Talks of Truce But Threatens Us With New Attacks
Audio tape dismisses tightened security and says al-Qaida is ready to strike.
Excerpts From the 'bin Laden' Audio Tape
Translated from the audio recording purported to be of the al-Qaida leader broadcast on al-Jazeera.
'Bin Laden' Tape Threatens New Attacks on Us
Preparations for a fresh wave of terror attacks on the US are under way, a tape recording purported to be of Osama bin Laden warned today.
The Drone, the Cia and a Botched Attempt to Kill Bin Laden's Deputy
In the hunt for al-Qaeda, a missile attack on a mountain village killed women and children. The attack was precise, the intelligence was flawed, and the strained relation between Pakistan and the US has been pushed to breaking point.
Bin Laden Alive Claim is From Old Video
A claim in an al-Qaida video that is at least two months old saying Osama bin Laden was alive and fighting was today broadcast as new by al-Jazeera.
'Bin Laden Still Alive'
Al-Qaida's leader, Osama bin Laden, is alive and well and leading the holy war against the west, the terrorist group's second-in-command reportedly said in a videotape broadcast today. The tape, purportedly by Ayman al-Zawahri, was shown by the pan-Arab television channel al-Jazeera. It...
Bin Laden's Little Helper
US administration lectures about God delivered to Muslims are a dangerous folly. Sidney Blumenthal
An Iraqi Constitution for Ossama Bin Laden?
If the Sunni thugs of Saddam are not punished and excluded from any discussion of constitutional character, then all the ignorant, analphabetic and fanaticized masses of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Algeria and Sudan will deduce that it is permissible to be murderous, inhuman, antihuman, and go unpunished.
Sunday Times Settles Bin Laden Libel
A Saudi Arabian businessman, Yousef Jameel, settled a libel action with the Sunday Times yesterday over an article alleging that he had links with Osama bin Laden.
'Bin Laden's nightmare' seeks Islamic reformation
A Muslim woman author, once described as Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare, is to call for the setting up of an Islamic reform movement to press for a change in the faith's attitudes towards human rights, women and pluralist societies at a public meeting this week.
Extra, Extra - Newspaper Vendor Writes a Bestseller
The headlines Ali Akbar shouts to sell his newspapers are much better than the real thing. 'Osama bin Laden Wedding Pictures' and 'That's It! Retirement at 35' are two of his recent brainwaves. Today he could try 'Parisian News Vendor Writes Bestseller'.
US Takes to the Airwaves in Hunt for Bin Laden
Spying hasn't worked, and neither has shooting. So now America has turned to its great cultural weapon to flush out Osama bin Laden - television.
Bin Laden Tape Put Online
A new audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden was put on the internet yesterday, praising gunmen who attacked a US consulate in Saudi Arabia last week and blaming the royal family for unrest in the kingdom.
Bin Laden Trail is Cold, Musharraf Admits
Pakistani leader admits impasse as US offers deal to Taliban.
Eau De Bin Laden at £55 a Go
It is unlikely to be available in the mountains of Pakistan. But should Osama bin Laden ever emerge from his hiding place, he might do worse than to freshen up with a new brand of family perfume. Osama's lesser-known half-brother Yeslam has just launched his own brand of scent...
Al-Qaida is Bleeding Us to Bankruptcy, Bin Laden Claims
Al-Qaida is "bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy", Osama bin Laden claims, in a section of his latest videotape which has just come to light. Delivering a financial report on the "war on terror", he says that every dollar spent by al-Qaida in attacking the US has cost Washington...
Osama Surprise: Alive and Well
The October surprise has finally arrived and the real surprise is that it was delivered by Al Jazeera.
Bin Laden Warning to America
· Threat of fresh attacks in run-up to US elections
· Al-Qaida leader admits 9/11 atrocities for first time
· We will continue war on terror, vow Bush and Kerry
Guantánamo Hearings Begin
Bin Laden driver is first to face war crimes charges. Osama bin Laden's Yemeni driver will today become the first Guantánamo Bay prisoner to stand before a US military commission to face war crimes charges, in proceedings that have been denounced as unfair by human rights groups and American military lawyers.
BBC Cameraman Killers 'linked to Bin Laden'
The gunmen behind the attack on BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and his cameraman Simon Cumbers in Riyadh were linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, a senior Saudi diplomat has claimed. By Jason Deans.
'Bin Laden' Tape Offers Gold Rewards
A new recording attributed to Osama bin Laden is offering rewards in gold for killing top American and United Nations officials or citizens of any country which has troops in Iraq. The 20-minute audio message, posted on two Islamist websites, promised 10kg (22lb) of gold for the death...
Europe Unites Against Bin Laden
European governments yesterday derided an apparent offer from Osama bin Laden to call a truce in al-Qaida activity "north of the Mediterranean sea" if states pulled their troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan within three months. The CIA said last night that the taped statement was likely to...
'Bin Laden' Offers Truce With Europe
In a tape broadcast on a Arab television station, a speaker claiming to be Osama bin Laden offered a truce with Europe today and vowed to avenge the killing of the Hamas spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. It said that any state in Europe that stopped "attacking Muslims or interfering...
Driver Tried to Hit Osama Lookalike
A French motorist has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence for doing his level best to run over a pedestrian he mistakenly identified as Osama bin Laden. The self-employed man of 35, named only as Pierre, was found guilty in the southern city of Montpellier on Tuesday of...
America Intensifies Hunt for Bin Laden
Washington has ordered the hunt for Osama bin Laden to be intensified along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the hope of capturing him before the US presidential election in November. George Bush has approved a new plan to step up the hunt for the al-Qaida leader and for Mullah Omar,...
SAS Joins Fresh Bid to Snare Bin Laden
American and British forces have launched a dramatic new effort to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and other senior al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan. SAS detachments will join thousands of US troops - including a 'super-secret' special forces unit transferred from Iraq - and contingents of...
Straw: Bin Laden is Alive
The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, today said he believed Osama bin Laden is alive. An audiotape purporting to carry a message from al-Qaida's leader was yesterday broadcast on the Arabic television channel al-Jazeera, urging Muslims to rise up against US forces in Iraq. Mr...
'Bin Laden Tape' Urges Uprising Against Us Troops
A voice on an audiotape purporting to be that of Osama bin Laden yesterday urged Muslims to rise up against American forces in Iraq and disparaged the US-backed "road map" for peace in the Middle East. The tape, aired on the Arabic television channel al-Jazeera, made direct reference to...
The World is Now Split in Two
Osama bin Laden, two years and three months after the New York and Washington attacks that were part of his jihad against America, appears to be winning.
Bin Laden Urges Terror Blitz
The world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, has mounted an unparalleled propaganda offensive calling for renewed attacks on the West and on American and British troops in Iraq. The Saudi-born leader of al-Qaeda has simultaneously released two audio tapes, a series of videotaped...
Bin Laden Disciple Jailed for 10 Years in Belgium
Tunisian-born former footballer plotted to blow up canteen at US air force base.
Bin Laden Video is Compilation of Repeats, Says Expert
Experts were puzzling over the latest videotape of Osama bin Laden yesterday in the hope of establishing firm clues which may indicate when and where the recording was made. Parts of the 105-minute tape broadcast by al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel, on Wednesday night showed Bin...
New 'bin Laden' Videotape Warns of Real Battle to Come
A chilling videotape, purportedly of Osama bin Laden, was released yesterday on the eve of the second anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, warning that the real battle with America and the west has not even started. The tape shows a figure believed to be Bin Laden, the...
Special Investigation: Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden
The al-Qaida leader is said to be hiding in northern Pakistan guarded by a 120-mile ring of tribesmen whose job it is to warn of the approach of any troops. Rory McCarthy reports.
Bumbling Bush May Have Given Osama an Open Goal
The old-style tactics used in the 'war on terror' won't work on al-Qaida. Fear of attack, rather than the attack itself, is the terrorist's most potent weapon. And despite all the declared successes of George Bush's "war on terror", fear of major new outrages by al-Qaida and its partners in mayhem is once again on the rise.
Bin Laden Deputy Warns Us of Attacks
Osama bin Laden's second in command warned yesterday that America would "pay dearly" if any of the al-Qaida suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba were harmed. In a taped message broadcast by the Arabic television channel al-Arabiya, a voice believed to be that of the Egyptian Ayman...
Bali bomber: 'I knew Bin Laden well'
A man who has confessed to being one of those who carried out last year's bomb attacks in Bali admitted yesterday having known Osama bin Laden, but said the al-Qaida chief played no part in attacking the Indonesian resort.
Latest 'bin Laden' Tape Urges Suicide Attacks
A new cassette tape purported to be from Osama bin Laden surfaced today, urging suicide attacks and calling on Muslims to rise up against Arab governments that support the US-led attack on Iraq. On the tape, the alleged voice of Bin Laden tells the faithful to attack governments in...
Conflict Will Create 100 Bin Ladens, Warns Egyptian President
Radical volunteers pouring into Iraq, claims Baghdad.
Oscar winner targets Bush and bin Laden
Fresh from his Oscar ceremony tirade against a 'fictitious President' fighting a 'fictitious war', documentary-maker Michael Moore has said he is setting his sights on the alleged links between former President George Bush senior and the Saudi family of Osama bin Laden.
Pop Career for Bin Laden Niece
Her uncle might be the most feared terrorist in the world, but Osama bin Laden's niece is about to try and take the world of pop music by storm. Waffa bin Laden, whose father Yeslam is the brother of the world's most wanted man, aims to release a single by the end of the year...
Bin Laden Rumour Has World Press in a Tizz
For what would have been a massive scoop, it began in unspectacular fashion. During a telephone interview with a Tehran radio station yesterday, a Pakistani political commentator dropped, almost as an aside, the earthshattering bombshell that Osama bin Laden had been captured. Murtaza...
US: no evidence of 'Bin Laden capture'
The US today said it had no information to substantiate reports that Osama bin Laden had been captured in Pakistan. "We have no information to substantiate that claim," a government spokesman said.
Hunt for Bin Laden closes in on its prey
The first break came just after midnight on March 28 last year. FBI agents in Pakistan had picked up a rare satellite telephone call from a top-ranking al-Qaida suspect. They called up their contacts with Pakistan's police and the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency and raced to the two-storey house in a suburb of Faisalabad.
Bin Laden's Sons Caught - Claim
Two of Osama bin Laden's sons have been caught after a shoot-out in southern Afghanistan, according to reports last night from Pakistan. Sardar Zehri, a minister in Pakistan's western Baluchistan province, said he had reports that US and Afghan troops shot dead nine al-Qaida suspects on...
Bin Laden's Sons Arrested, Says Pakistani Minister
Two sons of Osama bin Laden have been captured in Afghanistan after a US-led operation that left nine al-Qaida fighters dead, a Pakistani minister claimed this afternoon. Sanaullah Zehri, home minister of the western province of Baluchistan, said the arrests took place in Rabat, in the...
Bin Laden 'hiding on Afghan border'
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected architect of the September 11 attacks who was arrested on Saturday, has told his captors that he met Osama bin Laden within the last month along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, it was reported yesterday.
Bin Laden Alive, Says Captured Leader
The captured al-Qaida leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told his interrogators that Osama bin Laden is alive and well and living in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Pakistani intelligence official claimed today. Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11...
US Already Knew of Bin Laden Tape
The US knew about the latest Osama bin Laden tape five days before it was broadcast by the Qatar-based TV station al-Jazeera, according to a US intelligence source. The Qatari government had been provided with a copy of the tape by the channel's management and passed it on to Washington,...
Bin Laden offers tips to defend Iraq
Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel that specialises in Osama bin Laden scoops, was itself scooped yesterday by the US secretary of state, Colin Powell.
Bin Laden Urges Suicide Attacks on Us
Osama bin Laden last night returned to haunt America in the midst of preparations for a war in Iraq, when a new tape attributed to the al-Qaida leader was broadcast on the leading Arab television network, urging Iraqis to carry out suicide attacks against the United States. The audio tape...
'Bin Laden' urges Muslims to unite
A new document apparently signed by Osama bin Laden urges Muslims to stop fighting each other and unite against the "crusader coalition" attacking the Islamic world.
Mike Burleson: Praising Bin Laden
Speaking before a group of students in Vancouver Washinton, Democrat Senator Patty Murray praised terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
Swiss Scientists 95% Sure That Bin Laden Recording Was Fake
Scientists in Switzerland say they are almost certain that a recent audio tape attributed to Osama bin Laden is a fake. The tape, delivered to the Arab satellite television channel al-Jazeera earlier this month, appeared to provide the first concrete evidence that Bin Laden is still alive...
Bin Laden Tape 'created By Impostor'
A group of Swiss researchers said today that an imposter almost certainly created the recent audio tape attributed to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. In a report aired on French television last night, the Lausanne-based Dalle Molle Institute for Perceptual Artificial Intelligence...
Bin Laden May Be Seeking More Backing for Jihad
Bin Laden may be seeking more backing for jihad.
Full text: bin Laden's 'letter to America'
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, "Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged and surely, Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory" [Quran 22:39]
Osama issues new call to arms
A chilling new message from Osama bin Laden is being circulated among British Islamic extremists, calling for attacks on civilians and describing the 'Islamic nation' as 'eager for martyrdom'.
Riddle of Bin Laden
Alive or dead, his warnings matter. George Bush yesterday described an audiotaped message purportedly sent by Osama bin Laden as "timely". Quite what the US president meant by this remark is not clear.
Hoarse and Feeble, the Voice of Bin Laden Creates New Fear in the West
Analysts fear new recording means big al-Qaida attack on the way.
Bin Laden Tape Praises Bali Attack
The Arabic television station al-Jazeera last night broadcast an audio tape purporting to be by Osama bin Laden, in which he praised the bombings in Bali. If genuine, it would be the most compelling proof yet that the al-Qaida leader is alive. US officials were trying to establish the...
Bin Laden's $20m African 'blood Diamond' Deals
Amelia Hill reports on how the terror network financed its operations with stolen gems.
Bin Laden Links to Saudi Ambassador
Saudi Arabia has nominated its former intelligence chief, who had several meetings with Osama bin Laden, to be its next ambassador in London.
Australian 'crusaders' targeted by Bin Laden
Osama bin Laden pinpointed Australians in Indonesia as a target in the wake of the September 11 attacks last year, but western intelligence services failed to take his pronouncement at face value. A statement by Bin Laden broadcast on the al-Jazeera satellite station on November 3 2001 specifically identified Australians as 'crusaders'.
Alleged Bin Laden Letter Revels in Recent Attacks
American forces in Kuwait came under fire yesterday for the third time in a week as a TV station broadcast a message, said to come from Osama bin Laden, praising recent attacks. A fax purportedly signed by Bin Laden congratulated "the Islamic community" on the killing of a US marine in...
US believes recording is Bin Laden deputy
US government officials last night tentatively confirmed the authenticity of a recording in which Osama bin Laden's most senior deputy, apparently speaking in the past few weeks, warns of more attacks against America and its allies.
'Bin Laden' tape threatens more attacks
An audiotape broadcast last night on the Arab news channel al-Jazeera claiming to be a recording of Osama bin Laden warned that the "youths of God" are planning more attacks against the United States.
Bin Laden Still Alive, Reveals Spy Satellite
Osama bin Laden is alive and regularly meeting Mullah Omar, the fugitive leader of the Taliban, according to a telephone call intercepted by American spy satellites. In the conversation, recorded less than a month ago, Omar and a senior aide were discussing the American-led hunt to track...
Giuliani: I asked Bush to let me kill Bin Laden
Rudolph Giuliani reveals in a book published tomorrow that he lobbied President George Bush for permission to be Osama bin Laden's executioner if he was ever caught.
Russia: No Proof of Iraq-bin Laden Link
The Russian foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, today rejected British and US attempts to link Iraq with the al-Qaida terrorist network. Responding to the dossier published this week by the prime minister, Tony Blair, Mr Ivanov also reiterated Moscow's opposition to a proposed UN security...
Bin Laden voice on video, says TV channel
Al-Qaida formally claimed responsibility last night for the September 11 attacks on the United States, with a video showing some of the hijackers making preparations in Afghanistan.
Bin Laden: the elusive threat
European shakedown Britain exposed by security forces as key staging post for terror network. Anti-terrorist police and MI5 now concede that Britain was a communications, fundraising and logistical hub for al-Qaida terrorists and their supporters, and that it unknowingly played an important role in the development of the network from the mid-90s.
US earmarks billions for search as focus shifts from Bin Laden to terrorist cells
September 11 triggered what is without question the biggest manhunt in history. By May the Pentagon had spent $17bn (£11bn) on its war in Afghanistan, and that has almost certainly risen to $20bn by now.
Bush Held Up Plan to Hit Bin Laden
The Bush administration sat on a Clinton-era plan to attack al-Qaida in Afghanistan for eight months because of political hostility to the outgoing president and competing priorities, it was reported yesterday.
Bin Laden man's mother blames British extremists
Antony Barnett in Paris talks exclusively to the woman whose son faces execution. The mother of a London man facing the death penalty for his alleged involvement in the 11 September atrocities spoke for the first time last night about how her 'care free, happy' boy had been turned into a fanatic by British extremists.
Bin Laden 'injured But Still Plotting'
A senior Arab journalist said yesterday he believes Osama bin Laden is still alive but was wounded in the shoulder during the US bombing campaign at Tora Bora last year.
Bin Laden 'in Good Health'
Osama bin Laden has recovered from shrapnel wounds sustained in the US attack on the al-Qaida Afghan base in the Tora Bora mountains, it was claimed today. Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based al-Quds Arabic newspaper, told the Reuters news agency that Bin Laden's associates had...
Bin Laden Plans Fresh Terror for September
Terrorists are planning a series of spectacular attacks on American, British and Israeli targets to coincide with the anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Centre.
Gore derides Bush hunt for Bin Laden
Al Gore has launched a vociferous attack on the Bush administration's handling of the war against terrorism, accusing it of incompetence in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Bin Laden is 'alive and Planning New Attacks'
Osama Bin Laden and "98%" of the al-Qaida leadership are still alive and planning fresh attacks on the US "in the coming days and months", a spokesman for the organisation said in a taped broadcast yesterday. On the audio tape delivered to the al-Jazeera television network, Suleiman Abu...
Gibraltar Plotters 'funded By Bin Laden'
The three Saudi men arrested on suspicion of planning to mount terrorist attacks on British and US warships in the Straits of Gibraltar are alleged to have been funded by Osama bin Laden. The Moroccan government disclosed yesterday that the three suspected al-Qaida operatives, who hold...
Mullah Omar Says Bin Laden is Alive, According to Newspaper
Osama bin Laden is alive, according to comments apparently made in interview by fugitive Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar.
Bin Laden named in overlooked FBI memo
Osama bin Laden was named in an FBI memorandum written two months before September 11 warning that his followers could be training for terrorist missions at American flight schools, it was reported yesterday.
Troops Study Remains for Bin Laden's Dna
Canadian soldiers hoping to find the body of Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants have taken DNA samples from the remains of al-Qaida fighters buried in their mountain hideout at Tora Bora, in eastern Afghanistan. Over a period of three days they took samples from 23 bodies, but none...
Bin Laden Mastermind 'still Hiding in Britain'
A radical Muslim cleric named as Osama bin Laden's 'European ambassador' who is wanted for questioning in several countries is still on the run in Britain, say senior Islamic and police sources. Abu Qatada, who fled his west London home at the end of last year, has so far evaded capture...
Big Bang? Must Be Bin Laden
Since September 11, every loud noise or low plane makes us panic.
Bin Laden Goes Electric
Brian Whitaker decodes the latest video from the world's most wanted man.
US Blunder 'let Bin Laden Escape'
Intelligence officials say commander's failure to send in ground troops was Afghan war's gravest error.
Tape leaves questions open on Bin Laden
Alongside the testimony of one of the September 11 hijackers, the al-Jazeera cable channel also broadcast a videotape of Osama bin Laden sitting with his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, while the latter proclaims the September 11 attacks a "great victory".
Al-Jazeera Airs New Bin Laden Video
Terror suspect Osama bin Laden was shown in brief video excerpts aired today by the pan-Arab satellite station al-Jazeera. The tape was said to have been received in the past few days but it was not clear when it had been made - so gave no clue as to whether Bin Laden was still alive...
Paper gets 'Bin Laden' email
A London-based Arabic newspaper said yesterday that it had received an email purporting to come from Osama bin Laden.
Bin Laden slang invades US schools
The September 11 attacks have not led to the backlash of bigotry in US classrooms that had been feared, but the national trauma has left at least one permanent mark in the playgrounds of America by reshaping teenage slang.
Bin Laden's Men Wait to Take Bloody Revenge
Al-Qaeda may have lost its Afghan power base but it has survived as a deadly threat. Jason Burke investigates the danger posed by cells of extremists across the world trained to kill for Islam.
How Osama Won Europe the Space Race
The Afghan conflict has highlighted the need for smart satellite systems and for once Europe has stolen a march on America.
US Wants Bin Laden Dna to Identify Body
The family of Osama bin Laden have been asked to provide DNA samples so that it will be possible to determine whether bin Laden was among those killed in an air attack in Afghanistan earlier this month, according to reports. Tissue samples found at the site in eastern Afghanistan have...
Eta Has Stinger Missiles Bought From Bin Laden
Three Eta members travelled to al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan last year to buy ground-to-air missiles and train in their use, according to a report from an unnamed Arab intelligence service obtained by Tiempo magazine in Spain. The magazine said the Basque separatists had bought three...
Bin Laden's No 2 'captured in Iran'
Osama bin Laden's most senior lieutenant, the Egyptian militant Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been captured and jailed in Tehran, a leading Iranian newspaper reported yesterday. Zawahiri, the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, was arrested several days ago and has been imprisoned in the...
Afghan Leader: We Will Continue Hunt for Bin Laden
The hunt for Osama Bin Laden and his al-Qaida supporters in Afghanistan will continue until they have all been driven from the country, the Afghan interim leader, Hamid Karzai, said today. "The war against terrorism is not over," Mr Karzai told journalists at a joint press conference with...
Bin Laden - the latest designer label
To date, the "shalwar kameez with combat jacket" look has been Osama bin Laden's sole contribution to style - but that may be about to change. The brother of the world's most wanted man is to launch a fashion label exploiting the family's now infamous name. Yesama Binladin, who...
Shoe bomb Briton named as key agent in Bin Laden's network
Richard Reid, the alleged British shoe bomber, operated as a terrorist scout for Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, travelling the world on the look-out for potential terror targets before the September 11 attacks, a US intelligence source told the Guardian last night...
Bin Laden disciples terrorise Kurds
Kurdish Islamic followers of Osama bin Laden, who are attempting to establish a Taliban-style enclave in northern Iraq, have triggered a civil war estimated to have claimed the lives of more than 100 people in four months. Jund al-Islam, or the Soldiers of Islam, is operating in the...
Shoe bomb linked to Bin Laden
The Briton suspected of trying to blow up an airliner with a bomb hidden in his shoes received explosives training at the same al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan as Zacarias Moussaoui, the Frenchman charged with involvement in the September 11 plot, US intelligence sources said yesterday...
Search for Bin Laden focuses on Pakistan
The focus of the search for Osama bin Laden switched to Pakistan yesterday after the Afghan defence ministry claimed that the Saudi fugitive had escaped across the border and was being sheltered by an extremist Pakistani movement. Leaders of the movement, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI),...
Alive or dead, Bin Laden is now history
Writing in the American journal Foreign Affairs a quarter of a century ago, the Middle East historian David Fromkin described the terrorist as being "like a magician who tricks you into watching his right hand while his left hand, unnoticed, makes the switch." It is a comment worth...
Rudy knocks Osama off the front page
The usual criteria for determining the identity of Time magazine's person of the year, one of the most reliable seasonal standbys, were abandoned yesterday to prevent the distinction going to Osama bin Laden. The rules of the ritual, in which the selection is made by the magazine's...
Inside the caves that sheltered Bin Laden followers to the last
The cave is 1,000ft up a shale-strewn incline almost vertical to the narrow valley floor. The entrance is set back at the end of a sloping path between two bulging expanses of rock that form a kind of chicane. It may be natural, but might just as easily have been hewn from the crumbly sandstone...
Bin Laden troops in last stand
Hundreds of Afghan mojahedin troops, backed by British and American commandos, last night surrounded a mountain cave in eastern Afghanistan where they believe Osama bin Laden and a dwindling force of hardcore al-Qaida fighters are hiding. US jets delivered huge bombing raids on the cave,...
Mark Lawson on the provenance of the Bin Laden tape
In accidental homage to the commercial calendar of the superstars of American culture he desires to destroy, Osama bin Laden has a hot new video out just in time for Christmas. Regrettably, we would need to wait for the DVD - with those additional features including interviews with the creators of...
The Bin Laden video: is this the clinching evidence?
Osama bin Laden laughs and boasts in a captured videotape released by the Pentagon yesterday as he describes how he sent the September 11 hijackers to their deaths without revealing their mission until moments before they boarded the planes. In the most decisive evidence to date of the...
Bin Laden fled to Pakistan 10 days ago, aide claims
Osama bin Laden fled Afghanistan 10 days ago and is now in Pakistan, according to a close aide. The aide, a prominent Saudi financier and senior al-Qaida member, claims that Bin Laden escaped with the help of local tribesmen. The claims by Abu Jaffar, reported by the Christian Science...
Pakistan nuclear experts advised Bin Laden
A month before the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US, Osama bin Laden held long discussions with Pakistani nuclear scientists about making weapons of mass destruction, it was reported yesterday. The Washington Post quoted Pakistani intelligence officials as saying that two retired...
Bush to release video of Bin Laden amused by attack
The White House last night said it would release a video of Osama bin Laden in the next 48 hours in which the Saudi fugitive allegedly appears amused that some of the hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks were not aware they were going to die. According to US officials, the...
UK sets conditions for Bin Laden trial
Britain would hand over Osama bin Laden to the US but only on condition he would not face the death penalty, the defence secretary, Geoff Hoon, said yesterday. He said he believed the US was the correct place for any trial of the main suspect behind the September 11 attacks even if he...
Osama bin Laden has resurfaced with a new message urging insurgent groups in Iraq to avoid divisions and unite to defeat the US-led coalition.
Bin Laden Tape Urges Uprising Against 'infidel' Musharraf As Poll Date is Set
Video incites revolt over storming of Red Mosque· President seeks further term amid growing protest
Bin Laden Takes Liberties With Contents of Guardian Video
To the long list of crimes committed by Osama bin Laden a new one can now be added: manipulation of the media.
Osama bin Laden Video: More Smoke and Mirrors?
Who is the central character in the new bin Laden video? A look-alike Osama muppet or possibly a reworked version of an older image? The actual dude himself?
Osama Bin Laden is Alive and Well, Says Taliban Leader
The brother of a Taliban commander killed by US forces has claimed that he received a letter of condolence from Osama Bin Laden, who was "alive, active and well".
A Boost for Bin Laden
It is absurd for our leaders to go on denying that the Iraq invasion increased the terrorist threat. By Richard Norton-Taylor
Conjecture Over Bin Laden Death
An informal chat between two diplomats at a social gathering in Pakistan appears to have been the trigger for a worldwide flurry of speculation over the weekend about the possible death of Osama bin Laden.
Spy Chiefs to Probe 'osama is Dead' Claim
Intrigue last night surrounded a leaked French intelligence report that Osama bin Laden had died of typhoid. The news spread rapidly around the globe, prompting a flurry of investigations by officials in Paris, Washington, London and Islamabad.
Village Where Osama Bin Laden Plotted 'a Terrible Calamity'
It is a long way from Osama bin Laden's house to New York - 6,782 miles, to be precise. But it is in this desolate area, a 20-minute drive from Jalalabad city, that Bin Laden put down his Afghan roots and, quite possibly, plotted the greatest terrorist acts of our time.
Where is Osama Bin Laden?
Armies have been mobilised, phones tapped, huge rewards offered - yet Osama bin Laden is still at liberty. Does anyone even have the faintest idea where he is? Declan Walsh investigates.
Al-Qaida Tape Warns of New Attacks
A taped message from Osama bin Laden's deputy, broadcast today on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, has warned of further terror strikes.
Video Claims to Show Bin Laden With 9/11 Plotters
· Al-Jazeera screens footage of masked men in training · Testament in 'will' speaks of reprisal against west
Simon Tisdall: Bush and Bin Laden Locked in an Embrace
Geoorge Bush's latest tactical switch has raised suspicions that Republicans are once again resorting to the politics of fear, says Simon Tisdall.
Bin Laden's Deputy Calls for Global War on 'crusaders'
Al-Qaida's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, made a dramatic intervention in the Lebanese crisis yesterday with a videotape calling on Muslims everywhere to rise up against Zionists and 'crusaders'.
Agent Who Led Bin Laden Hunt Criticises Cia
· Closure of unit 'wasted 10 years' experience' · Al-Qaida reasserting its influence, says ex-chief
CIA Attacked By Agent Who Led Bin Laden Hunt
· Closure of unit 'wasted 10 years' experience' · Al-Qaida reasserting its influence, says ex-chief
CIA Disbands Bin Laden Unit
Nearly five years after George Bush vowed to bring Osama bin Laden to justice 'dead or alive', it's the end of the line for the CIA's Alec Station, the unit dedicated to the hunt for the al-Qaida leader.
Osama Warns Iraq Shi'ites After Bomb Kills 62
Ramadi, Falluja and Mosul are bastions of Sunni rebellion, while Iraqi southerners are overwhelmingly Shi'ite Muslims. Exclusive story from Vipin Agnihotri
White House: Osama Using Media To Further Iraqi Insurgency
"These terrorists offer nothing in their ideology and messages beyond future fighting, conflict and misery,'' the Bush administration said in a statement read by a White House official. Special story from Vipin Agnihotri
Bin Laden hails slain al-Zarqawi as 'lion'
Bin Laden paid tribute to al-Zarqawi in a 19-minute audio message posted on an Islamic militant web site. The message has narration by a voice resembling Bin Laden's as a video shows an old photo of him in a split-screen next to images of al-Zarqawi taken from a previous video. Exclusive report by Vipin Agnihotri
'Bin Laden' Tape Says Tv Journalists Have No Al-qaida Links
A new tape recording purportedly from Osama bin Laden claims that two al-Jazeera journalists who have been imprisoned have nothing to do with al-Qaida. By Julia Day.
Bin Laden Tape Challenges 9/11 Conviction
A purported Osama bin Laden tape was today posted on an Islamist website to deny that Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man held accountable for the 9/11 attacks on US soil, played any role in them.
New Bin Laden Tape Issues Threat to Civilians
Osama bin Laden issues an ominous warning, apparently seeking to justify attacks on civilians in the west and calling on his supporters to open up a new front in al-Qaida's struggle.
Missing Bin Ladens Puzzle Spain
Spain's government said yesterday it had ordered an investigation into how the country was soaking up a quarter of one of the world's largest denomination bank notes, the €500 (£345) bill.
Anger at Bin Laden Niece's Reality Tv Show
The news that Osama bin Laden's niece is to star in a US reality TV show has provoked fury from families of some of those killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
US President Uses Kabul Visit to Renew Bin Laden Pledge
· Al-Qaida leader will be caught, Afghans told · Stopover amid rise in Taliban attacks on troops
Bin Laden Vows Never to Be Captured Alive
Osama bin Laden vowed never to be captured alive, in an audio message posted on a militant Islamist website yesterday.
Bin Laden: 'i Will Never Be Taken Alive'
Osama bin Laden vowed never to be taken alive in an audiotape broadcast on a militant website today.
OSAMA BIN LADEN: Serving the Empire
It is virtually impossible not to observe that Osama bin Laden has served the purpose and function of the American empire ever since he first appeared in the world spotlight. The latest address is no exception.
Usama Bin Laden: The Man Who Would Be Caliph
Caliph: Bin Laden's Dream - The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"
Bin Laden Talks of Truce But Threatens Us With New Attacks
Audio tape dismisses tightened security and says al-Qaida is ready to strike.
Excerpts From the 'bin Laden' Audio Tape
Translated from the audio recording purported to be of the al-Qaida leader broadcast on al-Jazeera.
'Bin Laden' Tape Threatens New Attacks on Us
Preparations for a fresh wave of terror attacks on the US are under way, a tape recording purported to be of Osama bin Laden warned today.
The Drone, the Cia and a Botched Attempt to Kill Bin Laden's Deputy
In the hunt for al-Qaeda, a missile attack on a mountain village killed women and children. The attack was precise, the intelligence was flawed, and the strained relation between Pakistan and the US has been pushed to breaking point.
Bin Laden Alive Claim is From Old Video
A claim in an al-Qaida video that is at least two months old saying Osama bin Laden was alive and fighting was today broadcast as new by al-Jazeera.
'Bin Laden Still Alive'
Al-Qaida's leader, Osama bin Laden, is alive and well and leading the holy war against the west, the terrorist group's second-in-command reportedly said in a videotape broadcast today. The tape, purportedly by Ayman al-Zawahri, was shown by the pan-Arab television channel al-Jazeera. It...
Bin Laden's Little Helper
US administration lectures about God delivered to Muslims are a dangerous folly. Sidney Blumenthal
An Iraqi Constitution for Ossama Bin Laden?
If the Sunni thugs of Saddam are not punished and excluded from any discussion of constitutional character, then all the ignorant, analphabetic and fanaticized masses of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Algeria and Sudan will deduce that it is permissible to be murderous, inhuman, antihuman, and go unpunished.
Sunday Times Settles Bin Laden Libel
A Saudi Arabian businessman, Yousef Jameel, settled a libel action with the Sunday Times yesterday over an article alleging that he had links with Osama bin Laden.
'Bin Laden's nightmare' seeks Islamic reformation
A Muslim woman author, once described as Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare, is to call for the setting up of an Islamic reform movement to press for a change in the faith's attitudes towards human rights, women and pluralist societies at a public meeting this week.
Extra, Extra - Newspaper Vendor Writes a Bestseller
The headlines Ali Akbar shouts to sell his newspapers are much better than the real thing. 'Osama bin Laden Wedding Pictures' and 'That's It! Retirement at 35' are two of his recent brainwaves. Today he could try 'Parisian News Vendor Writes Bestseller'.
US Takes to the Airwaves in Hunt for Bin Laden
Spying hasn't worked, and neither has shooting. So now America has turned to its great cultural weapon to flush out Osama bin Laden - television.
Bin Laden Tape Put Online
A new audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden was put on the internet yesterday, praising gunmen who attacked a US consulate in Saudi Arabia last week and blaming the royal family for unrest in the kingdom.
Bin Laden Trail is Cold, Musharraf Admits
Pakistani leader admits impasse as US offers deal to Taliban.
Eau De Bin Laden at £55 a Go
It is unlikely to be available in the mountains of Pakistan. But should Osama bin Laden ever emerge from his hiding place, he might do worse than to freshen up with a new brand of family perfume. Osama's lesser-known half-brother Yeslam has just launched his own brand of scent...
Al-Qaida is Bleeding Us to Bankruptcy, Bin Laden Claims
Al-Qaida is "bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy", Osama bin Laden claims, in a section of his latest videotape which has just come to light. Delivering a financial report on the "war on terror", he says that every dollar spent by al-Qaida in attacking the US has cost Washington...
Osama Surprise: Alive and Well
The October surprise has finally arrived and the real surprise is that it was delivered by Al Jazeera.
Bin Laden Warning to America
· Threat of fresh attacks in run-up to US elections
· Al-Qaida leader admits 9/11 atrocities for first time
· We will continue war on terror, vow Bush and Kerry
Guantánamo Hearings Begin
Bin Laden driver is first to face war crimes charges. Osama bin Laden's Yemeni driver will today become the first Guantánamo Bay prisoner to stand before a US military commission to face war crimes charges, in proceedings that have been denounced as unfair by human rights groups and American military lawyers.
BBC Cameraman Killers 'linked to Bin Laden'
The gunmen behind the attack on BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and his cameraman Simon Cumbers in Riyadh were linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, a senior Saudi diplomat has claimed. By Jason Deans.
'Bin Laden' Tape Offers Gold Rewards
A new recording attributed to Osama bin Laden is offering rewards in gold for killing top American and United Nations officials or citizens of any country which has troops in Iraq. The 20-minute audio message, posted on two Islamist websites, promised 10kg (22lb) of gold for the death...
Europe Unites Against Bin Laden
European governments yesterday derided an apparent offer from Osama bin Laden to call a truce in al-Qaida activity "north of the Mediterranean sea" if states pulled their troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan within three months. The CIA said last night that the taped statement was likely to...
'Bin Laden' Offers Truce With Europe
In a tape broadcast on a Arab television station, a speaker claiming to be Osama bin Laden offered a truce with Europe today and vowed to avenge the killing of the Hamas spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. It said that any state in Europe that stopped "attacking Muslims or interfering...
Driver Tried to Hit Osama Lookalike
A French motorist has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence for doing his level best to run over a pedestrian he mistakenly identified as Osama bin Laden. The self-employed man of 35, named only as Pierre, was found guilty in the southern city of Montpellier on Tuesday of...
America Intensifies Hunt for Bin Laden
Washington has ordered the hunt for Osama bin Laden to be intensified along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the hope of capturing him before the US presidential election in November. George Bush has approved a new plan to step up the hunt for the al-Qaida leader and for Mullah Omar,...
SAS Joins Fresh Bid to Snare Bin Laden
American and British forces have launched a dramatic new effort to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and other senior al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan. SAS detachments will join thousands of US troops - including a 'super-secret' special forces unit transferred from Iraq - and contingents of...
Straw: Bin Laden is Alive
The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, today said he believed Osama bin Laden is alive. An audiotape purporting to carry a message from al-Qaida's leader was yesterday broadcast on the Arabic television channel al-Jazeera, urging Muslims to rise up against US forces in Iraq. Mr...
'Bin Laden Tape' Urges Uprising Against Us Troops
A voice on an audiotape purporting to be that of Osama bin Laden yesterday urged Muslims to rise up against American forces in Iraq and disparaged the US-backed "road map" for peace in the Middle East. The tape, aired on the Arabic television channel al-Jazeera, made direct reference to...
The World is Now Split in Two
Osama bin Laden, two years and three months after the New York and Washington attacks that were part of his jihad against America, appears to be winning.
Bin Laden Urges Terror Blitz
The world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, has mounted an unparalleled propaganda offensive calling for renewed attacks on the West and on American and British troops in Iraq. The Saudi-born leader of al-Qaeda has simultaneously released two audio tapes, a series of videotaped...
Bin Laden Disciple Jailed for 10 Years in Belgium
Tunisian-born former footballer plotted to blow up canteen at US air force base.
Bin Laden Video is Compilation of Repeats, Says Expert
Experts were puzzling over the latest videotape of Osama bin Laden yesterday in the hope of establishing firm clues which may indicate when and where the recording was made. Parts of the 105-minute tape broadcast by al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel, on Wednesday night showed Bin...
New 'bin Laden' Videotape Warns of Real Battle to Come
A chilling videotape, purportedly of Osama bin Laden, was released yesterday on the eve of the second anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, warning that the real battle with America and the west has not even started. The tape shows a figure believed to be Bin Laden, the...
Special Investigation: Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden
The al-Qaida leader is said to be hiding in northern Pakistan guarded by a 120-mile ring of tribesmen whose job it is to warn of the approach of any troops. Rory McCarthy reports.
Bumbling Bush May Have Given Osama an Open Goal
The old-style tactics used in the 'war on terror' won't work on al-Qaida. Fear of attack, rather than the attack itself, is the terrorist's most potent weapon. And despite all the declared successes of George Bush's "war on terror", fear of major new outrages by al-Qaida and its partners in mayhem is once again on the rise.
Bin Laden Deputy Warns Us of Attacks
Osama bin Laden's second in command warned yesterday that America would "pay dearly" if any of the al-Qaida suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba were harmed. In a taped message broadcast by the Arabic television channel al-Arabiya, a voice believed to be that of the Egyptian Ayman...
Bali bomber: 'I knew Bin Laden well'
A man who has confessed to being one of those who carried out last year's bomb attacks in Bali admitted yesterday having known Osama bin Laden, but said the al-Qaida chief played no part in attacking the Indonesian resort.
Latest 'bin Laden' Tape Urges Suicide Attacks
A new cassette tape purported to be from Osama bin Laden surfaced today, urging suicide attacks and calling on Muslims to rise up against Arab governments that support the US-led attack on Iraq. On the tape, the alleged voice of Bin Laden tells the faithful to attack governments in...
Conflict Will Create 100 Bin Ladens, Warns Egyptian President
Radical volunteers pouring into Iraq, claims Baghdad.
Oscar winner targets Bush and bin Laden
Fresh from his Oscar ceremony tirade against a 'fictitious President' fighting a 'fictitious war', documentary-maker Michael Moore has said he is setting his sights on the alleged links between former President George Bush senior and the Saudi family of Osama bin Laden.
Pop Career for Bin Laden Niece
Her uncle might be the most feared terrorist in the world, but Osama bin Laden's niece is about to try and take the world of pop music by storm. Waffa bin Laden, whose father Yeslam is the brother of the world's most wanted man, aims to release a single by the end of the year...
Bin Laden Rumour Has World Press in a Tizz
For what would have been a massive scoop, it began in unspectacular fashion. During a telephone interview with a Tehran radio station yesterday, a Pakistani political commentator dropped, almost as an aside, the earthshattering bombshell that Osama bin Laden had been captured. Murtaza...
US: no evidence of 'Bin Laden capture'
The US today said it had no information to substantiate reports that Osama bin Laden had been captured in Pakistan. "We have no information to substantiate that claim," a government spokesman said.
Hunt for Bin Laden closes in on its prey
The first break came just after midnight on March 28 last year. FBI agents in Pakistan had picked up a rare satellite telephone call from a top-ranking al-Qaida suspect. They called up their contacts with Pakistan's police and the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency and raced to the two-storey house in a suburb of Faisalabad.
Bin Laden's Sons Caught - Claim
Two of Osama bin Laden's sons have been caught after a shoot-out in southern Afghanistan, according to reports last night from Pakistan. Sardar Zehri, a minister in Pakistan's western Baluchistan province, said he had reports that US and Afghan troops shot dead nine al-Qaida suspects on...
Bin Laden's Sons Arrested, Says Pakistani Minister
Two sons of Osama bin Laden have been captured in Afghanistan after a US-led operation that left nine al-Qaida fighters dead, a Pakistani minister claimed this afternoon. Sanaullah Zehri, home minister of the western province of Baluchistan, said the arrests took place in Rabat, in the...
Bin Laden 'hiding on Afghan border'
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected architect of the September 11 attacks who was arrested on Saturday, has told his captors that he met Osama bin Laden within the last month along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, it was reported yesterday.
Bin Laden Alive, Says Captured Leader
The captured al-Qaida leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told his interrogators that Osama bin Laden is alive and well and living in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Pakistani intelligence official claimed today. Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11...
US Already Knew of Bin Laden Tape
The US knew about the latest Osama bin Laden tape five days before it was broadcast by the Qatar-based TV station al-Jazeera, according to a US intelligence source. The Qatari government had been provided with a copy of the tape by the channel's management and passed it on to Washington,...
Bin Laden offers tips to defend Iraq
Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite channel that specialises in Osama bin Laden scoops, was itself scooped yesterday by the US secretary of state, Colin Powell.
Bin Laden Urges Suicide Attacks on Us
Osama bin Laden last night returned to haunt America in the midst of preparations for a war in Iraq, when a new tape attributed to the al-Qaida leader was broadcast on the leading Arab television network, urging Iraqis to carry out suicide attacks against the United States. The audio tape...
'Bin Laden' urges Muslims to unite
A new document apparently signed by Osama bin Laden urges Muslims to stop fighting each other and unite against the "crusader coalition" attacking the Islamic world.
Mike Burleson: Praising Bin Laden
Speaking before a group of students in Vancouver Washinton, Democrat Senator Patty Murray praised terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
Swiss Scientists 95% Sure That Bin Laden Recording Was Fake
Scientists in Switzerland say they are almost certain that a recent audio tape attributed to Osama bin Laden is a fake. The tape, delivered to the Arab satellite television channel al-Jazeera earlier this month, appeared to provide the first concrete evidence that Bin Laden is still alive...
Bin Laden Tape 'created By Impostor'
A group of Swiss researchers said today that an imposter almost certainly created the recent audio tape attributed to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. In a report aired on French television last night, the Lausanne-based Dalle Molle Institute for Perceptual Artificial Intelligence...
Bin Laden May Be Seeking More Backing for Jihad
Bin Laden may be seeking more backing for jihad.
Full text: bin Laden's 'letter to America'
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, "Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged and surely, Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory" [Quran 22:39]
Osama issues new call to arms
A chilling new message from Osama bin Laden is being circulated among British Islamic extremists, calling for attacks on civilians and describing the 'Islamic nation' as 'eager for martyrdom'.
Riddle of Bin Laden
Alive or dead, his warnings matter. George Bush yesterday described an audiotaped message purportedly sent by Osama bin Laden as "timely". Quite what the US president meant by this remark is not clear.
Hoarse and Feeble, the Voice of Bin Laden Creates New Fear in the West
Analysts fear new recording means big al-Qaida attack on the way.
Bin Laden Tape Praises Bali Attack
The Arabic television station al-Jazeera last night broadcast an audio tape purporting to be by Osama bin Laden, in which he praised the bombings in Bali. If genuine, it would be the most compelling proof yet that the al-Qaida leader is alive. US officials were trying to establish the...
Bin Laden's $20m African 'blood Diamond' Deals
Amelia Hill reports on how the terror network financed its operations with stolen gems.
Bin Laden Links to Saudi Ambassador
Saudi Arabia has nominated its former intelligence chief, who had several meetings with Osama bin Laden, to be its next ambassador in London.
Australian 'crusaders' targeted by Bin Laden
Osama bin Laden pinpointed Australians in Indonesia as a target in the wake of the September 11 attacks last year, but western intelligence services failed to take his pronouncement at face value. A statement by Bin Laden broadcast on the al-Jazeera satellite station on November 3 2001 specifically identified Australians as 'crusaders'.
Alleged Bin Laden Letter Revels in Recent Attacks
American forces in Kuwait came under fire yesterday for the third time in a week as a TV station broadcast a message, said to come from Osama bin Laden, praising recent attacks. A fax purportedly signed by Bin Laden congratulated "the Islamic community" on the killing of a US marine in...
US believes recording is Bin Laden deputy
US government officials last night tentatively confirmed the authenticity of a recording in which Osama bin Laden's most senior deputy, apparently speaking in the past few weeks, warns of more attacks against America and its allies.
'Bin Laden' tape threatens more attacks
An audiotape broadcast last night on the Arab news channel al-Jazeera claiming to be a recording of Osama bin Laden warned that the "youths of God" are planning more attacks against the United States.
Bin Laden Still Alive, Reveals Spy Satellite
Osama bin Laden is alive and regularly meeting Mullah Omar, the fugitive leader of the Taliban, according to a telephone call intercepted by American spy satellites. In the conversation, recorded less than a month ago, Omar and a senior aide were discussing the American-led hunt to track...
Giuliani: I asked Bush to let me kill Bin Laden
Rudolph Giuliani reveals in a book published tomorrow that he lobbied President George Bush for permission to be Osama bin Laden's executioner if he was ever caught.
Russia: No Proof of Iraq-bin Laden Link
The Russian foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, today rejected British and US attempts to link Iraq with the al-Qaida terrorist network. Responding to the dossier published this week by the prime minister, Tony Blair, Mr Ivanov also reiterated Moscow's opposition to a proposed UN security...
Bin Laden voice on video, says TV channel
Al-Qaida formally claimed responsibility last night for the September 11 attacks on the United States, with a video showing some of the hijackers making preparations in Afghanistan.
Bin Laden: the elusive threat
European shakedown Britain exposed by security forces as key staging post for terror network. Anti-terrorist police and MI5 now concede that Britain was a communications, fundraising and logistical hub for al-Qaida terrorists and their supporters, and that it unknowingly played an important role in the development of the network from the mid-90s.
US earmarks billions for search as focus shifts from Bin Laden to terrorist cells
September 11 triggered what is without question the biggest manhunt in history. By May the Pentagon had spent $17bn (£11bn) on its war in Afghanistan, and that has almost certainly risen to $20bn by now.
Bush Held Up Plan to Hit Bin Laden
The Bush administration sat on a Clinton-era plan to attack al-Qaida in Afghanistan for eight months because of political hostility to the outgoing president and competing priorities, it was reported yesterday.
Bin Laden man's mother blames British extremists
Antony Barnett in Paris talks exclusively to the woman whose son faces execution. The mother of a London man facing the death penalty for his alleged involvement in the 11 September atrocities spoke for the first time last night about how her 'care free, happy' boy had been turned into a fanatic by British extremists.
Bin Laden 'injured But Still Plotting'
A senior Arab journalist said yesterday he believes Osama bin Laden is still alive but was wounded in the shoulder during the US bombing campaign at Tora Bora last year.
Bin Laden 'in Good Health'
Osama bin Laden has recovered from shrapnel wounds sustained in the US attack on the al-Qaida Afghan base in the Tora Bora mountains, it was claimed today. Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based al-Quds Arabic newspaper, told the Reuters news agency that Bin Laden's associates had...
Bin Laden Plans Fresh Terror for September
Terrorists are planning a series of spectacular attacks on American, British and Israeli targets to coincide with the anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Centre.
Gore derides Bush hunt for Bin Laden
Al Gore has launched a vociferous attack on the Bush administration's handling of the war against terrorism, accusing it of incompetence in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Bin Laden is 'alive and Planning New Attacks'
Osama Bin Laden and "98%" of the al-Qaida leadership are still alive and planning fresh attacks on the US "in the coming days and months", a spokesman for the organisation said in a taped broadcast yesterday. On the audio tape delivered to the al-Jazeera television network, Suleiman Abu...
Gibraltar Plotters 'funded By Bin Laden'
The three Saudi men arrested on suspicion of planning to mount terrorist attacks on British and US warships in the Straits of Gibraltar are alleged to have been funded by Osama bin Laden. The Moroccan government disclosed yesterday that the three suspected al-Qaida operatives, who hold...
Mullah Omar Says Bin Laden is Alive, According to Newspaper
Osama bin Laden is alive, according to comments apparently made in interview by fugitive Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar.
Bin Laden named in overlooked FBI memo
Osama bin Laden was named in an FBI memorandum written two months before September 11 warning that his followers could be training for terrorist missions at American flight schools, it was reported yesterday.
Troops Study Remains for Bin Laden's Dna
Canadian soldiers hoping to find the body of Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants have taken DNA samples from the remains of al-Qaida fighters buried in their mountain hideout at Tora Bora, in eastern Afghanistan. Over a period of three days they took samples from 23 bodies, but none...
Bin Laden Mastermind 'still Hiding in Britain'
A radical Muslim cleric named as Osama bin Laden's 'European ambassador' who is wanted for questioning in several countries is still on the run in Britain, say senior Islamic and police sources. Abu Qatada, who fled his west London home at the end of last year, has so far evaded capture...
Big Bang? Must Be Bin Laden
Since September 11, every loud noise or low plane makes us panic.
Bin Laden Goes Electric
Brian Whitaker decodes the latest video from the world's most wanted man.
US Blunder 'let Bin Laden Escape'
Intelligence officials say commander's failure to send in ground troops was Afghan war's gravest error.
Tape leaves questions open on Bin Laden
Alongside the testimony of one of the September 11 hijackers, the al-Jazeera cable channel also broadcast a videotape of Osama bin Laden sitting with his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, while the latter proclaims the September 11 attacks a "great victory".
Al-Jazeera Airs New Bin Laden Video
Terror suspect Osama bin Laden was shown in brief video excerpts aired today by the pan-Arab satellite station al-Jazeera. The tape was said to have been received in the past few days but it was not clear when it had been made - so gave no clue as to whether Bin Laden was still alive...
Paper gets 'Bin Laden' email
A London-based Arabic newspaper said yesterday that it had received an email purporting to come from Osama bin Laden.
Bin Laden slang invades US schools
The September 11 attacks have not led to the backlash of bigotry in US classrooms that had been feared, but the national trauma has left at least one permanent mark in the playgrounds of America by reshaping teenage slang.
Bin Laden's Men Wait to Take Bloody Revenge
Al-Qaeda may have lost its Afghan power base but it has survived as a deadly threat. Jason Burke investigates the danger posed by cells of extremists across the world trained to kill for Islam.
How Osama Won Europe the Space Race
The Afghan conflict has highlighted the need for smart satellite systems and for once Europe has stolen a march on America.
US Wants Bin Laden Dna to Identify Body
The family of Osama bin Laden have been asked to provide DNA samples so that it will be possible to determine whether bin Laden was among those killed in an air attack in Afghanistan earlier this month, according to reports. Tissue samples found at the site in eastern Afghanistan have...
Eta Has Stinger Missiles Bought From Bin Laden
Three Eta members travelled to al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan last year to buy ground-to-air missiles and train in their use, according to a report from an unnamed Arab intelligence service obtained by Tiempo magazine in Spain. The magazine said the Basque separatists had bought three...
Bin Laden's No 2 'captured in Iran'
Osama bin Laden's most senior lieutenant, the Egyptian militant Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been captured and jailed in Tehran, a leading Iranian newspaper reported yesterday. Zawahiri, the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, was arrested several days ago and has been imprisoned in the...
Afghan Leader: We Will Continue Hunt for Bin Laden
The hunt for Osama Bin Laden and his al-Qaida supporters in Afghanistan will continue until they have all been driven from the country, the Afghan interim leader, Hamid Karzai, said today. "The war against terrorism is not over," Mr Karzai told journalists at a joint press conference with...
Bin Laden - the latest designer label
To date, the "shalwar kameez with combat jacket" look has been Osama bin Laden's sole contribution to style - but that may be about to change. The brother of the world's most wanted man is to launch a fashion label exploiting the family's now infamous name. Yesama Binladin, who...
Shoe bomb Briton named as key agent in Bin Laden's network
Richard Reid, the alleged British shoe bomber, operated as a terrorist scout for Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, travelling the world on the look-out for potential terror targets before the September 11 attacks, a US intelligence source told the Guardian last night...
Bin Laden disciples terrorise Kurds
Kurdish Islamic followers of Osama bin Laden, who are attempting to establish a Taliban-style enclave in northern Iraq, have triggered a civil war estimated to have claimed the lives of more than 100 people in four months. Jund al-Islam, or the Soldiers of Islam, is operating in the...
Shoe bomb linked to Bin Laden
The Briton suspected of trying to blow up an airliner with a bomb hidden in his shoes received explosives training at the same al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan as Zacarias Moussaoui, the Frenchman charged with involvement in the September 11 plot, US intelligence sources said yesterday...
Search for Bin Laden focuses on Pakistan
The focus of the search for Osama bin Laden switched to Pakistan yesterday after the Afghan defence ministry claimed that the Saudi fugitive had escaped across the border and was being sheltered by an extremist Pakistani movement. Leaders of the movement, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI),...
Alive or dead, Bin Laden is now history
Writing in the American journal Foreign Affairs a quarter of a century ago, the Middle East historian David Fromkin described the terrorist as being "like a magician who tricks you into watching his right hand while his left hand, unnoticed, makes the switch." It is a comment worth...
Rudy knocks Osama off the front page
The usual criteria for determining the identity of Time magazine's person of the year, one of the most reliable seasonal standbys, were abandoned yesterday to prevent the distinction going to Osama bin Laden. The rules of the ritual, in which the selection is made by the magazine's...
Inside the caves that sheltered Bin Laden followers to the last
The cave is 1,000ft up a shale-strewn incline almost vertical to the narrow valley floor. The entrance is set back at the end of a sloping path between two bulging expanses of rock that form a kind of chicane. It may be natural, but might just as easily have been hewn from the crumbly sandstone...
Bin Laden troops in last stand
Hundreds of Afghan mojahedin troops, backed by British and American commandos, last night surrounded a mountain cave in eastern Afghanistan where they believe Osama bin Laden and a dwindling force of hardcore al-Qaida fighters are hiding. US jets delivered huge bombing raids on the cave,...
Mark Lawson on the provenance of the Bin Laden tape
In accidental homage to the commercial calendar of the superstars of American culture he desires to destroy, Osama bin Laden has a hot new video out just in time for Christmas. Regrettably, we would need to wait for the DVD - with those additional features including interviews with the creators of...
The Bin Laden video: is this the clinching evidence?
Osama bin Laden laughs and boasts in a captured videotape released by the Pentagon yesterday as he describes how he sent the September 11 hijackers to their deaths without revealing their mission until moments before they boarded the planes. In the most decisive evidence to date of the...
Bin Laden fled to Pakistan 10 days ago, aide claims
Osama bin Laden fled Afghanistan 10 days ago and is now in Pakistan, according to a close aide. The aide, a prominent Saudi financier and senior al-Qaida member, claims that Bin Laden escaped with the help of local tribesmen. The claims by Abu Jaffar, reported by the Christian Science...
Pakistan nuclear experts advised Bin Laden
A month before the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US, Osama bin Laden held long discussions with Pakistani nuclear scientists about making weapons of mass destruction, it was reported yesterday. The Washington Post quoted Pakistani intelligence officials as saying that two retired...
Bush to release video of Bin Laden amused by attack
The White House last night said it would release a video of Osama bin Laden in the next 48 hours in which the Saudi fugitive allegedly appears amused that some of the hijackers involved in the September 11 attacks were not aware they were going to die. According to US officials, the...
UK sets conditions for Bin Laden trial
Britain would hand over Osama bin Laden to the US but only on condition he would not face the death penalty, the defence secretary, Geoff Hoon, said yesterday. He said he believed the US was the correct place for any trial of the main suspect behind the September 11 attacks even if he...