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35 years for man who offered speakers for grenades

AP — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:57:17 +0000

A one-time admirer of Osama bin Laden who plotted a hand-grenade attack at a mall jammed with Christmas shoppers _ and tried to trade two stereo speakers for the weapons _ was sentenced to 35 years in prison...

Gitmo prosecutors seek resentencing for detainee

AP — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:15:53 +0000

Military prosecutors have asked the judge who presided over the war crimes trial for Osama bin Laden’s driver to order a new sentencing hearing, arguing the detainee should not have received credit for time served, officials said...

Deaths make 2008 deadliest for US in Afghanistan

AP — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:12:38 +0000

Insurgents killed two U.S. troops in Afghanistan on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Thursday, making 2008 the deadliest year for American forces since U.S. troops invaded the country in 2001 for sheltering Osama bin...

Police chief who dressed as bin Laden says sorry

AP — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:03:59 +0000

A senior British police officer says he is sorry for attending a community festival dressed as Osama bin Laden.

White House: No 'super powers' to find bin Laden

AP — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:57:20 +0000

The White House said Wednesday that the failure to capture Osama bin Laden in the seven years since the Sept. 11 attacks shows the limitations of military and intelligence...

Al Qaeda is now targeting US collaborators in Iraq

Balbhadra Rana — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:36:06 +0000

Last month Osama bin Laden had denounced the Awakening movement and all those who are collaborating with the US forces in Iraq. He had termed them as traitors. These US ‘allies’ are also called CLCs (Concerned Local Citizens). They...

Documents: US strike aided bin Laden-Taliban ties

AP — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:38:02 +0000

The U.S. cruise missile strike on an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan in 1998 was meant to kill Osama bin Laden. But he apparently left shortly before the missiles struck, and newly declassified U.S. documents suggest the attack cemented an...

Gitmo jurors disappointed convict could be held

AP — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:38:46 +0000

The military jurors who gave Osama bin Laden’s driver a light sentence want him freed from Guantanamo once he completes it in December and were frustrated to learn the military can hold him indefinitely, one of the panelists said...

Guantanamo defendants mostly low-level figures

AP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:07:35 +0000

Osama bin Laden’s driver, who received only a five-year sentence, is not so different from the majority of the 265 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay: a low-level player without a proven record of...

Split verdict in first Guantanamo war-crimes trial

AP — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:36:46 +0000

The conviction of Osama bin Laden’s driver by a U.S. military court after a 10-day trial provides an indication of what to expect as dozens more Guantanamo prisoners go to court: shifting charges, secret testimony _ and quick...