News and Media

See also:

• Society: Issues: Terrorism: News and Media  (8)
• Society: Issues: Terrorism: Terrorist Organizations: Al-Jihad: Ayman Al-Zawahiri: News and Media  (4)

BBC News: Bin Laden innocent says Taleban - - Includes statement by Taleban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar that bin Laden has been neutralized by restricting his communications.

BBC News: Who is Osama Bin Laden? - - Biography of bin Laden, as well as information on terroristic acts he has been speculated to be involved in.

Boston Gobe: Prime suspect: Osama bin Laden - - Collection of articles, photo gallery and background information. USA.

CNN In-Depth: Osama bin Laden - - Information about the prime suspect. From CNN: America Under Attack.

New York Times: Osama bin Laden - - Ongoing collection of NYT articles, plus multimedia. Free registration required to view.

PBS Frontline: Hunting bin Laden - - Video clips and accompanying text from investigative documentaries on the suspected terrorist mastermind.

Salon: Osama Bin Laden - - Collection of articles. USA.

Usama Bin Laden - - Compendium and index of articles and analysis concerning Usama Bin Laden.

csmonitor.com - How Osama bin Laden Got Away - - A day-by-day account of how Osama bin Laden eluded the world's most powerful military machine. (March 4, 2002)

Guardian: No brother of mine - - Marcella Bombardieri. Interview with Osama's US-based brother Abdullah in the only interview given by a member of the Bin Laden family since September 11. UK. (October 12, 2001)

Guardian Unlimited: Bin Laden's Statement - - Translation of the videotaped statement. (October 7, 2001)

Guardian Unlimited: Face to face with Osama - - Rahimullah Yusufzai. The thoughts of a Pakistani journalist who has interviewed both Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar. UK. (September 26, 2001)

Time: The Most Wanted Man In The World - - Lisa Beyer. In-depth history of Osama bin-Laden. USA. (September 24, 2001)

Observer: Bin Laden and son: the grooming of a dynasty - - Jason Burke in Peshawar. About Osama Bin Laden, his son Muhammed, al-Zawahiri and other fighters. UK. (September 23, 2001)

Guardian Unlimited: The case for the prosecution - - Julian Borger in Washington and Ewen MacAskill. "Circumstantial evidence points to Bin Laden." UK. (September 20, 2001)

Dawn: Al-Qaqa - - By Ardeshir Cowasjee. "Now, before our spooks disrupt my communications systems, I tell them that all this information has been culled from the Internet, available with one click to anyone with access." Pakistan. (September 16, 2001)

Guardian: Bin Laden terror network active in 34 countries - - Ewen MacAskill, Richard Norton-Taylor and Julian Borger in Washington. "The enormity of the task facing the US and its allies...has been revealed in a report showing that his reach extends to 34 countries, including Britain." (September 14, 2001)

CNN: Bin Laden, Millionaire with a Dangerous Grudge - - Information on attacks bin Laden has been suspected or proved to be involved in. (September 13, 2001)

Guardian: Bin Laden: the former CIA 'client' obsessed with training pilots - - Information about bin Laden and al-Qaida which emerged during the 2001 trial in New York for the bombing of two US embassies in east Africa in 1998. (September 13, 2001)

The Seattle Times: Osama bin Laden: from U.S. friend to foe - - The Associated Press and Knight-Ridder Newspapers. To fully understand how Osama bin Laden became a world-famous suspected terrorism mastermind and an America-hater, it is necessary to see how he became an Islamic "holy warrior." (September 13, 2001)

TIME: How to Beat Bin Laden - - How Osama Bin Laden operates - and what it will take to defeat him (September 13, 2001)

The Washington Post: Bin Laden: a 'Master Impresario' - - By Michael Dobbs. "Saudi fugitive spouts militant rhetoric, but ties to violence remain mysterious." (September 13, 2001)

The Washington Post: Osama bin Laden and His Group - - Background information about the Al Qaeda group and its leader. Timeline of presumed terrorist attacks. (GIF image, 51K) (September 13, 2001)

Centre for Research on Globalisation: Who Is Osama Bin Laden? - - Michel Chossudovsky. "The history of Osama Bin Laden and the links of the Islamic 'Jihad' to the formulation of US foreign policy during the Cold War and its aftermath." (September 12, 2001)

Guardian: Bin Laden's infrastructure of fanaticism - - Jason Burke. "America's number one terrorist suspect has built up a formidable network dedicated to the Islamic fundamentalist cause." (September 12, 2001)

Guardian: Finger of suspicion pointed at Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden - - Ewen MacAskill, Richard Norton-Taylor, David Pallister, Brian Whitaker and Rory McCarthy. "Intelligence sources say only one man was capable of mounting attack." (September 12, 2001)

Village Voice: The Accidental Operative - - An article by Camelia Fard and James Ridgeway about Laili Helms, a Taliban advocate, and recent attempts to turn bin Laden over to the US. (June 13, 2001)

Guardian: Taliban will not sacrifice Bin Laden - - Luke Harding in Kabul. "Half of my country has been destroyed by two decades of war. If the remaining half is also destroyed in trying to protect Mr Bin Laden, I'm willing for this sacrifice," Mullah Omar said. (March 31, 2001)

CNN: Prosecution uses bin Laden interview in embassy bombings trial - - "Osama bin Laden's historic hour-long interview with CNN was played Wednesday for the jury deciding whether four men are part of an alleged decade-long conspiracy led by the Saudi expatriate and aimed at killing Americans and destroying U.S. property abroad." (February 21, 2001)

Israel Report: Bin Laden Nuclear Suitcases - - A US-based expert on non-conventional terror believes terrorist Ossame Bin Laden has acquired portable nuclear devices. Clipped from The Jerusalem Report. (October 25, 1999)

TIME Asia: Wrath of God: Osama bin Laden lashes out against the West - - Interview in which bin Laden denies direct responsibility for the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, but reiterates his call for all Muslims to protect themselves against Western infidels. (January 11, 1999)

Salon Newsreal: Is bin Laden a terrorist mastermind -- or a fall guy? - - Discusses the lack of hard evidence linking bin Laden with the many terrorist acts attributed to him. (August 27, 1998)

Salon Newsreal: How to turn a criminal to a hero - - How the U.S. attacks on Osama bin Laden have transformed him into a local hero. (August 26, 1998)

CNN: Persian Gulf wealth backing terrorists - - "U.S. intelligence agencies are checking the activities of Osama Bin Laden, a member of a wealthy Saudi family who was stripped of his Saudi citizenship in 1994 and who finances a host of hard-line groups from Egypt to Algeria. Bin Laden has lived in Sudan for the past five years." (August 14, 1996)