Arab Headlines on Bin Laden's Death
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The former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit speaks
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A counterfactual history of America after 9/11
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After ordering the raid the killed al Qaeda's leader, the commander in chief gets to start over |
The proceeds could help fund America's wars abroad and other efforts in the war on terror or even a scholarship for 9/11 victims
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White House
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Obama campaigned against the Bush approach to fighting terrorism. We elected him. Does he owe us follow through?
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In footage released by the Pentagon Saturday, Osama bin Laden glances at congressional floor proceedings on Arabic TV
CBS
"Anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn't deserve what he got needs to have their head examined."
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It might not be a bad sign that so many teenagers didn't know who he was
Former officials are taking credit for bin Laden's death, but the current president has corrected his predecessor's misguided thinking
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