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On AlterNet: bin laden

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "bin laden"

How an Innocent Man Was Tortured Into Making False Confessions

How an Innocent Man Was Tortured Into Making False Confessions

Andy Worthington, CounterPunch. October 5, 2009.
Like torture victims groomed for show trials throughout the centuries, Fouad al-Rabiah made up false stories under torture in the hopes of one day leaving Guantanamo.

Bin Laden Sports 'I Love Guantanamo' T-Shirt in DC Ad

Bin Laden Sports 'I Love Guantanamo' T-Shirt in DC Ad

AlterNet September 29, 2009.
Ads argue that illegal detentions are counter-productive as well as illegal.

Terror Advisor: Obama Replacing 'Global War on Terror' With New Strategy

Agence France Presse August 6, 2009.

CIA Told Zubaydah They Mistook Him for a High-Level al Qaeda Operative

CIA Told Zubaydah They Mistook Him for a High-Level al Qaeda Operative

Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. June 16, 2009.
Zubaydah said he endured “months of suffering and torture” on the false premise that he was an al-Qaeda leader.

TV Jury Finds Osama Bin Laden

TV Jury Finds Osama Bin Laden "Not Guilty" of 9/11

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 10, 2009.
And not necessarily the ring-leader of Al Qaeda.

Bin Laden's Driver Gets 5 1/2 Years in Prison

Bin Laden's Driver Gets 5 1/2 Years in Prison

dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 8, 2008.
This is an ex post facto conviction based on the Military Commissions Act of 2006. And what a commission it was.

Gitmo Alert: Bin Laden's Driver Acquitted of Serious Charge, Found Guilty of Another

Gitmo Alert: Bin Laden's Driver Acquitted of Serious Charge, Found Guilty of Another

Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 6, 2008.
Hamdan was acquitted on the more serious charge of conspiracy, which is a blow to the Bush Administration.

Bush Makes Belated Bid to Capture Bin Laden

Bush Makes Belated Bid to Capture Bin Laden

Jon Ponder, AlterNet: PEEK. June 16, 2008.
Eighty-one months after 9/11, POTUS vies for October Surprise.

America Defeated: How Terrorists Turned a Superpower's Strengths Against Itself

America Defeated: How Terrorists Turned a Superpower's Strengths Against Itself

Mark Danner, Tomdispatch.com. March 26, 2008.
America's enemies have used an evangelical, redemptive regime, hell-bent on remaking a fallen world, to lay the seeds of their success.

McCain Falsely Claims 'No One' Believes Iraq 'Diverted Attention' from Osama Chase

McCain Falsely Claims 'No One' Believes Iraq 'Diverted Attention' from Osama Chase

Jordan Michael Smith, Think Progress AlterNet: Election 2008. March 25, 2008.
According to Bob Woodward, when Gen Tommy Franks received the top-secret message asking for an Iraq war plan within a week, he was incredulous.

Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? [VIDEO]

Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 3, 2008.
"Super Size Me" director Morgan Spurlock sets off to do what the CIA, FBI and countless bounty hunters have failed to do.

FBI Agent Contradicts Right Wing Narrative, Says Saddam Viewed Bin Laden as a Threat [VIDEO]

FBI Agent Contradicts Right Wing Narrative, Says Saddam Viewed Bin Laden as a Threat [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. January 28, 2008.
George Piro, who interrogated Saddam for 7 months, says the Saddam considered Bin Laden "a threat to him and his regime."

Musharraf Blames Benazir Bhutto for Her Own Death [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. January 6, 2008.
In an exclusive "60 Minutes" interview Musharraf refused to acknowledge any security lapses by his government in protecting Bhutto.

Will Bush Be Forced to Pay Back the $5 Billion He Wasted?

Will Bush Be Forced to Pay Back the $5 Billion He Wasted?

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. December 24, 2007.
While Musharraf was cracking jokes at Bush's expense he was stealing billions of American taxpayer dollars from the clueless Texas clod.

Bush Pathetically Panders to His Base By Bashing MoveOn, Code Pink

Faiz Shakir, AlterNet: Video. November 1, 2007.
Faiz Shakir: With his anemic presidency on the rocks, Bush has resorted to battling with bloggers and war protesters for relevance.

McCain Promises Gun Company He'll Personally Chase Bin Laden and Shoot Him

McCain Promises Gun Company He'll Personally Chase Bin Laden and Shoot Him

GottaLaff, AlterNet: PEEK. October 24, 2007.
GottaLaff: Just what we need, another delusional cowpoke.

Afghanistan, Six Years Later: The Forgotten Front [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. October 7, 2007.
Al Qaeda is resurgent. Osama bin Laden and his number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, have not been captured. Suicide bombings have been used with increasing frequency and 750 civilians have been killed in 2007.

Olbermann’s Top 9/11 Story: The Promotion Of Failure In Bush Administration [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. September 12, 2007.
"Iraq has distracted us from punishing those responsible for 9/11," says Olbermann.

Mos Def, Cornel West and Bill Maher Discuss 9/11 Skepticism [VIDEO]

Manila Ryce, AlterNet: Video. September 12, 2007.
"I don't believe those mother f--ckers went to the moon either but that's just me," says Mos Def.

Bush Administration Attacks Bin Laden's...Manhood?

Bush Administration Attacks Bin Laden's...Manhood?

GottaLaff, AlterNet: PEEK. September 10, 2007.
GottaLaff: Using the word "impotent" doesn't seem to be the wisest way to insult any man, let alone the lunatic who already killed 3,000 Americans.

The FBI's Post-9/11 Helping Hand to Osama bin Laden

The FBI's Post-9/11 Helping Hand to Osama bin Laden

Larisa Alexandrovna, AlterNet: PEEK. June 21, 2007.
New reports suggest Osama bin Laden may have chartered Saudi flight out of U.S. after 9/11.

Bush's Convenient Declassifications

Bush's Convenient Declassifications

Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. May 23, 2007.
President Bush releases classified Al Qaeda info in the hopes that it'll boost war support; it won't.

The Evidence Is There: It’s Time for Congress to Investigate the Ties Between the Bush Family and Osama bin Laden

The Evidence Is There: It’s Time for Congress to Investigate the Ties Between the Bush Family and Osama bin Laden

Lucy Komisar, IPS News. April 5, 2007.
How the Bush family's private connection to a dirty offshore bank is the only link between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.

Cenk Uygur: Osama's still being forgotten by this administration!

Cenk Uygur: Osama's still being forgotten by this administration!

Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. February 27, 2007.
General agrees with Bush: catching bin Laden is no biggie...

Al Qaeda is "going to" detonate a nuclear weapon [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. February 21, 2007.
Head of CIA's "Bin Laden Unit" says Bush is waaaaay off target...