Word: osama
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...part to Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, whose vote with two of his colleagues on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the lower court's order, the tribunals are back on, with the trials of several alleged terrorists like Australian David Hicks and an alleged driver for Osama bin Laden expected to gear up in the fall. That is, of course, unless there's an appeal to the Supreme Court; Roberts, if he's on the court by then, would have to recuse himself from the case...
...terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, orchestrated by Saudi native Osama bin Laden and carried out by 15 Saudi militants, ensured that Fahd would go down in history as the Saudi ruler who turned a blind eye to growing Islamic extremism. To protect the regime from spreading Islamic revolution following Ayatullah Khomeini's overthrow of the Shah of Iran, Fahd gave the Kingdom's ultra conservative Islamic establishment the green light to promote an ever rigid Wahhabi form of Islam so long as it continued to recognize the legitimacy of the House of Saud as Saudi Arabia's political leadership...
...truth about our invasion of Iraq? The indisputable fact is that President Bush justified the attack on Iraq based on intelligence that proved to be wrong. Gilbert H. Vieira Colfax, California, U.S. With a wry smile, I read the interview with Goss. If, as he claims, he knows where Osama bin Laden is, the CIA should go get him. Then we can lock bin Laden up with Saddam Hussein, and the mission will be accomplished. In answer to the question of how long he would stay in his job at the CIA, Goss responded, "How long are we going...
...killings in London. They shed the blood; they must answer for it. But as the trail of bodies that began with the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 continues to lengthen, we need to ask why the attacks keep coming. One key reason is that Osama bin Laden's "achievements" in standing up to the American colossus on 9/11 have inspired others to follow his lead. Another is that American actions--above all, the invasion and occupation of Iraq--have galvanized still more Muslims and convinced them of the truth of bin Laden's vision...
...Sabbah the Osama bin Laden of his day?? I ask the guard before realizing that he was probably an Ismaili, one of the Assassins' descendants who are today spread across Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and follow the Aga Khan, a determinedly peaceful...