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Saturday, December 08, 2001
(Last update: 3/6/02 4:10 p.m.)
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Please send comments and suggested links to Tim Rozgonyi, Post-Gazette Assistant Technology Systems Editor, at rozgonyi@post-gazette.com
Intercepted Al Qaeda E-Mail Is Said to Hint at Regrouping - Newly detected Internet traffic indicates that elements of Al Qaeda may be trying to regroup in Pakistan near the Afghan border. A 3/6/02 article from the New York Times.
9 Hijackers Drew Scrutiny on Sept. 11, Officials Say - Nine of the 19 terrorists who hijacked four jetliners on Sept. 11 had been singled out for special scrutiny that morning. A 3/3/02 article from the New York Times.
U.S. Analysts Find No Sign bin Laden Had Nuclear Arms - A search in Afghanistan has not uncovered evidence that Osama bin Laden acquired nuclear materials, but does show he may have been duped. A 2/26/02 article from the New York Times.
New Clues Suggest Bin Laden Is Alive on Afghan Border - Administration officials say they have indications that Osama bin Laden is alive and still moving around on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. A 2/24/02 article from the New York Times.
Case Tying Algerian to Sept. 11 Attacks Collapses in Britain - Lotfi Raissi, once identified by American investigators as the "lead trainer" of the Sept. 11 attackers, walked free on $14,200 bail. A 2/13/02 article from the New York Times.
Yahoo!News: Osama bin Laden - Links to information about Osama bin Laden, including backgrounders and reports.
Salon.com: Osama bin Laden - features links to Salon.com articles about bin Laden and al-Qaeda.
Federation of American Scientists: al Qa'ida - a short history of bin Laden's al Qa'ida network, which includes al-Qa'ida (The Base), Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places, World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, Islamic Salvation Foundation and the Usama bin Laden Network.
Attack on America: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban and Terrorism - This page provides a select list of research and background sources about Osama bin Laden and his loose knit network known as al-Qa'ida (The Base). Resources on Afghanistan, whose former Taliban regime sheltered bin Laden, the events of September 11th, and terrorism in general, are also included.
al Qa'ida Links - Air University Library - features links and a bibliography.
Zacarias Moussaoui Indictment - Full text of grand jury indictment for six counts of criminal conspiracy to commit murder. Nineteen hijackers are listed as unindicted co-conspirators.
Terminal Proclamation. Bin Laden Rallies Muslims While Alluding to His Demise - A gaunt and graying Osama bin Laden spoke to the Arab world in a 30-minute videotape broadcast on the Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera, rallying Muslims to his side with anti-Western rhetoric. A 12/27/01 article from ABCNEWS.com.
Walker: Prison uprising was 'mistake' - Speaking from his hospital bed shortly after being captured, a wounded and weary John Walker said the bloody prison uprising that resulted in the death of a CIA operative was "all a mistake of a handful of people." A 12/20/01 article from CNN.com.
Interpol Red Notice for Bin Laden’s right hand man - By request of Egyptian police authorities, Interpol has posted a Red Notice for Aiman Al Zawahry, a leader of the Al Jihad terrorist group and emerging as one of the key figures in Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terrorist network. Interpol’s 179 member countries are thereby formally requested to try to trace him and, if successful, immediately notify the Cairo Interpol Bureau as well as Interpol’s Headquarters in Lyon, France. A 9/25/01 Interpol Press Release.
Atta's Will Found. Suspected Hijacker Left Strict Instructions - Mohammed Atta, a suspected ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks who is believed to have piloted the first plane that struck the World Trade Center, left behind a will with a list of strict instructions for handling his corpse. A 10/4/01 article from ABCNEWS.com.
A Gaunt bin Laden on New Tape - A new videotaped statement from Osama bin Laden that purports to have been made sometime in late November or early December shows the terrorist leader looking tired and gaunt but alive some three months after the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A 12-26-01 article from NYTIMES.COM. It includes a link to a clip from the video.
Tape Missing Subtleties. Bin Laden Translation Omitted Sections - When the videotape of Osama bin Laden talking about the Sept. 11 terror attacks was released by the United States government on Dec. 13, administration officials spoke at length about the extensive effort to achieve a full and accurate transcript. A translation commissioned by ABCNEWS, however, reveals new elements that raise questions about what the government left out of the official version and why. A 12/21/01 item from ABCNEWS.COM.
FBI Experts Say Hundreds of Trained al-Qaida Terrorists at Large: They brief Senate panel reviewing worldwide threat - Hundreds of hard-core al-Qaida terrorists, backed by many thousands of supporters around the world, remain poised to strike, two FBI experts on terrorism say. A 12/18/01 article from the U.S. State Department's Washington File.
Osama bin Laden videotape - A videotape released Thursday by the Pentagon shows Osama bin Laden boasting of his involvement in the September 11 attacks and seeming amused that some of the hijackers were ignorant of their impending deaths. Speaking of the hijackers, bin Laden says, "They were trained and we did not reveal the operation to them until they are there and just before they boarded the planes." Main story: Bin Laden on tape: Attacks 'benefited Islam greatly' - There is a link on this page to the video excerpt. Transcript - in PDF format.
Al Qaeda Training Manual - From the U.S. Department of Justice. "The manual was located by the Manchester (England) Metropolitan Police during a search of an Al Qaeda member's home. The manual was found in a computer file described as "the military series" related to the "Declaration of Jihad." The manual was translated into English and was introduced earlier this year at the embassy bombing trial in New York. The Department is only providing selected text from the manual because it does not want to aid in educating terrorists or encourage further acts of terrorism."
Beyond the Bin Laden Hunt: The Real Story in the War Against Terrorism - an 11/20/01 article from the website of The Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Attack on America: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban and Terrorism - (From East Carolina University). An annotated bibliography of U.S. government and private research reports on terrorism. Includes hearings and Congressional Research Service reports.
Bin Laden: Yes, I did it - OSAMA BIN LADEN has for the first time admitted that his al-Qa'eda group carried out the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. An 11/11/01 report from the (London) Telegraph.
Osama claims he has nukes: If US uses N-arms it will get same response - a 11/10/01 article detailing an interview with Osama bin Laden by Hamid Mir of the Pakistani newspaper, Dawn.
Last words of a terrorist - One of the few - and certainly the most remarkable and troubling - glimpses into the minds and motives of the men who wrought the slaughter of 11 September is a four-page document, written in Arabic, found in the baggage of the suspected ringleader behind the carnage, Mohamed Atta. A 9/30/01 article from The Observer (UK).
Ground Zero and the Saudi connection - A 10/6/01 article from The Spectator (U.K.) on the extreme Islamic sect that inspires Osama bin Laden as well as all Muslim suicide bombers - and is subsidised by Saudi Arabia.
Responsibility for the terrorist atrocities in the United States - A 10/4/01 document from the British Government laying out the evdience linking Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida to the terrorists attacks of 9/11/01.
Federal Cases Pending Against bin Laden - Legal Dockets Online offers a list of federal litigation pending against Osama bin Laden.
A Fugitive's Splintered Family Tree: International Terrorism, Capitalism Mix in Bin Laden Extended Family - A 9/30/01 article from The Washington Post.
Text of 9/24/01 statement attributed to Osama bin Laden as provided on Monday by the Al-Jazeera television news network, based in Qatar. It was translated from Arabic by The Associated Press. Some sections of the faxed statement were illegible.
Usama bin Ladin: Islamic Extremist Financier - This CIA assessment, released to the media in 1996, provides background information on bin Ladin, including his involvement in the resistance to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and how he became a prominent figure in supporting the resistance. It also provides information on the nature of his terrorist activities -- including the Islamic Salvation Foundation (Al-Qaida), collaboration with other extremist groups.
Al-Qaida - Established by Usama Bin Ladin in the late 1980s. Al-Qaida has a worldwide reach, has cells in a number of countries, and is reinforced by its ties to Sunni extremist networks. Issued statement under banner of "the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders" in February 1998, saying it was the duty of all Muslims to kill US citizens--civilian or military--and their allies everywhere.
Bin Laden: the former CIA 'client' obsessed with training pilots - A 9/13/2001 article from The Guardian.
Bin Laden's family condemn US attacks - a 9/15/2001 article from Agence France Presse.
An Exclusive Interview with Osama Bin Ladin: Talking with Terror's Banker - ABC's John Miller interviewed bin Laden in May 1998. The interview runs in Q&A format and contains dozens of helpful links.
FBI's Ten Most Wanted List - Read bin Laden's FBI profile.
Greetings, America. My Name is Osama bin Laden - an Esquire magazine story on him from 1999.
Holy Warrior Redux - a 9/14/2001 article from The New Republic Online.
Hunting bin Laden - Delve into the world of Muslim fundamentalist leader Osama bin Laden. This newly-updated site offers the latest possible trail of evidence on the September 11th attacks, background reports about bin Laden and his family, the text of his "fatwa" against the U.S., relevant documents about the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies, video clips, and an exclusive interview with the exiled Saudi millionaire.
Osama Bin Laden: How the U.S. Helped Midwife a Terrorist - a 9/13/2001 report from the Center for Public Integrity.
Osama bin Laden: Suspected Terrorist Mastermind - an ABC News newsmakers biography from 2000.
Osama Bin Ladin: Wealth plus Extremism Equals Terrorism - a 1998 article from ICT, The Interdisciplinary Center.
The Real bin Laden - A New Yorker article by from 1/24/2000, reposted after the attacks.
Terror groups hide behind Web encryption - a USA Today article from June 19, 2001 on how bin Laden used hidden notes in Web sites to post instructions to his followers.
Who is Osama Bin Laden? - from the BBC.
Who Is Osama Bin Laden? - a 9/12/2001 report from the Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG), Montréal.
WMD TERRORISM AND USAMA BIN LADEN - a 1999 report from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies detailing bin Laden's efforts to acquire nuclear materials.