Al Qaeda Confirms bin Laden is Dead, Vows Revenge
06 May 2011
Al Qaeda confirmed Osama bin Laden was dead on Friday, dispelling some of the fog around the killing of the "holy warrior," and vowed to mount more attacks on the West. The announcement by the Islamist network, which promised to publish a taped message from bin Laden soon, appeared likely to silence doubts expressed by some that he had died at all. In a statement online, it said bin Laden's blood "is more precious to us and to every Muslim than to...
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First Suspected Drone Strike since bin Laden Raid Kills 12
06 May 2011
A suspected U.S. drone struck and killed targets in Pakistan's tribal region Friday, the first such attack since American troops killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden north of Islamabad earlier this week. Two Pakistani intelligence officials told CNN that 12 suspected militants were killed in the assault in the Data Khel region of North Waziristan, one of the seven districts of Pakistan's volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The drone,...
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Kayani Orders Probe into Intel Failure, Seeks Cut in US Personnel
06 May 2011
The directives for a broad-based military inquiry were given at a corps commanders conference at the GHQ as the army decided on an immediate reduction in the US military presence in the country in protest against the `unilateral American operation` in which the fugitive Al Qaeda chief with $25 million bounty on his head was killed. “An investigation has been ordered into the circumstances that led to this situation,” a military spokesman...
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Gunmen Kill Six near Quetta in Suspected Sectarian Attack
06 May 2011
Assailants using rockets and guns attacked a group of people exercising at an open soccer field in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing six of them and wounding 13, police said. Senior police official Hamid Shakil said the attackers fled quickly toward the nearby mountains after the attack on the outskirts Quetta, which is the capital of southwestern Pakistan's impoverished Baluchistan province. About 50 people were exercising at the time of...
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