Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The First Year Anniversary On The Death Of Osama Bin Laden -- News Roundup



Osama Bin Laden, One Year Later: The Man and the Movement -- ABC News

President Barack Obama took to a White House podium a year ago Tuesday to tell the world that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed in a U.S. Navy SEAL raid. A year later, former White House counter-terrorism advisor and ABC News consultant Richard Clarke looks at what role bin Laden really played and how the world has changed since his death.

Appearing on ABC News' "This Week" on Sunday, White House counter-terrorism chief John Brennan reaffirmed the Obama Administration's intent to destroy al Qaeda. It was at once a muscular declaration of an aggressive policy and simultaneously an admission that al Qaeda is not dead yet. Asked by George Stephanopoulos if the death of Osama bin Laden seemed as important now one year after his death as it had at the time, Brennan quickly said that the al Qaeda leader's demise was very significant, but he then used the word "symbolic" to describe the importance.

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More News On The One Year Anniversary Of Bin Laden's Death

Obama marks anniversary of bin Laden's death -- CBC/AP
Bin Laden complained of Al-Qaeda 'disaster' -- AFP
Bemoaning ‘disaster after disaster,’ bin Laden considered changing al-Qaeda’s name -- National Post/AFP
Bin Laden: Seized documents show delusional leader and micromanager -- CNN
A year after bin Laden raid, Pakistan still harboring U.S.’s biggest enemies -- McClathcy News
Osama dead but Al Qaeda still dangerous -- New York Daily News
Top Al Qaeda leaders still burrowing in Pakistan: US -- New York Daily News
Al Qaeda ‘Shadow of Former Self’, US Counter-Terror Official Says -- ABC News
Al-Qaeda 'irrelevant' since bin Laden's death -- CBC
How the Killing of Bin Laden Has Crippled al Qaeda -- James Kitfield, The Atlantic
In Wake of Bin Laden's death, Al Qaeda Remains Lethal -- US News and World Report
Al Qaeda Is Far From Defeated -- Seth Jones
U.S. intelligence official says al-Qaeda affiliates biggest terror threat -- Xinhuanet
After bin Laden: questions, conspiracies and Al Qaeda today -- The National

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