For more then two decades Osama has been the face of terror in all part of the word. Here is all the Osama news, Osama updates, Osama current news and Osama information you want to know.
For more then two decades Osama has been the face of terror in all part of the word. It has been one complete year after Osama Bin Laden was shot dead in Pakistan by Americans in a secret mission. But even after the death of the founder of Al-Qaeda, world still fears terrorism.
Here is all the Osama news, Osama updates, Osama current news and Osama information you want to know.
Osama bin Laden goes by the full name of Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden. He was born on March 10, 1957 in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia and later founded Al Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for several terrorist attacks around the globe. His father Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was a billionaire construction magnate in Riyadh.
He was on the lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists of Federal Bureau of Investigation. He also had a bounty of US$25 million on his head. He was involved in the U.S. Embassy bombings of 1998.
Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs and CIA operatives on May 2, 2011 inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. This secret operation was carried out by the permission of United States President Barack Obama.
Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): The Pakistan's military regime still continues to maneuver the country's political decisions even as the military was thrown in an international disrepute following the aftermath of US Navy SEAL operation that killed Osama bin Laden last May.
Lahore, May 3 (ANI): On Osama Bin Laden's first death anniversary, two men have told the BBC how they played host to the slain Al-Qaeda chief exactly a year before he was hunted down by U.S. forces in Pakistan, raising questions about claims by Pakistan officials that Bin Laden lived in total seclusion for nearly five years, without once leaving his Abbottabad compound.
Washington, May 3 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama has said that he has 'no doubts' over the raid he ordered on the compound in Abbottabad that led to the death of Osama bin Laden.
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Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): A Californian treasure hunter has claimed that he has found the body of Osama bin Laden 200 miles to the west of the Indian city of Surat.
Quetta, May 3 (ANI): Thousands of people rallied in Quetta on Wednesday to pay tribute to Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden on his first death anniversary, witnesses said.
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): A Californian treasure hunter has claimed that he has found the body of Osama bin Laden 200 miles to the west of the Indian city of Surat.
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): A Californian treasure hunter has claimed that he has found the body of Osama bin Laden 200 miles to the west of the Indian city of Surat.
Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said that the Pakistan Government and the armed forces played a vital role in hunting down former Al- Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden through a mobile phone chip.
New York, May 1 (ANI): One World Trade Center, the monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the 9/11 terror attacks, has become New York's tallest building, overtaking the Empire State Building.
Washington, Apr 29(ANI): Relations between Pakistan and the United States are yet to mend after one year after the killing of former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden.
Islamabad, Apr 28(ANI): A U.S. official has disputed the Inter-Services Intelligence claim that it deserves credit for helping intelligence officials locate the Abbottabad hideout, where former al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden was killed by NavySeals on May 2, 2011
Washington, Apr 28(ANI): Former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden did not lead a bad life taking into account that he was the world's most wanted fugitive, according to a new book by bin Laden expert Peter Bergen.
Washington, Apr 28 (ANI): Death of Al-Qaeda's leader Osama Bin Laden in a US Navy SEAL raid last year has weakened the terrorist network, but its affiliates still remain a threat to America, intelligence officials have said.
Washington, Apr 28(ANI): US President Barack Obama's top national security officials had debated various other options, including dropping an experimental small bomb on al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden inside his Pakistan's fortress, obliterating the compound with a B-2 bomber or inviting Pakistan to conduct a joint operation before the deadly Navy Seals raid on May 2, according to a new book by bin Laden expert Peter Bergen.
Washington, Apr 28(ANI): The most nail biting moment in the Abbottabad raid that killed former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden came when the helicopters carrying the Navy Seals left Afghan airspace to enter Pakistan's territory, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said.
Islamabad, Apr 27 (ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has shared intelligence with Pakistan suggesting Al Qaeda's plans to carry out major attacks in the country.
Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan has been invited to this Saturday's White House Correspondent's Dinner, along with fellow Hollywood stars George Clooney and Josh Hutcherson.
Washington, Apr 27(ANI): A US judge has refused to release photographs and videos of the US NavySeals raid that had killed former Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.
Islamabad, Apr 27 (ANI): Pakistan has deported all 14 family members of Osama Bin Laden to Saudi Arabia, bringing an end to speculations about the fate of his family after the Al Qaeda chief's death in 2011.
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): US federal authorities are warning countries to maintain caution as terrorist may use the date to avenge the former Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's death.
London, April 24 (ANI): Osama Bin Laden believed that coordinated shoe-bomb attacks on US-bound jetliners after 9/11 would have demoralized the West and destroyed the U.S. economy, according to a court testimony.
London, April 24 (ANI): Osama Bin Laden believed that coordinated shoe-bomb attacks on US-bound jetliners after 9/11 would have demoralized the West and destroyed the U.S. economy, according to a court testimony.
London, April 20 (ANI): A British man convicted for the aborted shoe-bombing operation has admitted in a videotape statement that he met Osama Bin Laden after deciding to fight jihad against the West.
London, Apr 19 (ANI): Osama Bin Laden's youngest wife 'demanded sex 24 hours a day,' the slain Al-Qaeda leader's eldest wife has claimed.
London, Apr 19 (ANI): Slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's youngest wife has said that she wants asylum in Britain and has expressed a desire to meet the royal family.
Karachi, Apr 12(ANI): Imran Khan- led Pakistan Tehrik- e Insaaf (PTI) is seemingly pandering to the hateful extremist agendas instead of weaning them away, an article in a Pakistan daily has said.
Islamabad, Apr 12(ANI): An editorial in a Pakistan daily has called for de-linking the proposal of ending drone strikes with the re-opening of NATO supply routes that have been shut since the deadly November 26 airstrike, saying that Pakistan-US ties are far too vital to be held hostage by political demagoguery.
Islamabad, Apr 10(ANI): Former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's Yemeni wife and his five children will be deported back after serving a seven-day prison sentence, as their travel documents are nearly complete.
Osama bin Laden's three widows and two eldest daughters have been charged for illegally staying in Pakistan by a Pakistani court that also sentenced them to 45 days detention and fine of Rs.10,000 to each members....
Washington, Mar 31(ANI): The United States State Department has said they haven't found credible evidence on a Pakistan support network for former al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden.
Islamabad, Mar 16(ANI): The findings of the Abbottabad commission report reportedly contradict the findings of the report given by US authorities on the May 2 raid.
London, Mar 15 (ANI): One of Osama Bin Laden's wives reportedly sparked off a vicious catfight with his youngest wife after calling her a slut.
London, Mar 15 (ANI): One of Osama Bin Laden's wives reportedly sparked off a vicious catfight with his youngest wife after calling her a slut.
Washington, Mar 9(ANI): US President Barack Obama is ramping up his re-election campaign with a release of a documentary on his first term.
Washington, Mar 9(ANI): US President Barack Obama is ramping up his re-election campaign with a release of a documentary on his first term.
Islamabad, Mar 7(ANI): Leaked e-mails from an intelligence analysis firm have suggested that former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's dead body was actually sent to the United States for cremation.
London, Mar 5(ANI): British Home Secretary Theresa May is preparing to meet officials in Jordan this week, as part of the David Cameron government's efforts to extradite radical cleric Abu Qatada.
London, Mar 5(ANI): British Home Secretary Theresa May is preparing to meet officials in Jordan this week, as part of the David Cameron government's efforts to extradite radical cleric Abu Qatada.
Islamabad, Feb 29 (ANI): US Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher has asked President Barack Obama to personally intervene in Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi's case, amid reports that the doctor who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden, had his assets seized by the Pakistan government.
London, Feb 29 (ANI): The demolition squad sent in to raze the white-walled mansion of killed terror chief Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan's Abbottabad has unearthed two Bibles, containing coded clues to future terror attacks.
London, Feb 29 (ANI): The demolition squad sent in to raze the white-walled mansion of killed terror chief Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan's Abbottabad has unearthed two Bibles, containing coded clues to future terror attacks.
Islamabad, Feb 29 (ANI): US Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher has asked President Barack Obama to personally intervene in Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi's case, amid reports that the doctor who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden, had his assets seized by the Pakistan government.
London, Feb.28 (ANI): Private American security company Stratfor has revealed that former Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was in routine contact with several senior figures of Pakistan's military intelligence agency while in hiding in Pakistan.
London, Feb 24 (ANI): A Muslim baggage handler, who was sacked by British Airways amid fears that he was being groomed for a terror plot, has claimed that he was told "all Mussies are terrorists."
London, Feb 24 (ANI): A Muslim baggage handler, who was sacked by British Airways amid fears that he was being groomed for a terror plot, has claimed that he was told "all Mussies are terrorists."
Jakarta, Feb 21(ANI): Umar Patek, the suspected mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombing, has said he never met Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in a Pakistani town where both were living.
Jakarta, Feb 21(ANI): Umar Patek, the suspected mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombing, has said he never met Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in a Pakistani town where both were living.
Jakarta, Feb 21(ANI): Umar Patek, the suspected mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombing, has said he never met Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in a Pakistani town where both were living.
Islamabad, Feb 20 (ANI): The Abbottabad Commission has started the process of finalising its report regarding the US incursion into Abbottabad on May 2 that killed former al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden.
London, Feb 16 (ANI): Osama bin Laden lusted after Whitney Houston, dreamed of marrying her and at one point even plotted to murder her husband Bobby Brown, a new book has claimed.
London, Feb 13 (ANI): Whitney Houston's death has been linked to football player Aaron Ramsey's goal scoring abilities, due to a series of bizarre coincidences.
Melbourne, Feb 11(ANI): The Australian government has maintained its silence on the legality of former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's killing by US special forces on May 2, 2011.
Islamabad, Feb 5 (ANI): A group of congressmen has sought the US citizenship for jailed Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, who helped the CIA track down and kill former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden last year in his Abbottabad hideout.
Islamabad, Feb 5 (ANI): A group of congressmen has sought the US citizenship for jailed Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, who helped the CIA track down and kill former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden last year in his Abbottabad hideout.
Lahore, Feb 1(ANI): Pakistan People's Party Information Secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the Memo scandal conspiracy was hatched only to divert international attention from the Salala checkpost attack.
Lahore, Feb 1(ANI): Pakistan People's Party Information Secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the Memo scandal conspiracy was hatched only to divert international attention from the Salala checkpost attack.
Washington, Jan.27 (ANI): An ex-Marine who caused a terror scare at the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery last summer, has pleaded guilty to firing shots at military buildings in the Washington, D.C. area.
Washington, Jan.27 (ANI): An ex-Marine who caused a terror scare at the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery last summer, has pleaded guilty to firing shots at military buildings in the Washington, D.C. area.
London, Jan 19 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan has reportedly been served with a lawsuit by a man who believes that she played a role in the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Islamabad, Jan 10 (ANI): The house in Pakistan where Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was shot dead by US Navy Seals will be flattened by rocket-propelled grenades and then bulldozed.
Islamabad, Jan 9(ANI): Pakistan's judicial commission tasked with probing the US Navy Seals' operation in Abbottabad that had killed former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, is expected to finalise its report by the end of this month, the commission's head has said.
Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Jessica Chastain may play the role of a field intelligence officer in Kathyrn Bigelow's new movie about the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Peshawar, Jan 5(ANI): Drone strikes in Pakistan have dropped by almost 50 percent from 118 in 2010 to 67 in 2011, a new analysis by the Express Tribune has shown.
Islamabad, Jan 3(ANI): Pakistan and the United States are considering lowering their expectations of working together and remain in limited contact, which can be described as the biggest change in the decade-old ties since the 9/11 terror attacks.
Beijing, Dec 23(ANI): Senior Chinese diplomat Dai Bingguo has arrived in Pakistan for talks in the wake of the latter's worsening ties with the United States
Islamabad, Dec 23(ANI): The Pakistan Government and the army seem to be at loggerheads in the wake of the Supreme Court vowing to go ahead with the probe into the Memo Gate scandal rather than calling it off.
Islamabad, Dec 23(ANI): Pakistan army wants to oust President Asif Ali Zardari through legal means rather than staging coups, military sources have said.
London, Dec 22 (ANI): Rakhi Sawant hit out at Pakistani actress Veena Malik, slamming her 'disappearance' and comparing her to fallen dictators Saddam Hussein and Colonel Gaddafi.
Islamabad, Dec 20(ANI): Pakistan has stopped sending reimbursement claims to the United States for expenses incurred in its 'war on terror'
New York, Dec 18(ANI): The killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden during the US Navy Seals raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, a new poll has shown.
Islamabad, Dec 3(ANI): Several Pakistani families refused polio vaccinations between July and September this year after reports of a fake campaign came to light, the UNICEF polio vaccination chief for Pakistan has said.
New Delhi, Dec.2 (ANI): When 9/11 happened, the Americans were livid and they descended on Islamabad, Rambo style, threatening General Musharraf with the famous "either you are with us or against us" threat.
Islamabad, Nov 29 (ANI): The commission investigating the US military raid, which killed former al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in his Abbottabad hideout and his presence in the country, has reportedly summoned the country's former US ambassador Hussain Haqqani to throw more light on the issue.
Islamabad, Nov 25(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said any scandal cannot derail the government, and those targeting the latter would be disappointed.
Islamabad, Nov 17(ANI): Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, has reportedly offered to resign following criticism over his alleged close links to Washington.
London, November 11 (ANI): The Global Language Monitor has found that the most used words this year were 'Occupy', 'Arab Spring' and 'Steve Jobs'.
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): US President Barack Obama was playing golf just 20 minutes before Osama Bin Laden was killed in his Abbottabad hideout in Pakistan, a new book has revealed.
Islamabad, Oct 26 (ANI): A Pakistani warlord has warned that the Taliban is planning to launch attacks in Britain during Christmas.
Melbourne, Oct 19 (ANI): Steve Jobs has been named as the winner of the world's 49 most influential men survey.
London, Oct 17 (ANI): A new poll has found that almost 30 percent more people officially changed their names in September as compared with the same month last year, by paying merely 33 pounds.
London, Oct 12 (ANI): A Spanish MP has threatened the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with legal action after he found that his photograph had been doctored to resemble an aged version of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Washington, Oct 7 (ANI): US and NATO forces are barely over half-way towards reaching their goals after ten years in Afghanistan, retired Army General Stanley McChrystal has said. Operation Enduring Freedom" was aimed at tracking down Osama Bin Laden after 9/11 and eliminating the Taliban.
Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): US authorities have warned that the killing of US-born radical Islamic cleric and Al-Qaeda leader in the Arabian Peninsula Anwar al-Awlaki in a CIA-led strike could trigger revenge attacks inside the United States and against Americans traveling overseas.
Washington, Oct 1 (ANI): GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has slammed President Barack Obama for giving orders of U.S.-born al Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki's killing, insisting that he should have been tried first.
Washington, Oct 1(ANI): A new poll has found that Americans prefer to keep the photographs and videos of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden's corpse as a secret.
Islamabad, Oct 1 (ANI): A Taliban plot to rescue killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's youngest widow from custody in Pakistan has reportedly been foiled.
Washington, Sep 19(ANI): The United States' Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen has restated his strong desire to see the Pakistani military take action against Haqqani network and their safe havens in North Waziristan.
Washington, Sept 17(ANI): Unilateral action in Pakistan cannot be ruled out because the United States needs to keep all its options open to safeguard its national security interests, House Intelligence Committee Chairman and Republican Congressman Mike Rogers has said.
Islamabad, Sept 14(ANI): Media reports of the US endorsement of a plan for opening a Taliban political office in Qatar send an important message from America to the Pakistani intelligence community, that the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) may be left out of the Afghan reconciliation process, an editorial in a Pakistani newspaper has said.
Islamabad,Sept 12(ANI): Pakistan paid tribute to the 9/11 victims on the 10th anniversary of the attacks and said it is also a target of terrorism.
Washington, Sept 9(ANI): The United States is investigating a possible al-Qaeda plot to detonate a vehicle-borne bomb in Washington or New York around the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
London, Sept 6 (ANI): The Libyan rebel leader, who claims to have been tortured after being handed over to Gaddafi's regime by Britain and the US, is likely to win one million compensation from UK.
London/Islamabad, Sept 6(ANI): A senior Al Qaeda leader, who direct took orders from Osama Bin Laden to hit targets in the United States and Europe, has been arrested in Pakistan, according to officials.
Springfield, August 5(ANI): A new graphic novel will soon give insight into the May 2 Abbottabad raid that killed former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden.
Las Vegas, August 5 (ANI): Former Central Intelligence Agency's Counter Terrorism head Cofer Black has said that a battered Al Qaeda, following Osama Bin Laden's death, could enter cyberspace to launch a global jihad against the West.
Washington, August 2 (ANI): U.S. spies are developing technology that would allow computers to pinpoint where in the world a picture was taken.
Kabul, Aug 1 (ANI): The United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Admiral Mike Mullen has said that the US was losing patience over Pakistan's failure to eliminate many al Qaeda strongholds that continue to exist there.
Islamabad, July 31(ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency's Islamabad Station Chief has made an exit from Pakistan marking the second time the agency's most senior officer has left the country in the past seven months.
London, July 22 (ANI): A controversial board game has become famous among Allied troops fighting in Afghanistan.
Washington, July 21(ANI): The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, has said that the Bill to block the country's aid to Pakistan, unless it allows access to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's relatives living in Abbottabad, is a measure that would send a clear message about Washington's counter-terrorism objectives to Islamabad.
