The Daily Fix: Monday
Our daily wrap-up of what’s been going on – including a tongue-in-cheek tour of a certain house in Abbottabad…
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Our daily wrap-up of what’s been going on – including a tongue-in-cheek tour of a certain house in Abbottabad…
A group of journalists and the president of the Philippines were invited on board the USS Carl Vinson warship on Sunday but operational details of the bin Laden raid and killing were not discussed.
Three of those charged with aiding the Pakistani Taliban are US citizens, including two imams at mosques in Florida, while three are at large in Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban was behind yesterday’s double bombing in north-western Pakistan which killed 80 people.
Pakistan’s parliament has condemned the fatal US raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound and called for an independent inquiry. It has also voted to ban NATO transit convoys until US drone attacks in the country cease.
US commandos uncovered the stash of videos after bin Laden was killed. In other news, George Bush enjoys eating soufflé, and was doing so when he heard of bin Laden’s death.
While Islam convert is being held in security operation around US presidential visit, file going to the DPP on another man suspected of photographing Garden of Remembrance ‘with intent’.
73 people are killed in two suicide bombings at a training base for the Pakistani federal paramilitary forces.
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Al-Qaeda leader mused over how many Americans he must kill to force the US to pull out of the Arab world.
In a statement to the NYT, bin Laden’s sons “question the propriety” of the US killing their father instead of allowing him a fair trial. Meanwhile, the US is working to repair its relationship with Pakistan.
Our collection of the day’s news, developments and random tidbits.
The US president says the risks of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden outweighed the risks – but it was a tense time.
Yousuf Raza Gilani tells parliament that the state was not hiding Osama – and says his killing is ‘justice done’.
The comments of the Australian priest come as others such as the Dalai Lama say that even bin Laden “deserves our compassion and forgiveness”.
Meanwhile, former Irish President and UN official Mary Robinson has expressed her “moral unease” over the killing of Osama bin Laden’s.
In today’s Daily Fix: Ireland and Greece back in the headlines over EU/IMF bailouts; Japan sticks with nuclear power; and a Dublin church confirms it won’t be holding a mass for Osama bin Laden this week.
The Howth Parish Church in north Dublin said that it had been a mistake that the mass – requested by a parishioner – had gone into the church’s newsletter.
Three of Bin Laden’s wives and eight of his children are in the custody of Pakistani authorities, following the US raid which killed the al-Qaeda leader.
One of the movies shows Bin Laden, his unkempt beard streaked in gray, sitting on the floor, wrapped in a brown blanket and holding a remote control.
It is also being reported that Osama bin Laden’s home movies – shot inside the compound in which he was killed last week – will be released to the media later today.
Citizenship requirements aside, that is… Do you think you could get through all that gruelling training?
News agency Reuters has obtained the graphic images of three dead men, none of which bear a resemblance to Osama bin Laden. The White House says photos of the al-Qaeda leader will not be released.
The US president said that he will not release photographs of Osama bin Laden’s body in order to prove his death.
One thing the military team won’t be getting, though, is a share of the $25 million reward offered for tracking down bin Laden.
The US president’s approval rating is up from 45 per cent in April to 56 per cent after US forces killed infamous al-Qaeda leader.
They called themselves the Khans, drove a red Suzuki, paid their bills on time, and never had visitors.
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Osama himself was unarmed – but still “resisted” capture by the US – while the woman who died was not his wife.
Top US official had claimed that the terrorist tried to save himself during raid on his Pakistan compound.
US officials are weighing up whether to release secret video and photos of Bin Laden.
When local kids hit cricket balls into his compound, he wouldn’t give them back – but offered the children money instead. That’s just one of the intriguing pictures to emerge of life in Abbottabad.
The weekly newsmagazine is releasing a special issue to mark the death of Osama bin Laden – the latest in the ‘X series’.
Adnan Shukrijumah, 35, is thought to be al-Qaeda’s head of operations – and could be set to assume its top role.
US president had claimed the al-Qaeda leader’s death made the world a safer place when announcing his death on Sunday night.
But Pakistan’s president Asir Ali Zardari says bin Laden “was not anywhere we had anticipated” and that Pakistan played an essential role in helping the US track down the al-Qaeda leader.
Nine things to know this morning, including: Obama and advisers watching bin Laden’s death at it happened; gorse fires continue to burn in several counties; and actor Peter O’Toole’s Hollywood career is celebrated.
The White House releases a gallery of images showing Barack Obama and his team watching the Bin Laden raid live.