Twitter briefly suspended a right-wing speaker famous for his heroic role in the 2012 consulate attack in Benghazi after he engaged in a heated debate over whether Barack Obama should be credited with killing Osama Bin Laden. Kris Paronto, a former US Army ranger, became famous after the Benghazi attack, during which he and several […]
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Democratic Congressional candidate says Trump is like Bin Laden – audio recording
A recording in which an Illinois Democrat running for Congress appears to say US President Donald Trump and Al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden have “a tremendous amount in common,” has been made public. Sean Casten, who hopes to replace Republican Peter Roskam, currently representing Illinois’ 6th district in the federal legislature, made the staggering claim […]
Osama bin Laden: You won’t BELIEVE which movies were found in the terrorist’s hideout
Back in May 2011, bin Laden was killed by a US military special operations unit during a raid on his hideout in Pakistan. The unit discovered lots of terror-related files and documents, but also entertainment used by the 9/11 architect. The CIA has since released the information and there are a surprising, if not random, […]
Former CIA director John Brennan describes the ‘white-knuckled’ moments before Osama bin Laden was killed
US Department of Defense John Brennan, the former director of the CIA, told Business Insider that participating in planning the raid that killed former Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was one of his proudest moments at the agency post-9/11. Brennan was then-President Barack Obama’s assistant for counterterrorism at the time of Operation Neptune Spear, […]
ISIS seizes territory around once-Bin Laden stronghold Tora Bora in Afghanistan
Published time: 15 Jun, 2017 07:17 Islamic State fighters have moved to capture a giant cave stronghold from the Taliban that was once Osama bin Laden’s hideout back in the early 2000s, Afghan officials have said. The complex, called Tora Bora, still has strategic and symbolic importance. Read more Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) launched […]
Here’s the story behind one of the most iconic photos from the bin Laden raid
“Geronimo … Geronimo. E.K.I.A. Enemy Killed in Action.” The time in Abbottabad, Pakistan, was approximately 1 a.m. local time (3:51 p.m. EST) when Navy Adm. William McRaven, then the commander of SEAL Team 6, relayed word that Osama bin Laden had been killed. At 4:06 p.m. on May 1, 2011 (12:36 a.m., May 2, in […]