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WASHINGTON — From halfway around the world, President Barack Obama and his national security team monitored the strike on Osama bin Laden’s compound in real time, watching and listening to the firefight that killed the terrorist leader. Gathered in the White House Situation Room, members of the group held their breath and barely spoke as […]

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WASHINGTON– United States lawmakers are now questioning whether the Pakistani military knew that Osama Bin Laden was living amongst them. If Pakistan knew of his whereabouts, many predict that U.S. relations with Pakistan will ultimately become worse.

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After the death of Osama Bin Laden at the hands of U.S. soldiers, it got us thinking of who are the worst terrorists of all-time. Below is a list we came up with. Let us know if you think we forgot anybody on it. 10. The death toll was 800,000 in what many call Suharto’s […]

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After the death of Osama Bin Laden at the hands of U.S. soldiers, it got us thinking of who are the worst terrorists of all-time. Take a look at the top 10 terrorists of all time. 10. The death toll was 800,000 in what many call Suharto’s 32 year reign of terror as President of […]

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In September 11, 2001, I was in the Language Resource Center of my alma mater during work study when the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were impaled by 767 jets. We watched in horror, as terror unfolded that day.

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NewsOne’s Bakari Kitwana interviews Vijay Prashad about the implications of the recent killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Ladan. Kitwana and Prashad discuss the American public’s euphoria surrounding this news and what this death means for the war in Afghanistan, and the future of America’s enemies—from Al Qaeda to the Taliban. They also talk […]

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Infidel. It’s what the Christian Right and the Tea Partiers accuse Obama of being: Secret Muslim. Foreigner. Traitor. It’s also what some in the Muslim world may have branded Obama for failing to adopt the faith of his fathers. And now that Obama has martyred the Muslim world’s foremost zealot — exasperating his enemies at home […]

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Minutes after President Obama announced the news that Bin Laden has been killed, many of our BlackPlanet community members began to react to the news that has brought some measure of peace to the families who had victims of his various terrorist attacks. Below are some of the comments by some Black Planet members: By […]

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Many people are criticizing President Obama today for burying Osama Bin Laden at sea directly after his death at the hands of NAVY SEALs. While the majority of the country is content with bin Laden dead, many feel he didn’t deserve a proper burial for his thousands of murders. Below is a description of what […]

Roland Martin’s back from vacation and he’s talking about the big capture of Osama Bin Laden. He invited retired Major General John Hawkins to talk about Osama’s death, and what does this mean on the war on terror. You can check out the whole interview below.

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WASHINGTON — Still-secret photos of the dead Osama bin Laden show a precision kill shot above his left eye, a U.S. official said, as fresh details emerged of an audacious American raid that netted potentially crucial al-Qaida records as well as the body of the global terrorist leader. President Barack Obama is going to ground […]