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• BBC News - Hunt Hots up for Bin Laden

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1680903.stm
  American forces close in on the last strongholds of the al-Qaeda leader, reports BBC News.

• BBC News - Who is Osama Bin Laden?

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/155236.stm
  Biography of bin Laden, as well as information on terroristic acts he has been speculated to be involved in. UK.

• Centre for Research on Globalisation: Who Is Osama Bin Laden?

  http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO109C.html
  Michel Chossudovsky. "The history of Osama Bin Laden and the links of the Islamic 'Jihad' to the formulation of US foreign policy during the Cold War and its aftermath."

• Christian Science Monitor - How Osama bin Laden Got Away

  http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0304/p01s03-wosc.html
  Day-by-day account of how Osama bin Laden eluded the world's most powerful military machine.

• CNN - War Against Terror: Osama bin Laden

  http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/binladen.section.html
  News and information about the al Qaeda leader. USA.

• Cosmopolis - Osama bin Laden

  http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo20/osama_bin_laden.htm
  Swiss magazine provides a biography and analysis of binn Laden's terrorist activities. [English, French, German]

• Guardian Unlimited: Bin Laden's Statement

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/07/afghanistan.terrorism15
  Translation of the videotaped statement.

• Guardian Unlimited: Face to face with Osama

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/26/afghanistan.terrorism3
  Rahimullah Yusufzai. The thoughts of a Pakistani journalist who has interviewed both Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar. UK.

• Guardian Unlimited: The case for the prosecution

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/20/afghanistan.september11
  Julian Borger in Washington and Ewen MacAskill. "Circumstantial evidence points to Bin Laden." UK.

• Guardian: Bin Laden terror network active in 34 countries

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/14/september11.afghanistan1
  Ewen MacAskill, Richard Norton-Taylor and Julian Borger in Washington. "The enormity of the task facing the US and its allies...has been revealed in a report showing that his reach extends to 34 countries, including Britain."

• Guardian: Bin Laden's infrastructure of fanaticism

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/12/september11.usa8
  Jason Burke. "America's number one terrorist suspect has built up a formidable network dedicated to the Islamic fundamentalist cause."

• Guardian: Bin Laden: the former CIA 'client' obsessed with training pilots

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/13/september11.usa19
  Information about bin Laden and al-Qaida which emerged during the 2001 trial in New York for the bombing of two US embassies in east Africa in 1998.

• Guardian: Finger of suspicion pointed at Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/12/afghanistan.september11
  Ewen MacAskill, Richard Norton-Taylor, David Pallister, Brian Whitaker and Rory McCarthy. "Intelligence sources say only one man was capable of mounting attack."

• Guardian: No brother of mine

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/12/afghanistan
  Marcella Bombardieri. Interview with Osama's US-based brother Abdullah in the only interview given by a member of the Bin Laden family since September 11. UK.

• Guardian: Taliban will not sacrifice Bin Laden

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/31/alqaida.afghanistan
  Luke Harding in Kabul. "Half of my country has been destroyed by two decades of war. If the remaining half is also destroyed in trying to protect Mr Bin Laden, I'm willing for this sacrifice," Mullah Omar said.

• Observer: Bin Laden and son: the grooming of a dynasty

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/23/terrorism.afghanistan3
  Jason Burke in Peshawar. About Osama Bin Laden, his son Muhammed, al-Zawahiri and other fighters. UK.

• PBS Frontline: Hunting bin Laden

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/
  Video clips and accompanying text from investigative documentaries on the suspected terrorist mastermind. USA.

• Taleban Chief Defends Bin Laden

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1543135.stm
  The Taleban's reclusive leader asserts Osama Bin Laden's innocence as Kabul braces for a retaliatory operation by the United States.

• The Guardian - Bin Laden May Become Our Nemesis

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/10/afghanistan.terrorism28
  2001 article arguing that for the dispossessed, Bin Laden is the new Saladin, a born-again Muslim who discards foreign influences for cultural authenticity.

• The Guardian - He Rarely Eats Meat but Likes to Go Hunting

  http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2002/mar/15/features11.g21
  An interview with one of Osama bin Laden's wives, discussing his activities and personality, September 11 and life on the run.

• The Seattle Times: Osama bin Laden: from U.S. friend to foe

  http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010913&slug=osama13
  The Associated Press and Knight-Ridder Newspapers. To fully understand how Osama bin Laden became a world-famous suspected terrorism mastermind and an America-hater, it is necessary to see how he became an Islamic "holy warrior."

• The Washington Post: Osama bin Laden and His Group

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/graphics/binladen_0913.gif
  Background information about the Al Qaeda group and its leader. Timeline of presumed terrorist attacks. (GIF image, 51K)

• TIME Asia: Wrath of God: Osama bin Laden lashes out against the West

  http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990111/osama1.html
  Interview in which bin Laden denies direct responsibility for the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, but reiterates his call for all Muslims to protect themselves against Western infidels.

• TIME: How to Beat Bin Laden

  http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,174803,00.html
  How Osama Bin Laden operates - and what it will take to defeat him

• Time: The Most Wanted Man In The World

  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101010924-175116,00.html
  Lisa Beyer. In-depth history of Osama bin-Laden. USA.

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