“It may be necessary to release photos to convince the world that Osama bin Laden is dead”. This is not a voice on the streets of New York City. This is the demand from Senator Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. “Unless there’s an acknowledgment by people in al-Qaida… Read More Connecticut’s Lieberman: U.S. should release photos of a dead Osama
The U.S. government did not immediately release any photographs or other visual evidence to confirm the death. A senior U.S. intelligence official said bin Laden was “visually identified” at the compound by U.S. Special Operations Forces and by one of his wives. On Monday morning, U.S. officials completed tests that showed a “virtually 100 percent… Read More No proof provided of the death of Osama
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas condemned the killing of Osama bin Laden an “Arab holy warrior.” This was a comment recorded from Hamas Gaza Strip leader Ismail Haniyeh. “We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood,” Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas… Read More Hamas slams killing of ‘holy warrior’ Osama
While Israelis from the right and left of the political spectrum argue over the future of Jerusalem, Palestinian leaders say the eastern half of the holy city is already in their hands. In his weekly radio address last week, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad announced that his government would soon resume administrative duties in… Read More “Our Eastern Jerusalem would become a symbol of peace”
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