“Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders in al-Qaida. He was able to indulge in his hobbies... He was making occasional video tapes and audio tapes for release to the wider world.” WorldAbleLeaderKeysAreasStrikesMilesVideoTapeHobbiesIndulgeOccasionalBin LadenIndulge InDronesMiles AwayAudio Author:Peter Bergen
“I stepped into the bedroom where he was killed and looked up at the ceiling, where you could still see the patterns of blood that had spurted from bin Laden's head when the bullet fired by a U.S. Navy SEAL tore through the terrorist leader's face.” StillsFacesLeaderBloodPatternsTerroristBedroomBulletsNavyCeilingsBin LadenSealsNavy SealDodging Bullets Author:Peter Bergen
“In the long term, we've got to defeat an ideology of hate with an ideology of hope. There' a reason why people like [Al-Qaida leader Osama] bin Laden are able to recruit suiciders, because if you don't have hope, you're attracted to an ideology which says, it's OK to kill people and kill yourself.” PeopleIfsLongReasonAbleHateTermLeaderDefeatIdeologyReason WhyLong TermAlsBin LadenHaving HopeOsama Bin LadenRecruitKilling Yourself Author:George W. Bush
“I can only express satisfaction that the Dear Leader is joining the likes of Gaddafi, Bin Laden, Hitler, and Stalin in a warm corner of hell.” I CanLeaderHellDearSatisfactionCornersWarmLikesBin LadenJoiningGaddafi Author:John McCain
“The leaders of the Taliban said today that killing bin Laden won't solve the problem. But, you know, it couldn't hurt.” KnowsSaidProblemTodayHurtLeaderKillingSolveBin LadenTaliban Author:Jay Leno
“The leaders of the empire, the imperial mafia-George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Cheney, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, et al. ... are as fanatic and as fundamentalist as Osama bin Laden.” LeaderEmpiresAlsRiceMafiaFanaticsBin LadenFundamentalistOsama Bin Laden Author:William Blum
“Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. That was done by the previous administration because they knew very well that if they would capture al Qaeda, there would be no justification for an invasion in Iraq. There’s no question that the leader of the military operations of the U.S. called back our military, called them back from going after the head of al Qaeda.” IfsWellsLooksDoneWould BeLeaderHappenedMilitaryRegardIraqAdministrationOperationsGet AwayAlsCaptureAfghanistanJustificationInvasionBin LadenAl QaedaMilitary Operations Author:Maurice Hinchey
“Before Bin Laden did everything but advertise. Yet he had to blow up the Twin Towers just to get the attention of anyone outside the intelligence community. So what did we do? We invaded the wrong country, killed the wrong madman, and too often used the wrong interrogation techniques on the wrong people-all because our leaders lost contact with the truth.” PeopleCountryUsedLostCommunityAttentionLeaderBlowTechniqueContactTwinsTowersBin LadenMadmenInterrogationIntelligence CommunityTwin TowersInterrogation Techniques Book:The Devil's Light: A Novel Source: The Devil's Light: A Novel
“Our leaders and Osama Bin Laden all claim to do the right thing in the name of God. I question that. I wonder if that God is worth the life of another human-being.” IfsHumansNamesHuman BeingsLeaderWonderClaimsRight ThingBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:Meshell Ndegeocello