Is this the man who gave up bin Laden?
03 May 2011
An undercover agent who foiled an al-Qaeda plot to blow up a airliner with an underwear bomb is a British national, according to US reports.
America foils a plot by al-Qaeda in Yemen to detonate an upgraded version of the failed 2009 "underwear bomb", according to US officials.
The right-hand man of Osama bin Laden's successor was killed in a raid in northwest Pakistan in a "tremendous loss" to the terrorist group, American sources said.
Al-Qaeda releases a tape said to feature Osama bin Laden praising this year's uprisings in the Middle East and calling for more Muslim "tyrants" to be toppled.
The US is putting "growing pressure" on Pakistan to allow access to Osama bin Laden's family, Channel 4 News understands. The request is believed to be under consideration by Pakistani authorities.
At least 80 people killed in double suicide bombing at a military academy in Pakistan. A source in the area tells Channel 4 News that hundreds of victims continue to arrive in hospitals.
Osama bin Laden's death was not an assassination, the US Attorney General tells Channel 4 News, as the CIA continues to sift through evidence from the al-Qaeda chief's compound.
Comment
The challenge now is to reach out to the alienated peoples who found in Osama hope and leadership.
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