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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children gather around a spring at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children play at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Boys play in front of a wall with graffiti reading "WAKE UP MUSLIMS," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A man plows a field within a site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A boy passes by a wall with graffiti reading "Osama is a martyr," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

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Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - People pass the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to be in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden on May 2, 2011 in a house that used to stand there.

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Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Boys play cricket at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A boy plays at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to be in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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Pakistani calls bin Laden operation U.S. 'propaganda'

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Malik Mahammad Raban, a 52-year-old newspaper vendor, sits at his stand in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 10, 2011. Raban called the U.S. operation that assassinated al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden ''propaganda to undermine Pakistan.''

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Street leading to bin Laden's compound

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Police officers stand at the entrance of a street leading to a compound where Osama bin Laden had lived on May 2, 2011. The leader of the al-Qaida international terrorist network was killed by U.S. commandos in the predawn hours of the same day during a raid on the compound in the city of Abbottabad, 50 kilometers northeast of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.

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Bin Laden killed in U.S. operation

TOKYO, Japan - A man watches TV screens reporting on the death of Osama bin Laden, the architect behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, at an electronics store in Tokyo's Shimbashi district on May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist network al-Qaida, was killed in Pakistan in a U.S. operation, U.S. President Barack Obama announced in Washington on May 1.

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Islamic militant in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Image taken from video footage shows a member of an Islamic militant group undergoing shooting drills at a hidden camp in a mountainous area of Aceh Province, Indonesia. Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden also appears in the video.

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Tokyo holds bio-terror drill

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) attends a senior officials' meeting on a simulation drill held by the Tokyo metropolitan government on Dec. 1 involving about 170 people on the assumption that terrorists released the smallpox virus in the Tokyo subway system. Last month, Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network warned that Japanese would be targeted in attacks if Japan sends troops to assist in the reconstruction of Iraq.

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Voice hailing Bali bombing matches bin Laden's: lab

TOKYO, Japan - Matsumi Suzuki, head of Tokyo-based Japan Acoustic Lab, tells reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 13 that a voice in a message broadcast by Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV the previous day matches that of Saudi-born Islamic militant Osama bin Laden. The message hailed the devastating Oct. 12 Bali bombing.

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Bush joins bin Laden in Rio's carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Do not be astonished if you see U.S. President George W. Bush standing by the side of suspected terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in Rio de Janeiro's carnival festivities. The reason is simple: the masks of the two archenemies are the top attraction of the 2002 carnival, a four-day festival of parades, floats, dances which got under way Feb. 9.

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New Afghan government installed in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Cabinet ministers (right) take the oath of office to interim leader Hamid Karzai (far left) in the inauguration of the interim Afghan government in Kabul on Dec. 22 to lay the groundwork for rebuilding the war-torn country. The new government was inaugurated 76 days after the United States launched its military campaign to oust the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden, the chief suspect in the Sept. 11 terror attacks whom the Taliban sheltered.

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(3)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Bazookas and trench mortars, believed to have been abandoned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, are seen in a house in Kabul on Nov. 15. Northern Alliance forces have found more than 5,000 small arms, bazookas and other light weapons in three Kabul houses since the capital fell to alliance forces.

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(1)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance soldiers stand Nov. 15 in Kabul outside a house believed to have been used by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network to store light weapons. Northern Alliance forces found more than 5,000 small arms, bazookas and other light weapons in three Kabul houses reportedly abandoned by al-Qaida after the city fell.

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(2)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - A Northern Alliance soldier sits on a pile of automatic small arms believed abandoned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network in a house in Kabul. Northern Alliance forces have found more than 5,000 small arms, bazookas and other light weapons in three Kabul houses.

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Bin-Laden ashtray debuts in Beijing

BEIJING, China - An Osama bin-Laden ashtray debuts in a souvenir shop in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2001. It costs just over 3 U.S. dollars. ''Customers look interested in it,'' said a shot attendant.

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Bin Laden claims to have nuclear weapons: Pakistani daily

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A photo showing Osama bin Laden with the editor of the Urdu newspaper Ausaf at an undisclosed location near Kabul appeared in the Nov. 10 edition of the Dawn, a Pakistani daily. The editor contributed the contents of the interview, in which bin Laden claimed to have chemical and nuclear weapons, to the Dawn.

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(1)3 demonstrators killed in antigovernment rally

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Holding pictures of Ismamic militant Osama bin Laden, demonstrators shout antigovernment slogans during a violent rally in Peshawar, west of Islamabad on Nov. 9, 2001. Three people were killed in a separate rally in southern Pakistan.

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Koizumi cites bin Laden lack of denial as proof of guilt

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tells a Diet committee session Oct. 12 the government has concluded that Osama bin Laden was involved in the Sept. 11 attack on the United States, partly because bin Laden has not denied the allegations against him. ''On television (on Monday), Osama bin Laden praised those who destroyed New York and Washington as people sent by God, and did not deny his involvement at all despite the allegations voiced by many countries,'' Koizumi said.

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Anti-U.S. demonstration held in Peshawar

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - People in Peshawar, Pakistan, demonstrate against the United States on Oct. 10, with some holding up pictures of Osama bin Laden, a Saudi-born Islamic militant named by the U.S. as the prime suspect behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington.

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Pro-Taliban Pakistanis stage rally against U.S.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pakistani supporters of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban stage a rally against the United States in Rawalpindi, just south of Islamabad, on Oct. 5 as pressure intensified on Kabul to deliver suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden.

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Anti-U.S. demonstrations continue in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - An unidentified youth holds a picture of Osama bin Laden, whom Washington named as the prime suspect in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Islamabad on Sept. 28.

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Muslims stage anti-U.S. demonstrations in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistanis in Islamabad Sept. 21 demonstrate against possible U.S. military reprisals on Afghanistan for the fatal Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. An organization of Muslim political parties staged anti-U.S. demonstrations in various parts of the country. Saudi exile Osama bin Laden has been named as a prime suspect behind the attacks.

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Tabilan reject U.S. demand to hand over bin Laden

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Mullah Abdul Salem Zaeef, the Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan, speaks at a press conference in Islamabad on Sept. 21. He said the Taliban, which rules Afghanistan, will not hand over Osama bin Laden to the United States ''without proof'' that he masterminded the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington.

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(7)Terrorist attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange President Masaaki Tsuchida speaks at a news conference in the TSE building Sept. 18. He said TSE is investigating whether suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden engaged in stock transactions in Japan immediately before and after last week's terror attacks in the United States.

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(4)Terrorist attack

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of South Korean civic groups burn a drawing of dissident Saudi Osama bin Laden, labeled by the U.S. administration as a prime suspect in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, during a rally in Seoul on Sept. 14.

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UN Council imposes ban on Afghanistan's Taliban

NEW YORK, United States - The U.N. Security Council on Dec. 19 votes to impose an arms embargo and other sanctions on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers until they surrender Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden.

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Fighting terrorism a tool for U.S. to implement hegemony: Afghan expert

STORY: Fighting terrorism a tool for U.S. to implement hegemony: Afghan expert DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kabul 2. various of the U.S. 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): NAJIBULLAH JAMI, Professor, Kabul University 4. various of Kabul 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): NAJIBULLAH JAMI, Professor, Kabul University STORYLINE: In an exclusive interview with Xinhua, Najibullah Jami, an Afghan political expert and Kabul University professor, said that fighting terrorism has been a tool used by the United States to strengthen its hegemony. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): NAJIBULLAH JAMI, Professor, Kabul University "Terrorism in general is a phenomenon that U.S. has different definitions due to their political interests and goals. U.S. has been using terrorism as a tool to invade and defeat free nations to ensure its interests." Following the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C., the United States accused Afghanistan of harboring Osama Bin Laden, the leader o

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U.S. has left nothing good to us: Afghan people

STORY: U.S. has left nothing good to us: Afghan people DATELINE: Aug. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ALYAS, Ice cream seller 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): MAWLADAD, Local villager of Panjwai district 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): DAD MOHAMMAD, Local villager of Panjwai district 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Dari): NAJIBULLAH JAMI, Professor, Kabul University STORYLINE: One year has passed since the last batch of U.S. troops left Afghanistan at midnight on Aug. 30, 2021. The 20-year war has left the unsettled country with a horrific legacy. Following the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C., the United States accused Afghanistan of harboring Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, and invaded the country in October 2001. Since then, Afghan people's lives have been totally changed. Some 3 million Afghan children have dropped out of school to earn money to support their families. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ALYAS, Ice cream seller "I'd rath

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Biden says U.S. killed al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri in drone strike

STORY: Biden says U.S. killed al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri in drone strike DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Biden addressing the nation 2. various of the White House STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden announced Monday evening that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. "I authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield," Biden said in live remarks from the Blue Room Balcony at the White House, "There were no civilian casualties." Al-Zawahiri became head of al-Qaeda in 2011 after its longtime leader, Osama bin Laden, was shot and killed by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan during a raid. Biden's announcement came nearly a year after the U.S. military completed a withdrawal from Afghanistan that it invaded in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks carried out by al-Qaeda operatives against targets on American soil, which killed nearly 3,000 peop

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Bin Laden claims to have nuclear weapons: Pakistani daily

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A photo showing Osama bin Laden with the editor of the Urdu newspaper Ausaf at an undisclosed location near Kabul appeared in the Nov. 10 edition of the Dawn, a Pakistani daily. The editor contributed the contents of the interview, in which bin Laden claimed to have chemical and nuclear weapons, to the Dawn.

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Bin-Laden ashtray debuts in Beijing

BEIJING, China - An Osama bin-Laden ashtray debuts in a souvenir shop in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2001. It costs just over 3 U.S. dollars. ''Customers look interested in it,'' said a shot attendant.

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New Afghan government installed in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Cabinet ministers (right) take the oath of office to interim leader Hamid Karzai (far left) in the inauguration of the interim Afghan government in Kabul on Dec. 22 to lay the groundwork for rebuilding the war-torn country. The new government was inaugurated 76 days after the United States launched its military campaign to oust the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden, the chief suspect in the Sept. 11 terror attacks whom the Taliban sheltered.

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Muslims stage anti-U.S. demonstrations in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistanis in Islamabad Sept. 21 demonstrate against possible U.S. military reprisals on Afghanistan for the fatal Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. An organization of Muslim political parties staged anti-U.S. demonstrations in various parts of the country. Saudi exile Osama bin Laden has been named as a prime suspect behind the attacks.

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Where In The World Is Osama (2008)

Morgan Spurlock Characters: Himself Film: Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008) Director: Morgan Spurlock 21 January 2008 Date: 21 January 2008

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11'09'01 - September 11 (2002)

Osama Bin Laden Look-Alike Film: 11'09'01 - September 11; 11 09 01 - September 11 (11'09'01 - September 11) Episodenfilm, Usa/Uk/Fr/Jp/Mex/Egy/Irn 2002, / Segment 'Burkina Faso' (Regie: Idrissa Ouedraogo) Director: Various 05 September 2002 Date: 05 September 2002

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