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BBC News: Bin Laden innocent says Taleban - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1543135.stm
Includes statement by Taleban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar that bin Laden has been neutralized by restricting his communications.

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.

Boston Gobe: Prime suspect: Osama bin Laden - http://www.boston.com/news/packages/underattack/news/binladen_profile.htm
Collection of articles, photo gallery and background information. USA.

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."

CNN In-Depth: Osama bin Laden - http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/binladen.section.html
Information about the prime suspect. From CNN: America Under Attack.

CNN: Bin Laden, Millionaire with a Dangerous Grudge - http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/12/binladen.profile/index.html
Information on attacks bin Laden has been suspected or proved to be involved in.

CNN: Prosecution uses bin Laden interview in embassy bombings trial - http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/02/21/embassy.bombing/index.html
"Osama bin Laden's historic hour-long interview with CNN was played Wednesday for the jury deciding whether four men are part of an alleged decade-long conspiracy led by the Saudi expatriate and aimed at killing Americans and destroying U.S. property abroad."

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

Dawn: Al-Qaqa - http://www.dawn.com/weekly/cowas/20010916.htm
By Ardeshir Cowasjee. "Now, before our spooks disrupt my communications systems, I tell them that all this information has been culled from the Internet, available with one click to anyone with access." Pakistan.

Guardian Unlimited: Bin Laden's Statement - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4272288,00.html
Translation of the videotaped statement.

Guardian Unlimited: Face to face with Osama - http://www.guardian.co.uk/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.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4260850,00.html
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.guardian.co.uk/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: the former CIA 'client' obsessed with training pilots - http://www.guardian.co.uk/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: Bin Laden's infrastructure of fanaticism - http://www.guardian.co.uk/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: Finger of suspicion pointed at Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden - http://www.guardian.co.uk/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.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4275513,00.html
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.guardian.co.uk/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.

Israel Report: Bin Laden Nuclear Suitcases - http://www.cdn-friends-icej.ca/isreport/septoct99/binladen.html
A US-based expert on non-conventional terror believes terrorist Ossame Bin Laden has acquired portable nuclear devices. Clipped from The Jerusalem Report.

New York Times: Osama bin Laden - http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/26/international/BINLADEN-INDEX.html
Ongoing collection of NYT articles, plus multimedia. Free registration required to view.

Observer: Bin Laden and son: the grooming of a dynasty - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4262769,00.html
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.

Salon Newsreal: How to turn a criminal to a hero - http://www.salon.com/news/1998/08/26news.html
How the U.S. attacks on Osama bin Laden have transformed him into a local hero.

Salon Newsreal: Is bin Laden a terrorist mastermind -- or a fall guy? - http://www.salon.com/news/1998/08/27news.html
Discusses the lack of hard evidence linking bin Laden with the many terrorist acts attributed to him.

Salon: Osama Bin Laden - http://dir.salon.com/topics/osama_bin_laden/index.html
Collection of articles. USA.

The Seattle Times: Osama bin Laden: from U.S. friend to foe - http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=osama13&date=20010913
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: Bin Laden: a 'Master Impresario' - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=world&contentId=A20783-2001Sep12
By Michael Dobbs. "Saudi fugitive spouts militant rhetoric, but ties to violence remain mysterious."

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.

Usama Bin Laden - http://www.emergency.com/1999/bnldn-pg.htm
Compendium and index of articles and analysis concerning Usama Bin Laden.

Village Voice: The Accidental Operative - http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0124,ridgeway,25512,6.html
An article by Camelia Fard and James Ridgeway about Laili Helms, a Taliban advocate, and recent attempts to turn bin Laden over to the US.

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