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New York Times, 01 May 11, by Peter Baker, Helene Cooper and Mark Mazzetti
Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says
'President Obama said Osama bin Laden had been killed in a firefight during a “targeted operation” that Mr. Obama ordered in Pakistan. He was later buried at sea.'

New York Times, 02 May 11, by David E. Sanger
In Bin Laden’s Death, a Critical Moment for the Arab World
'The question now is whether Bin Laden’s death at the hands of American Special Forces and the C.I.A. spurs the movement to promote democracy in the region or — a very real alternative — fuels the Islamist forces now trying to fill the new power vacuum in the Arab world.'

New York Times, 02 May 11, by Mark Mazzetti and Helene Cooper
Detective Work on Courier Led to Breakthrough on Bin Laden
'After eight months of intelligence work, Osama bin Laden’s most trusted courier was tracked to a compound so secure that officials guessed it was built to hide someone far more important.'

New York Times, 02 May 11, by Kate Zernike and Michael T. Kaufman
The Most Wanted Face of Terrorism
OBITUARY | OSAMA BIN LADEN, 1957-2011: 'With the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, Bin Laden was elevated to the realm of evil in the American imagination once reserved for dictators like Hitler and Stalin.'

New York Times, 24 Apr 11, by Charlie Savage, William Glaberson and Andrew W. Lehren
Classified Files Offer New Insights Into Detainees
'A trove of more than 700 classified military documents provides new and detailed accounts of the men who have done time at the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba, and offers new insight into the evidence against the 172 men still locked up there.'

New York Times, 25 Apr 11, by Scott Shane and Benjamin Weiser
In Dossier, Portrait of Push for Post-9/11 Attacks
'Saifullah Paracha was one of a small circle of Al Qaeda operatives who explored ways to follow up on the hijackings with new attacks, according to classified Guantánamo files.'

Christian Science Monitor, 04 Apr 11, by Nissa Rhee
US officials weigh how to fight terrorism in a post-Saleh Yemen
'Reports that US support for Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh is waning raises the question of whether a new leader would continue helping the US fight the local Al Qaeda franchise.'

Washington Post, 08 Mar 11, by Peter Finn and Anne E. Kornblut
Obama creates indefinite detention system for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
'President Obama signed an executive order Monday that will create a formal system of indefinite detention for those held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who continue to pose a significant threat to national security. The administration also said it will start new military commission trials for detainees there.'

New York Times, 17 Feb 11, by Charlie Savage
Detainee Who Pleaded Guilty Describes Terror Training
'After fleeing Afghanistan when the United States invaded the country in 2001, a group of terrorism suspects regrouped at a Pakistani safe house and began training for new kinds of operations ... according to a document made public by the military on Thursday.'

New York Times, 07 Dec 10, by Charlie Savage
Some Ex-Detainees Still Tied to Terror
'About one in four former detainees who have been transferred out of the Guantánamo Bay military prison are confirmed or suspected by American intelligence agencies of having engaged in terrorist activities after their release, the Obama administration said Tuesday.'

Stratfor, 05 Oct 10, by George Friedman
Terrorism, Vigilance and the Limits of the War on Terror
'The world is awash in intelligence about terrorism. Most of it is meaningless speculation ... The problem, of course, is how to distinguish between idle chatter and actual attack planning.'

Stratfor, 07 Oct 10, by Scott Stewart
How to Respond to Terrorism Threats and Warnings
'... every effort should be made to disrupt terrorist groups and independent cells, or lone wolves, and to prevent attacks. In practical terms, however, it is impossible to destroy the phenomenon of terrorism.'

Washington Post, 12 Aug 10, by Peter Finn
U.S. lacks policy on housing detainees convicted in military commissions
'The Defense Department has no written policy on how detainees convicted in military commissions should be housed after they are sentenced, despite a 2008 Pentagon directive to create a plan for such prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, a military judge said.'

New York Times, 11 Aug 10, by Jeremy W. Peters
Guantánamo Offers a Look, but Little Else
'The military takes journalists on tours of Guantánamo Bay to counter “misrepresentations” about treatment of detainees there, but much remains off limits.'

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