World leaders lauded the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a firefight with a team of US operatives, who raided the compound where he had been hiding, not from Pakistan’s capital in Pakistan.
Arab news media have reacted to the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden with considerable speculation on its consequences in the Arab and Muslim world.
Palestinian factions gathered in Cairo on Tuesday and signed a reconciliation deal that will pave the way for elections within a year, Al Arabiya and Agence-France Presse reported.
Egyptian-born physician and surgeon Ayman al-Zawahiri is Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, and he’s expected to succeed Osama Bin Laden following Bin Laden’s death in a firefight with US forces in Pakistan on Sunday.
Nearly 1400 years ago, a large number of Muslim jihadists from across the scorching Arabian desert, motivated by the ideology of Islam, indoctrinated by Muhammad, unafraid of death, conquered Iran (Persia), one of the greatest, strongest and most tolerant empires known throughout the history of man.
Filling Osama bin Laden’s shoes is likely to be Al-Qaeda’s first litmus test following the killing of the group’s charismatic leader by a team of United States Navy SEALs on Sunday.
The going is getting tough for demonstrators as four months of mass anti-government protests across the Middle East and North Africa enter a new phase following the relatively easy toppling earlier this year of the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt.
Back in 1984, then NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw conducted a live satellite interview with Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Mr. Brokaw noted that the United States and Libya had many differences, one of them being how the colonel spelt his name.
The body of Osama bin Laden must be buried in the ground, and throwing it into the sea would be a 'sin', said Mahmoud Ashour of the Al Azhar Academy of Islamic Research, the most prestigious Sunni educational institute, while speaking to ANSA.
The only certainty in Osama bin Laden’s demise is the end of just one individual—Osama bin Laden, who achieved iconic status being on the US’s “most-wanted†list for nearly a decade after the events of 9/11. The rest will merely be a subject of speculation and debate for a long time to come.