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le "sleeper cell" of terrorism hidden in Lodi — and decided to dispatch him there as a confidential informant. Khan wouldn't find any associates of Zawahiri at the mosque in Lodi, and U.S. officials and terrorism experts now doubt his initial claim about Zawahiri was ever true. But Khan would find 19-yea

an Flynn 7/31/19 It was a month after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden's face flashed across the news on Naseem Khan's T

claimed his grandfather was so politically well connected that the Pakistani president enlisted him in efforts to persuade the Taliban to turn over bin Laden after 9/11. Then came the terrorist camps. Hayat said he had seen one in an online video — and expressed interest in going himself. Khan, feeding

le "sleeper cell" of terrorism hidden in Lodi — and decided to dispatch him there as a confidential informant. Khan wouldn't find any associates of Zawahiri at the mosque in Lodi, and U.S. officials and terrorism experts now doubt his initial claim about Zawahiri was ever true. But Khan would find 19-yea

an Flynn 7/31/19 It was a month after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden's face flashed across the news on Naseem Khan's T

claimed his grandfather was so politically well connected that the Pakistani president enlisted him in efforts to persuade the Taliban to turn over bin Laden after 9/11. Then came the terrorist camps. Hayat said he had seen one in an online video — and expressed interest in going himself. Khan, feeding t

religious base. In fact, the relationship between Hamas and al Qaeda, and between Hamas and al Qaeda-like jihadists in Gaza, is far more contentious. Zawahiri has blasted Hamas for adhering to ceasefires with Israel, not immediately implementing Islamic law in Gaza, and otherwise deviating from the pure fai

's call for constant struggle. Hamas needs no reminder that al Qaeda is more foe than friend. Though Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas's leader in Gaza, praised bin Ladin after his death as an "Arab holy warrior," this was largely pandering HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023527 --- PAGE BREAK --- 12 to his religious base. In fact

inted at the screen and said he thought he could help with something else. A few years ago, he said, he saw bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al- Zawahiri, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, at a mosque in the wine-country town of Lodi, Calif. The agents perked up, intrigued by the possibi

cker went to Pakistan for terrorist training. Now the case has collapsed. Washington Post By Meagan Flynn 7/31/19 It was a month after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden's face flashed across the news on Naseem Khan's TV screen. The FBI was sitting in his living room in Bend, Ore., and Khan sensed an opportunity. The a

inted at the screen and said he thought he could help with something else. A few years ago, he said, he saw bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al- Zawahiri, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, at a mosque in the wine-country town of Lodi, Calif. The agents perked up, intrigued by the possibi

cker went to Pakistan for terrorist training. Now the case has collapsed. Washington Post By Meagan Flynn 7/31/19 It was a month after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden's face flashed across the news on Naseem Khan's 'IV screen. The FBI was sitting in his living room in Bend, Ore., and Khan sensed an opportunity. The

inted at the screen and said he thought he could help with something else. A few years ago, he said, he saw bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al- Zawahiri, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, at a mosque in the wine-country town of Lodi, Calif. The agents perked up, intrigued by the possibi

cker went to Pakistan for terrorist training. Now the case has collapsed. Washington Post By Meagan Flynn 7/31/19 It was a month after 9/11, and Osama bin Laden's face flashed across the news on Naseem Khan's TV screen. The FBI was sitting in his living room in Bend, Ore., and Khan sensed an opportunity. The a

spring will end is anyone's quess lan Black Article 2. | Al-Ahram Weekly Netanyahu and the Arab spring Abdel-Moneim Said AnicleS- |The New Yorker Zawahiri at the Helm Lawrence Wright Article 4. NYT Does Foreign Policy Matter? Roger Cohen Article. | Los Angeles Times European Union: Everywhere you lo

r. Osama bin Laden, its charismatic founder, is dead, and after some internal debate his No. 2 man, Zawahiri, has taken control. For nearly a decade, bin Laden pushed his followers to come up with a second act to 9/11, but they were unable to match the appalling brilliance of that attack. Now it is up to Zaw

he Libyan- born Atiyah (who's known to analysts by his first name) was the boss's key link with the outside, officials see him as more important than bin Laden's nominal successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Here are the highlights: •Bin Laden retained until his death a passion to launch a significant attack against t

ttack on big, economically important targets — one that would HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031936 --- PAGE BREAK --- 25 match, if not outdo, the impact of 9/11. Zawahiri, by contrast, favored an opportunistic strategy of smaller strikes. • Bin Laden was a hands-on chief executive, with a role in operations planning an