Seized bin Laden cellphone provides possible link to Pakistani spy agency

Release Date ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ in Christian Science Monitor

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Osama wanted to change al Qaeda name Hindustan Times - ‎Jun 25, 2011‎ Osama bin Laden was considering changing al Qaida's name to improve its image among Muslims, according to documents obtained by US special forces from the compound where he was killed. A letter apparently written in the months before he died indicates ...
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Compound haul reveals links to security service The Independent - Omar Waraich - ‎Jun 25, 2011‎ US investigators say that they are closer to uncovering the mystery of how Osama bin Laden was able to hide in plain view in a Pakistani garrison town after phone records belonging to the al-Qa'ida leader's courier revealed ...
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	Harakat ul-Mujahedeen: Possible link between bin Laden and Pakistan Globe and Mail - graeme smith - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ A tantalizing new clue has emerged that may help to explain the biggest question that still lingers after Osama bin Laden's death: How could Pakistani security forces have failed to notice a heavily fortified compound, topped with barbed wire, ...
	Osama bin Laden wanted to rebrand al-Qaeda Mirror.co.uk - Dan Bourke - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ Osama bin Laden was thinking of renaming al-Qaeda, a letter discovered by US troops reveals. It was found in the house in Pakistan where he was killed and shows he thought his terror network's name should have a ...
Seized cellphone links OBL to Harkatul Mujahideen The Nation, Pakistan - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ NEW YORK �" A cellphone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier found in the unilateral US raid in Abbottabad last month that killed the Al-Qaeda leader contained contacts to a militant group, The New York Times reported Friday. Citing unnamed senior US ...
US media's new slight rejected by military DAWN.com - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ By Our Staff Reporter \| From the Newspaper ISLAMABAD, June 24: The Inter-Services Public Relations on Friday reacted sharply to a New York Times report suggesting that a militant group with ties to ISI could have functioned as Osama bin Laden's support ...
	Pakistani leaders weren't aware of Osama presence DAWN.com - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ By Our Correspondent \| From the Newspaper In the letter to the lawmakers sent on Thursday, US special envoy Mark Grossman says: “We see no evidence to indicate that anyone at the highest levels of the government of Pakistan knew that Bin Laden was ...
What's in a Name for Al Qaeda? Fox News - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ Usama bin Laden thought his terror organization needed an image makeover. A letter recovered from his compound in Pakistan indicates he thought Al Qaeda had taken a bad rap for killing too many Muslims. Bin Laden wanted a new name that would remind ...
	Bin Laden: We have an image problem Daily Mail - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ By Daily Mail Reporter Osama Bin Laden missed his old friends and believed that Al Qaeda had an image problem, a letter written by the terror mastermind reveals. In a fascinating insight into the thinking of the 54-year-old Al Qaeda chief in the months ...
Opposition leader Sharif rejects Bin Laden inquiry commission gulfnews.com - Mohsin Ali - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ Islamabad: Opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has rejected an inquiry commission set up by the government early this week on the May 2 US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in his hideout in the ...
IMAGE-OBSESSED BIN LADEN KEEN TO CHANGE AL-QAEDA NAME Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ (AGI) Washington - US sources say Bin Laden was so obsessed with Al-Qaeda's image that he had considered renaming it. He had felt this would improve "the brand." The sources cite one of the letters written by Bin Laden found in his Abbottabad hideout ...
	Pakistan Army Rejects Report On Bin Laden's Mobile Phone RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ Pakistani Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (right) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha attend an inaugural meeting of a Pakistan-Afghanistan joint peace commission in Islamabad on June 11. ...
Seized phone offers clues to Osama's Pakistan links Hindustan Times - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ The discovery indicates that Osama used the group, Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen, as part of his support network inside the country, the officials and others said. But it also raised tantalising questions about whether the group and others like it helped ...
Did We Save Bin Laden From a "Fate Worse Than Death"? Huffington Post - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ The one thing Bin Laden was most afraid of was to become a captive of US solders. For a long time, Osama must have been thinking about the moment ... when the Americans would come .... He would be paraded around locked in a small cage like an animal in ...
Terror by any other name: Osama eyed name change Newsday (subscription) - Matt Apuzzo - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ (AP) -- As Osama bin Laden watched his terrorist organization get picked apart, he lamented in his final writings that al-Qaida was suffering from a marketing problem. His group was killing too many Muslims and that ...
	Mobile phone links Pakistan's ISI to Osama bin Laden courier Telegraph.co.uk - Dean Nelson, Rob Crilly - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ A mobile phone recovered during the US raid last month on Osama bin Laden's hideout shows the al-Qaeda leader's closest courier regularly communicated with commanders of a terrorist group linked to Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency, according to ...
	Bin Laden was talking to terrorists. So? Christian Science Monitor - Dan Murphy - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ That may not seem like a big deal. But a New York Times scoop today does advance the case that Pakistan's intelligence services may have known of bin Laden's whereabouts. In this Oct. 7, 2001 file photo, Osama bin Laden (l. ...
Report: Bin Laden courier's phone provides leads CBS News - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) �" The New York Times is reporting that a cellphone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier recovered in the US raid last month that killed both men in Pakistan contained contacts to a militant group that is a longtime asset of ...
Osama Bin Laden cell phone: recovered evidence suggest Bin Laden may have had ... Slate Magazine - Stephen Spencer Davis - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ The cell phone of Osama Bin Laden's courier, recovered in the May raid that killed both men in Pakistan, contained contacts to a militant group that has long worked closely with ...
	Osama Bin Laden, Marketing Man Forbes (blog) - Frederick E. Allen - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ NPR reports this morning that Osama bin Laden “lamented in his final writings that al Qaeda was suffering from a marketing problem. His group was killing too many Muslims and that was bad for business.” The solution: Change the ...
Phone links bin Laden and Pakistani agency Sydney Morning Herald - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ ISLAMABAD: The mobile phone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier, recovered in the raid that killed both men in Pakistan last month, contained contacts to a militant group that is a long-time asset of Pakistan's intelligence agency, senior US officials ...
Pakistan agents found on Osama bin Laden courier's mobile The Australian - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ A MOBILE phone used by Osama bin Laden's courier appears to show he was aided by Pakistani militants linked to the country's spy agency. Calls were traced to Harakat-ul-Mujaheddin, a militant group linked to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence ...
	Phone offers clues about bin Laden concealment Sydney Morning Herald - Carlotta Gall - ‎Jun 24, 2011‎ Cellphone numbers provide a new lead to a vexing question: How was it that bin Laden was able to live comfortably in a town dominated by the Pakistani military and only a three-hour drive from Islamabad, the capital? Photo: Reuters A PROBE of the ...