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Osama declares decades of war on ‘powerless’ Obama

Islamabad, Sep 14 (ANI): Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has said that US President Barack Obama is “powerless” to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a transcript of a tape released by the terrorist organization’s media wing.

Al Qaeda’s As-Sahab Media released a video featuring a still image of Osama and audio [...]

Musharraf saved Pakistan from international alienation post 9/11 : Najam Sethi

Lahore, Sep.12 (ANI): A well-known Pakistani journalist believes that former President General Pervez Musharraf had done the right thing by supporting the United States in its ‘was on terror’ after the 9/11 terror attacks, and therefore saved Pakistan from being alienated internationally.

Speaking during a television programme, Daily [...]

‘Osama’s handshake was limp, like shaking a wet fish’

London, Sep 12 (ANI): The handshake by world’s most dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden has been described as limp, and like shaking a wet fish by a producer of CNN who met the terror mastermind.

CNN producer Peter Bergen, who wrote The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al-Qaeda’s Leader, met the most [...]

Is Al-Qaida’s central leadership weakening?

London, Sep 11(ANI): Al-Qaida, known for its rigorous training camps for terrorists to carry out attacks around the World, is now undergoing a massive change as tales from six captured Al-Qaida terrorists belonging to immigrant communities in France and Belgium reveals another facet of the organisation.

According [...]

Osama sponsored Sharif’s election campaign in 1988, claims ex-ISI official

Lahore, Sep.10 (ANI): A former Pakistani spymaster has revealed that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif maintained a close relationship with Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and claimed that the chieftain had sponsored the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief’s election campaign in 1988.

Former [...]

I think Osama’s dead, says Zardari

Lahore, Sep.10 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said he believes that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is dead.

In an interview with the BBC, Zardari said: “It seems as if Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Ladin is no longer alive.”

Zardari reiterated that democracy was working well in Pakistan, and the government is determined [...]

‘The American’ leading al Qaeda in Somalia awaits terrorism charges back home

Washington, Sep 5 (ANI): The man who grew up in Daphne, Alabama, as Omar Hammami, but is now reported to be a member of al Qaeda-linked Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab under the name Abu Mansour al-Amriki, told a school newspaper after 9/11 attacks that it was “difficult to believe a Muslim could have done this”.

According [...]

Popular Arab TV Program exposes real Al Qaeda

Dubai, Sep.2 (ANI): The Al Arabiya satellite television channel has come up with a popular program titled “Death Making,” that exposes another side of Al Qaeda.

Hosted by female correspondent Rima Salha, the Dubai-based show is heading into its third year on Al Arabiya and aims to influence how the Arab world views Al Qaeda, reports [...]

India, US, Israel involved in a ‘nexus’ to destabilize Pakistan: Former ISI DG

Islamabad, Aug.28 (ANI): Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lieutenant General (retired) Hamid Gul has said that India, US and Israel were together hatching a conspiracy against Pakistan to destabilize it.

In an interview with the Foreign Policy Journal, Gul [...]

‘We took out Mehsud,’ says Obama

Washington, Aug.21 (ANI): While the US officials have maintained that there is 90 percent chance that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud has been killed in a drone strike earlier this month, President Barack Obama, it seems, has no doubt about the Taliban chieftain’s death.

During a live radio broadcast from [...]

Dead body of suspected Al-Qaeda commander recovered in Peshawar

Peshawar, Aug.20 (ANI): Security officials have recovered the body of a suspected Al- Qaeda leader from a house here.

The body is said to be that of Abdullah Noori, an Algerian who was considered to be Osama bin Laden’s close associate.

The body bore deep cuts, needle pricks on shoulders and marks of wounds in fingers and [...]

‘Pakistanis hate Americans from their soul’

New York, Aug.20 (ANI): The United States is trying hard to change the mindset of the Pakistanis regarding its policies, but it seems that all such efforts have hardly had an effect.

During an interview recently, the new US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Judith McHale was at the receiving end [...]

Britney would hand out free pies if she were US President

Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): Had Britney Spears been the President of the US, she would have distributed free pies to everyone.

In a pre-taped segment on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ on Tuesday, the ‘Womaniser’ hit-maker actually outlined the ways America would be better if she were President.

Britney appeared [...]

Drone strikes forcing al Qaeda leaders to move into cities

Lahore, Aug. 9 (ANI): The US drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas are forcing al Qaeda leaders to move into urban areas, the Daily Times reports.

According to CIA sources, the drone attacks have killed 20 al Qaeda commanders in the past 18 months.

Experts say that aerial [...]

Betullah Mehsud still alive, claims close aide

London, Aug. 8 (ANI): A lieutenant of Pakistan’s enemy no. 1 Baitullah Mehsud on Saturday rejected reports of the Pak-Taliban chief’s death in a US drone strike.

BBC quoted Commander Hakimullah Mehsud – who some analysts suggest may be positioning himself to succeed [...]

Bin Laden’s son describes his dad as evil in new memoir

Washington, July 10 (ANI): Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden’s son, Omar, has described his father as an evil man in his new memoir.

According to the New York Daily News, Omar says that he first realized the depth of his father’s evil when his beloved dogs were taken away and gassed in a chemical warfare [...]

Libyan extremist group severs ties with Al-Qaeda over ‘indiscriminate violence’

London, July 10 (ANI): What may be seen as a severe blow to Al-Qaeda, one of its ally, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) has decided to severe its ties with Osama bin Laden saying that the “indiscriminate bombings” and the “targeting of civilians” was not in accordance to its objectives.

This is the [...]

Meera Nandan – Aadhi – Ayyanar – Aadhi & Meera Nandan in Ayyanar

Meera Nandan – Aadhi – Ayyanar – Aadhi & Meera Nandan in Ayyanar
P.L.Thenappan of Sri Raja Lakshmi Films, who had earlier made big budget movies with Kamal Hassan, Simbu and Arjun is now going to do an action laced entertainer with sentiments titled Ayyanar!
The film has Mirugam fame Aadhi in the lead along with Meera [...]

Captured U.S. soldier has been ’sold’ to Haqqani group: Taliban

Kabul, July 3 (ANI): Taliban representatives have said that the American soldier kidnapped by them has been sold to a local insurgent group, and added that they will release a video to prove their claim.

Military officials said low-level militants in Afghanistan’s Patika province nabbed the soldier and reportedly “sold” him to members of the Haqqani [...]

UK cop gets 11 K pound as compensation for ‘Osama’ slur

London, June 27 (ANI): A Muslim cop won 11,000 pounds in a religious discrimination case – after his boss said he looked like Osama Bin Laden.

Darren Yates made several remarks about the length of 42-year-old Tariq Dost’s beard.

Yates compared his West Midlands Police colleague [...]