An Afghan detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison has died in an apparent suicide.
The 37-year-old prisoner, identified only as Inayatullah, was accused of being an Al Qaeda member and housed at the controversial U.S. jail in Cuba. (more…)
An Egyptian who was once a Special Forces officer has been chosen “caretaker” leader of al Qaeda in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death, according to a source with detailed knowledge of the group’s inner workings. (more…)

U.S. officials are analyzing one million pages of data from the trove found in Osama bin Laden’s compound during the raid that killed him, and say they have learned more in the past ten days than in the past 10 years. (more…)
Osama bin Laden portrayed himself as the defender of Islamic values and culture, but his secret life is slowly being unraveled and revolved around porn, Viagra, and 5 wives
Three of Osama bin Laden’s widows have been interviewed by U.S. intelligence officers under the supervision of Pakistani’s intelligence service, according to sources in both governments.
The women — who were all interviewed together this week — were “hostile” (more…)
President Barack Obama is preparing a fresh outreach to the Muslim world in coming days, senior U.S. officials say, one that will ask those in the Middle East and beyond to reject Islamic militancy in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death and embrace a new era of relations with the U.S. (more…)

Osama bin Laden kept a handwritten journal that U.S. forces seized in last week’s raid, according to an unidentified Associated Press source. (more…)
Whether we like it or not, Osama bin Laden changed America. With that September morning in 2001, he introduced fear and ingrained the threat of terrorism
The Obama administration is pressing Pakistan to make available Osama bin Laden’s three widows for interrogation in what could become a test of U.S. relations with the country that served as a sanctuary for the terrorist leader. (more…)
The U.S. drone aircraft attack that killed two midlevel al Qaeda militants in Yemen on Thursday was targeting the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a U.S.-born radical known for encouraging attacks on the United States, U.S. media reported. (more…)