Global IssuesNews headlines for “War on Terror”, page 21
PAKISTAN: Osama Killing Largely Unmourned
- Inter Press Service
Three days since the death of Al-Qaeda chief and U.S. public enemy No. 1 Osama bin Laden, there are no public demonstrations to protest his killing, nor are there any other displays of anger or grief in this country of 170 million where he once enjoyed tremendous support.
Pakistan Responds With Disbelief
- Inter Press Service
The once elusive Osama bin Laden may be dead, but the way he was killed, the secrecy surrounding the covert mission, and the haste with which the body was buried at sea have provided grist for the rumour mill.
Osama the Symbol Not So Easy to Vanquish
- Inter Press Service
Far from concluding the war on terror, both Western and Muslim-majority countries - many emerging or still embroiled in months of popular protests — will continue to face a threat from extremist ideology after the United States' decade-long campaign to capture or kill Osama bin Laden has come to an end, most analysts say.
A Fork in the Road of U.S.-Pakistani Ties
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. discovery and killing of Osama bin Laden in a compound some 50 kilometres from Islamabad is a 'defining moment' for a U.S.-Pakistan relationship fraught with duplicity and dashed expectations.
U.S. Refusal of 2001 Taliban Offer Gave bin Laden a Free Pass
- Inter Press Service
When George W. Bush rejected a Taliban offer to have Osama bin Laden tried by a moderate group of Islamic states in mid- October 2001, he gave up the only opportunity the United States would have to end bin Laden's terrorist career for the next nine years.
INDIA-PAKISTAN: Osama’s Death Changes Little
- Inter Press Service
Osama bin Laden’s killing by U.S. troops, in a safe house adjacent to a Pakistani military academy in Abbottabad, may vindicate India’s charges that its neighbour is a haven for jihadist groups, but it will do little to change that reality.
EU-PAKISTAN: Bin Laden’s Death May Sour Relations
- Inter Press Service
In a surprise address late Sunday night, U.S. President Barack Obama declared Osama bin Laden - leader of the terrorist organisation al Qaeda and the world’s most wanted fugitive - dead. According to Obama, bin Laden was captured and shot in Pakistan’s Abbottabad city, just north of Islamabad. Within minutes of the announcement, leaders across the globe began to issue statements expressing their views on bin Laden’s death.
PAKISTAN: Quiet Town in Deep Shock
- Inter Press Service
The killing of Osama Bin Laden in the garrison city Abbottabad in Pakistan has sent shockwaves among its citizens.The city of 600,000 seemed grief-stricken. Most people avoid media persons, who have arrived here in droves in this most peaceful place in the violence-wracked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Osama Death May Splinter Militants
- Inter Press Service
The killing of Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden in an operation by the U.S. forces has dealt a serious blow to the beleaguered Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
U.S. Celebrates Controversial Justice
- Inter Press Service
By a few minutes before midnight on May 1, huge jubilant crowds had amassed outside the White House in Washington D.C. and around Ground Zero and Times Square in New York City.
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