GOP Rep. McClain falsely claimed that Trump caught Osama bin Laden. The Al Qaeda leader was killed during the first Obama administration, when Trump was still hosting a game show.
"When President Trump was in office, we didn't have a war, and I think he made three peace treaties," McClain said. "Caught Osama –Osama bin Laden and Soleimani, Al Baghdadi."
news.yahoo.comChina's foreign minister makes surprise stop in Kabul
China’s foreign minister made a surprise stop in Kabul to meet Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers even as the international community fumes over the hardline movement’s broken promise a day earlier to open schools to girls beyond Grade 6
washingtonpost.comHow Sudan’s Coup Is Threatening Foreign Aid, Path to Democracy
Sudan’s military has long been the country’s pre-eminent power broker. It propped up dictator Omar al-Bashir for three decades before ousting him in 2019 following months of protests against runaway inflation and brutality. Then in October, the army toppled the uneasy coalition of civilian and military figures that had run the North African nation since that popular uprising. The coup sparked unrest and a deadly crackdown by security forces, put hundreds of millions of dollars of international a
washingtonpost.comHow Sudan’s Coup Is Threatening Foreign Aid, Path to Democracy
Sudan’s military has long been the country’s pre-eminent power broker, propping up dictator Omar al-Bashir for three decades before ousting him in 2019 following months of protests against runaway inflation and brutality. Now the army has toppled an uneasy coalition of civilian and military figures that ran the North African nation after the popular uprising, detaining premier Abdalla Hamdok and four of his cabinet members. The coup sparked unrest and a deadly crackdown by security forces, put h
washingtonpost.comWhy Sudan Coup Is Threatening Foreign Aid, Path to Democracy
Sudan’s military has long been the country’s pre-eminent power broker, propping up dictator Omar al-Bashir for three decades before ousting him in 2019 following months of protests against runaway inflation and brutality. Now the army has toppled an uneasy coalition of civilian and military figures that ran the North African nation after the popular uprising, detaining premier Abdalla Hamdok and four of his cabinet members. The coup sparked unrest and a deadly crackdown by security forces, put h
washingtonpost.comQatar diplomat emphasizes engagement with Taliban at forum
Qatar’s diplomatic point man for talks with the Taliban says countries should engage Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers, warning that isolation could lead to a wide-reaching security threat, as happened when al-Qaida used the country as a base to plot the 9/11 attacks.
5 intel officers killed in shootout with militants in Sudan
Five intelligence officers were killed in a shootout Tuesday with suspected Islamic State group militants in Sudan's capital Khartoum, authorities said. The General Intelligence Agency said in a statement the suspected militants opened fire on forces who raided their hideout in the Gabra neighborhood in southern Khartoum. The GIA said forces arrested 11 suspected militants and were chasing four others who managed to flee during the shootout.
news.yahoo.comUN: Afghanistan's Taliban want to address General Assembly
The United Nations says the Taliban, Afghanistan’s new rulers since last month, have challenged the credentials of Afghanistan’s former U.N. ambassador and are asking to speak at the U.N. General Assembly’s high-level meeting of world leaders that began Tuesday.
"Countdown bin Laden": Obama's pursuit of the 9/11 mastermind
John Dickerson sits down with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, author of "Countdown bin Laden," to discuss the raid on the al Qaeda leader's compound, and President Obama's decision to go forward with the Navy SEAL operation that had a high possibility of failure.
cbsnews.comDeath and suffering in Iraq a painful legacy of 9/11 attacks
Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. In their aftermath, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, swiftly deposing the Taliban regime that had been sheltering Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al-Qaida terror network blamed for the attacks.
news.yahoo.comFBI releases newly declassified record on Sept. 11 attacks
A declassified FBI document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11 attacks details contacts the men had with Saudi associates in the United States but doesn't provide proof that senior kingdom officials were complicit in the plot.
Pentagon chief: al-Qaida may seek comeback in Afghanistan
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power.
Preview: “Race Against Time: The CIA and 9/11”
Former CIA directors, insiders and national security experts retrace the agency’s steps around 9/11 and detail the mission to hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in “Race Against Time: The CIA and 9/11.” The special airs Friday, September 10 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and will be available to stream on the CBS News app and Paramount+ on September 11.
news.yahoo.comHow America Made Osama Bin Laden’s Dream Come True
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photo GettyAfter 20 years, who won the War on Terror?In a 2004 speech sent to al-Jazeera, Osama bin Laden said that “all that we have to do is send two mujahideen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth that says al-Qaeda, in order to make generals race there to cause America to suffer human, economic and political losses without their achieving anything of note.”If bin Laden were alive today—and not a decaying, bullet-riddled corpse somewhere
news.yahoo.comGraphic: Aftermath of explosions outside Kabul airport
Two explosions outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed dozens of people on Thursday, including U.S. service members. These are the scenes of the aftermath. Warning: The following video is graphic.
news.yahoo.comNavy SEAL who shot bin Laden says it's 'time to kill people' after Kabul terror attacks
A Navy SEAL veteran who was on the team that killed Osama bin Laden said it's time to "kill people" and "drop our stupid rules of engagement" after U.S. service members were killed in Kabul on Thursday.
news.yahoo.comTaliban spokesman claims 'no evidence' bin Laden behind World Trade Center attacks
A Taliban spokesman claimed Wednesday that there is "no evidence" that Osama bin Laden was behind the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, despite overwhelming evidence linking the late al Qaeda leader to the planning of the incident.
news.yahoo.comAnalysis: How Afghan war showed limits of US military power
It took only two months for U.S. invaders to topple the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, a seemingly tidy success against a government that had given refuge to 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. Twenty years later, the United States is withdrawing — visions of victory long vanished and an ascendant Taliban arguably within reach of restoring their rule. Afghanistan proved to be a lesson in the limits of America's military power.
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