Latest Developments

Latest Developments

The wealth of information pulled from Osama bin Laden’s compound has reinforced the belief that he played a strong role in planning and directing attacks by al-Qaida and its affiliates in Yemen and Somalia, senior U.S. officials said Friday. And the data further demonstrates to the U.S. that top al-Qaida commanders and other key insurgents are scattered throughout Pakistan.

The American public will get a peek at bin Laden’s life inside the secret compound in Abbottabad today, according to U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because the data has not yet been released.

Pipe bombs, a targeted car crash, a lone gunman: Western intelligence officials said Friday they are seeing increased Internet and phone chatter about cheap, small-scale terror attacks to avenge the death of bin Laden. More than 100 protesters, meanwhile, gathered Friday outside the U.S. Embassy in London shouting, “USA, you will pay!” and warning of such revenge attacks.

Source: Associated Press