Washington, May 13: The 25 US Navy Seals, who killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, recorded the entire operation on their tiny helmet cameras during their 40 minute long swoop.

A new picture emerged on Thursday of what really happened. Officials reviewing those videos are still reconstructing a more accurate version of what happened.

The only firefight took place in the guesthouse, where one of bin Laden’s couriers opened fire and was quickly gunned down. No one in the main building got off a shot or was even armed, although there were weapons nearby, CBS News reports.

Washington, May 13: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s rosy portrayal of being married to jihad was sorely tested as he lived with three wives and 17 children during his last days.

"Believe me, when your children and your wife become part of your struggle, life becomes very enjoyable," TIME quoted bin Laden, as saying before the 9/11 terror attack, when he was able to keep his four wives and several children living comfortably in separate houses across Afghanistan.

Washington, May 12: Handwritten journals and long-winded compositions saved on computer hard drives by Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden suggest that his preoccupation with attacking the United States caused friction among his followers.

According to U. S. intelligence officials, who are analyzing the trove of materials recovered from the al-Qaeda leader’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, bin Laden always seemed to be searching for a way to replicate the impact of al-Qaeda’s most devastating strike.

Washington, May 12 : President Barack Obama is yet to say something about the Republican candidates likely to challenge him in 2012.

Press secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Wednesday that “in my presence,” Obama hasn’t weighed in on the time it’s taken Republicans to declare their candidacy for the White House.

“I have not heard him discuss in private, even, that process, so I don’t have anything to add,” Politico quoted Carney, as saying. (ANI)

Washington, May 12 : President Barack Obama is holding double digit leads against the two potential Republican opponents Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.

According to Politico, against Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, the president gets 51 percent of the vote to Romney's 39 percent. Against Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Fox News host, Obama leads 51-to-38 percent.

But in a Gallup poll also released Wednesday, Obama has a far smaller lead over a generic Republican candidate, getting 43 percent to the GOPer's 40 percent.

Washington, May 12: Pakistan has said it will not share the wreckage of the United States' secret stealth-modified helicopter, which was abandoned by American troops during a raid on Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbotabad, with China.

The Saudi-born terrorist, who had evaded capture for a decade, was killed in a top secret operation involving a small team of US Special Forces in Abbottabad, located 50 kilometres northeast of Islamabad and
150 kilometres east of Peshawar.

Washington, May 12: The United States must put an end to Pakistan's duplicity if it refuses to cooperate in the ongoing war on terror, as Islamabad's "strategy of being both friend and adversary is no longer acceptable", a former US envoy to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations has said.

Washington, May 12: A leader of the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has vowed to avenge Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s death, saying that jihad would only intensify and that the United States would come to “wish for the days of Osama”.

Bin Laden, who had evaded capture for a decade, was killed in a top secret operation involving a small team of US Special Forces in Pakistan’s Abbottabad city, located 50 kilometres northeast of Islamabad and
150 kilometres east of Peshawar.

Washington, May 12: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has admitted that ''rogue'' lower-level members of the Pakistan military and the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) may have helped Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden hide in plain sight near Islamabad.

The Saudi-born terrorist, who had evaded capture for a decade, was killed in a top secret operation involving a small team of US Special Forces in Abbottabad, located 50 kilometres northeast of Islamabad and
150 kilometres east of Peshawar.

Washington, May 12: The White House''s decision to host rapper Common at a celebration of poetry has been described by former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate as lacking in class and decency.

Palin was happy to jump into the fray Wednesday night in a lengthy television interview almost entirely dedicated to the controversy surrounding the invite to the rapper poet.

Washington, May 12: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s handwritten journal, which was seized by US Special Forces during the May 2 raid on his hideout in Pakistan, reveals that he encouraged attacks against smaller cities in the US and was in communication with the Yemeni branch of Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

The Saudi-born terrorist, who had evaded capture for a decade, was killed in a top secret operation in Abbottabad, located 50 kilometres northeast of Islamabad and 150 kilometres east of Peshawar.

Washington, May 12: Some Taliban leaders are offering intelligence about the Al-Qaeda to prove that they are serious about peace talks with the Afghan government, senior Afghan officials have said.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Afghan officials who described the outreach said intelligence provided by Taliban leaders aided in the capture of Umar Patek, the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings.

Washington, May 12: The United States has said it has no plans as of now to designate the Pakistan-based Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organisation.

The US has designated Haqqani network’s operational commander Badruddin Haqqani under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism.

Washington, May 12: Photographs of killed Al-Qeada leader Osama Bin Laden were shown to select group of US lawmakers.

Lawmakers who have seen Osama’s death photos describe them as "gruesome" and definitive proof that the terrorist is dead.

"It wasn''t a very pretty picture. Either a bullet, the significant bullet, went through the ear and out the eye socket, or vice versa," the Daily News quoted Senator Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, as saying.

New York lawmakers Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican Pete King are scheduled to see the shots on Friday.

Washington, May 11: US millionaire Donald Trump''s presidential prospects have started to diminish, as President Barack Obama’s step of releasing his ‘long form birth certificate is beginning to change the public viewpoint about his birther issue.

Sixty-four-year-old Trump has slid down from the head of the Republican primary field to fifth-place, The New York Post quoted a newly-released survey from Democratic-aligned firm Public Policy Polling (PPP), as saying.