Why Osama was hiding in a non-tribal area

After Osama bin Laden's reported death near Islamabad, rediff.com revisits B Raman's June 2010 analysis In an interview to ABC TV channel's This Week on June 27, 2010, Leon Panetta, director of......

US places Rs 22 cr bounty on 'new bin Laden'

The United States has announced a bounty of $5 million (Rs 22 crore) on the head of Pakistan-based dreaded global terrorist Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, a key suspect in the Mumbai terror attacks who......

Ilyas Kashmiri recruiting Britons for terror

Al Qaeda military strategist Ilyas Kashmiri is recruiting Britons and training them for launching Mumbai-style attacks in the UK, France and Germany during the Christmas period, a media report said......

Qaeda names Kashmiri as chief military strategist

Al Qaeda has made jihadi commander Ilyas Kashmiri as its chief military strategist for the region to plan and spearhead terrorist attacks against the West. While Egyptian militant Saif Al-Adal was......