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Personal life of Osama bin Laden

‘Manhunt’ Examines the Decade-Long Search for Bin Laden

Just over 15 years ago, a young producer accompanied CNN reporter Peter Arnett to an isolated mud hut in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.  The man they found there became the most notorious terrorist of all time. Osama bin Laden wasn’t particularly well known in 1997, but he certainly made headlines when he declared jihad on […]

Childhood Friends of Osama Bin Laden Reflect on His Death

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