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Interview with Terrorism Expert Bruce Riedel: 'The Battle for the Soul of...
Many thought Osama bin Laden was hiding in the mountainous Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. But he was just a two hour drive from Islamabad. US terrorism expert Bruce Riedel spoke with SPIEGEL about...
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Outdated Ideologies: Does Bin Laden's Death Mark the End of Jihadism?
Osama bin Laden's violent ideology may have once garnered support in the Arab world, but his death this week came at a time when the burgeoning pro-democracy movement in the Muslim world had rendered...
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Interview with Former Bush Adviser Andrew Card: 'Obama Has Pounded His Chest...
Andrew Card served as the White House chief of staff for the first five years of George W. Bush's presidency. In a SPIEGEL interview, Card speaks about Bush's failed efforts to get bin Laden, how...
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'A Time of Great Testing for Al-Qaida': Bin Laden's Death and the Future of...
He is best known for his 2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the rise of al-Qaida and the September 11 attacks. In a piece for SPIEGEL, Lawrence Wright argues that Osama bin Laden's death -- at a...
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Interview with Head of German Intelligence: 'Al-Qaida Faces Difficult Times...
Ernst Uhrlau is the head of Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND. In a SPIEGEL interview he talks about the consequences of Osama bin Laden's death for al-Qaida and his expectation that the...
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German Jihad: Homegrown Terror Takes on New Dimensions
Osama bin Laden may be dead, but al-Qaida is alive and well in Germany. Each month, an average of five Islamists leave the country for terrorist training camps in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area....
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The Search for Bin Laden's Cave: Fifteen Minutes of Fame for a Tiny Pakistani...
The Pakistani village of Chak Shah Mohammad has never attracted many visitors from abroad. But ever since Osama bin Laden's wife reportedly said the al-Qaida leader had hid in a cave there, the global...
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Ottrando's Tears: A New York Fireman and Osama's Death
It didn't take long for John Ottrando, a New York fireman, to arrive at the north tower on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Now, almost 10 years later, images from that day have become his constant...
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Interview with Richard Clarke: 'Capturing Bin Laden Was Not One of Their Big...
In an interview, former White House counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke discusses Washington's effort, long unsuccessful, to track bin Laden, missteps made by the Clinton and Bush administrations in...
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Terrorists Have Rights Too: What International Law Says about the Killing of...
The elimination of al-Qaida figurehead Osama bin Laden earlier this month was widely celebrated. But was it the right thing for the US to do? International law expert Kai Ambos argues that killing him...
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A Peaceful City?: Scratching Beneath the Surface in Abbottabad
Is the city of Abbottabad, where Osama bin Laden was found and killed by US Special Operations forces on May 1, really as bucolic as it has been described? The al-Qaida boss, as it turns out, was far...
View ArticleAl-Qaida Video: Zawahiri Vows to Continue Bin Laden's Work
First he praised Osama bin Laden, and then he issued threats to Pakistan and the United States. One month after the al-Qaida leader was shot dead in Abbottabad, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri has...
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A New Path for Al-Qaida: Zawahiri Confirmed as Bin Laden's Successor
It is now official: Ayman al-Zawahiri is the new leader of al-Qaida. The uncharismatic surgeon from Egypt is hardly a carbon copy of Osama bin Laden. But the terror network seems interested in testing...
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On the Trail of Said Bahaji: 9/11 Conspirator Reported to Be Living in Pakistan
Ten years after 9/11, the Moroccan-German Said Bahaji is one of the last remaining members of al-Qaida's Hamburg cell who is still at large. Now, German jihadists have told investigators that Bahaji is...
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Charisma Deficit: Loss of Bin Laden Threatens Al-Qaida 'Brand'
For years, the charismatic Osama bin Laden was the undisputed face of al-Qaida -- internally as well as externally. But for the last four months, the terror network has had to get by with the...
View ArticleA Unique Perspective on Sept. 11: The Last Sunrise Between the Twin Towers
He came to New York for vacation, but became a witness to the most devastating terror attack the world had ever seen. Reinhard Karger documented the disaster from a marina across the water from the...
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The Arrest of Younis al-Mauretani: On the Trail of the al-Qaida Phantom
Secret service agencies from around the world have long been searching for him. On Monday, the ISI in Pakistan finally managed to apprehend top al-Qaida operative Younis al-Mauretani. New details about...
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Interview with Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan: 'We Did Exactly What Al-Qaida...
Former FBI agent Ali Soufan successfully interrogated captured Islamist terrorists after 9/11 without resorting to "enhanced' techniques. In a SPIEGEL interview, he revealed how he got jihadists to...
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'Dangerous Preacher': Former Bin Laden Bodyguard Living in Bochum
A man who was part of Osama bin Laden's team of bodyguards has been living in the western German city of Bochum for years. Authorities say the Tunisian man is a "dangerous preacher," but attempts to...
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Terror Retooled: Al-Qaida Thinks Globally But Acts Locally
The new warning last week of possible imminent attacks by al-Qaida fueled fears far beyond America's borders. But the movement founded by Osama bin Laden has long since shifted from mass international...
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