And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines of his holy war.
I am very suspicious of the notion that somehow bin Laden was a media creation... Bin Laden's actions made him into a big deal. Not the media. - Peter Bergen
I am very suspicious of the notion that somehow bin Laden was a media creation... Bin Laden's actions made him into a big deal. Not the media.
- Peter Bergen
I stepped into the bedroom where he was killed and looked up at the ceiling, where you could still see the patterns of blood that had spurted from bi… - Peter Bergen
I stepped into the bedroom where he was killed and looked up at the ceiling, where you could still see the patterns of blood that had spurted from bi…
There's some pretty good academic research that suggest that what Americans don't like is losing. - Peter Bergen
There's some pretty good academic research that suggest that what Americans don't like is losing.
The terrorists who have succeeded in carrying out spectacular attacks against Western targets in the past have been college-educated, technically pro… - Peter Bergen
The terrorists who have succeeded in carrying out spectacular attacks against Western targets in the past have been college-educated, technically pro…
At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan. - Peter Bergen
At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan.
Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company, wh… - Peter Bergen
Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company, wh…
So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own. - Peter Bergen
So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own.
The image we have of bin Laden in his final years in Abbottabad is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself; just another… - Peter Bergen
The image we have of bin Laden in his final years in Abbottabad is of an aging man with a graying beard watching old footage of himself; just another…
In February I secured permission to enter Osama bin Laden's compound in the northern Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where he was killed and where he h… - Peter Bergen
In February I secured permission to enter Osama bin Laden's compound in the northern Pakistani city of Abbottabad, where he was killed and where he h…
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