Osama Bin Laden

If war is a continuation of politics by other means, then it is fair to say that the United States and China are in the intermediate stages of the most serious world conflict since Hitler was toppled. Forget Afghanistan. Forget Iraq. Forget Libya. Set aside nightmare scenarios of nuclear missiles...

Despite reports claiming that Osama bin Laden was killed in his mansion or "palace," it really was not a palace at all, if you compare it to other, cheaper homes surrounding it. In a Bloomberg article, the compound that bin Laden were the others who were killed had less luxuries than surrounding...

President Barack Obama's poll numbers jumped significantly this week on news that the United States had found and killed terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden. The President's approval rating jumped 11% to 57%, his highest rating in nearly two years. Is his approval rating high enough for...

According to a tweet from BreakingNews, President Obama has decided not to release the photographs of Osama bin Laden's body. According to Obama, the pics show a large gun shot wound, and very graphic images.

Pittsburgh Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall has put out a blog post to discuss his tweets from earlier in the week, which many took to mean that Mendenhall was in support of Osama bin Laden. In the tweet, Mendenhall wrote: "What kind of person celebrates death? It's amazing how people can HATE a man...

Despite the shot tweeted ‘round the world, is it fair to view the death of Osama Bin Laden as the highpoint in an eventual victory over Al Qaeda? Bin Laden's own stated goals suggest that the victory may be more Pyrrhic than the U.S. government is willing to admit. In 2004, Bin Laden released a...

The biggest news of the day was the death of Osama bin Laden, and how it affected U.S. equity markets (NYSE: SPY). bin Laden figured he would be hearing "Stairway to Heaven" after his death. He never figured he would really be hearing "Highway to Hell." There is a bipartisan group of six...

The answer isn't all that surprising. Speaking to The Early Show, Howard Lutnick (the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, the company that lost 658 of its employees during the terrorist attacks on 9/11) said that he was glad the United States finally took down Osama bin Laden. “I'm glad we got him,” he...

Today marks the first of many atta-boys for the men who stormed Abbottabad and put lead between Osama Bin Laden's eyes. If their names (and even their team's very existence) were not classified, these Navy Seals would never pay for a steak, beer, or scotch ever again. For all we know, it was...

According to ABC News, the Pakistani branch of the Taliban has vowed revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden, who was killed yesterday in a fire fight yesterday in Islamabad, Pakistan. Speaking from an unknown location, Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said, "...

Today is truly a historic day in America, as last night President Barack Obama announced that a team of special forces had killed Osama bin Laden, along with a few others, marking a symbolic moment in the war against terror. It also marked a historic moment in the age of social media, as Twitter...

Japanese stocks rallied to a post-earthquake high on Monday, following news that terrorist Osama bin Laden has been killed by American forces. Japan rallied more than 1.5% today, with the Nikkei index closing at 10,004. Tokyo's Nikkei average on Monday closed above the 10,000 level for the first...

U.S. President Barack Obama announced late Sunday evening that Osama Bin Laden, a terrorist on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List, is dead. "Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al...