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U.S. officials weighed the pros and cons of releasing secret video and photos of Osama bin Laden, killed with a precision shot above his left eye, as fresh details emerged Tuesday of an audacious American raid that netted potentially crucial al-Qaida records as well as the body of the global terrorist leader. Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — When one of Osama bin Laden’s most trusted aides picked up the phone last year, he unknowingly led U.S. pursuers to the doorstep of his boss, the world’s most wanted terrorist.

That monitored phone call, recounted Monday by a U.S. official, ended a years-long search for bin Laden’s personal courier, the key break in a worldwide manhunt. The courier, in turn, led U.S. intelligence to a walled compound in northeast Pakistan, where a team of Navy SEALs shot bin Laden to death.

Bin Laden deputy may be more dangerous

Al-Qaida has lost its leader, but Osama bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is in some ways better organized and more inclined to use violence to continue its mission of global jihad, experts said Monday. “He’s much more powerful than bin Laden as a leader