Timeline: The search for Bin Laden

A timeline of some of the intelligence, sightings, and rumours regarding the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden.

Posted on: 4 December 2009 | 6:26 am

Timeline: Al-Qaeda

The history of Osama Bin Laden's network and major attacks linked to it.

Posted on: 7 August 2008 | 4:25 am

Military tribunals

George W Bush's plan to try terror suspects in military courts has provoked much controversy.

Posted on: 29 June 2006 | 11:46 am

US 'forgetting war on terror'

Critics argue that the US is still not thinking imaginatively about how to fight the war on terror, Gordon Corera hears.

Posted on: 24 November 2004 | 10:13 am

Bin Laden threatens America

Osama Bin Laden warns of fresh attacks on the US in a broadcast aired days before the presidential election.

Posted on: 29 October 2004 | 11:57 pm

Zarqawi and Bin Laden: Brothers in arms?

How deep are ties between Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant thought to be in Iraq, and Bin Laden?

Posted on: 18 October 2004 | 4:38 pm

Life after Guantanamo

BBC News Online looks at what happens to inmates of the US prison who get transferred home.

Posted on: 4 October 2004 | 1:59 pm

'New al-Qaeda tape' is released

An audio tape said to have been recorded by Osama Bin Laden's deputy urges attacks on the US and its allies.

Posted on: 2 October 2004 | 8:15 am

Does Bin Laden still count?

Gordon Corera considers how significant the al-Qaeda leader is - and what his capture or killing might mean.

Posted on: 28 September 2004 | 2:20 am

Musharraf hails blow to al-Qaeda

Pakistan's president says a "major terrorist threat" has been eliminated with the killing of a key al-Qaeda suspect.

Posted on: 27 September 2004 | 8:04 am

Pakistan al-Qaeda suspect killed

One of Pakistan's most wanted al-Qaeda suspects has been killed, Pakistani officials say.

Posted on: 26 September 2004 | 2:31 pm

Al-Qaeda three years on

Three years after the 11 September attacks, the al-Qaeda network is an indefatigable driving force behind many affiliated groups.

Posted on: 10 September 2004 | 1:40 pm

US facing defeat, says al-Qaeda

Osama Bin Laden's deputy claims US troops are in a no-win situation in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Posted on: 9 September 2004 | 6:31 pm

Al-Qaeda sanctions 'ineffective'

The United Nations says that sanctions against al-Qaeda and the former Taleban have had little effect.

Posted on: 27 August 2004 | 3:58 am

Terror warnings: How much to reveal?

How much information should the public be given when a terrorist alert is issued, asks Paul Reynolds.

Posted on: 4 August 2004 | 4:44 am

Al-Qaeda's origins and links

BBC News Online explains how Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network grew up and the connections with other militants.

Posted on: 20 July 2004 | 1:34 pm

Guantanamo legal limbo ends

Civil liberties lawyers welcome the US Supreme Court ruling on terror detainees.

Posted on: 28 June 2004 | 2:44 pm

Rights plea over Guantanamo

The US is urged to free Guantanamo inmates or set up fair trials as a major human rights forum ends in Yemen.

Posted on: 12 April 2004 | 2:22 am

Madrid blasts: Who is to blame?

BBC News Online looks at the clues pointing to al-Qaeda or Eta involvement in the Madrid attacks.

Posted on: 18 March 2004 | 10:15 am

Moussaoui tests US justice

The case of al-Qaeda suspect Zacarias Moussaoui is testing the legal limits of the US Government's war on terror.

Posted on: 26 September 2003 | 1:04 pm

Guantanamo inmates languish

Most of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay have a long wait to find out what the US plans for them.

Posted on: 23 August 2003 | 12:26 am

Indonesia's Muslim militants

BBC News Online looks at the main Muslim militant groups operating in Indonesia.

Posted on: 8 August 2003 | 3:47 am

Bali bombers' network of terror

BBC News Online pieces together the people and events that appear to have led to the devastating bombing in Bali.

Posted on: 6 August 2003 | 5:34 am

War on terror Africa-style

The Pentagon and the CIA have opened up a new front in the war on terror - in the Horn of Africa.

Posted on: 21 February 2003 | 5:19 am

Al-Qaeda 'role in Kenya attacks'

BBC News Online's Paul Reynolds assesses whether al-Qaeda could have been responsible for the attacks on Israelis in Kenya.

Posted on: 28 November 2002 | 2:16 pm