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Below is an index of actions involving "Bin Ladin", organized alphabetically by action. The name "Bin Ladin" appears in the left column if responsible for the action, or in the right column if affected by the action. Click on the action to see the reference in the report.

Actions involving "Bin Ladin":
Source	Action	Target
spiritual leader : abu bakar bashir	accept	bin ladin : offer
bodyguard family member	accompany	bin ladin
most : of group key figure	accompany : to afghanistan	bin ladin : to afghanistan
bin ladin	act : against united states under taliban control	_
binal- shibh	add	pledge : of bin ladin hamburg colleague
bin ladin	already : address : on point	defense department : question : on point
bin ladin	address : at length	sudan
_	address : from usama bin ladin	emerging : threat : from usama bin ladin
bin ladin	admire	blind sheikh
_	adopt : in additional address note to schroen	bin ladin : ethics
bin ladin	according to ksm : advance	date : of attack
government	advise	bin ladin
bin ladin	agree	_
bin ladin	likely indeed : agree	_
chief unit : bin ladin mike	agree	_
bin ladin azzam	agree	_
bin ladin	aid	group : of islamist iraq kurdistan control baghdad extremist
cia	aid : in war recall	bin ladin : arab afghans afghan resistance regard : bin ladin
officer	aid : over camp out of hope apparent khowst	bin ladin : reassertion : of control
bin ladin	alienate : in saudi arabia	bin ladin : supporter
new : memorandum	allow	killing : of bin ladin
plan	ambush	bin ladin
tribals	ambush	bin ladin
tribals	ambush	bin ladin : convoy
bin ladin	answer	_
bin ladin	anticipate : in afghanistan back	u.s. military : retaliation
most : of bin ladin network	reportedly : anticipate	attack
bin ladin	appeal to	people
operation	appeal to	bin ladin
bin ladin	appoint	new financial : manager,whom bin ladin follower : saw
scenario : for	apprehend	bin ladin
ksm	approach : with idea	bin ladin : of
bin ladin	never : approve	meeting
bin ladin	approve	specific : proposal
bin ladin	approve	_
bin ladin : first	approve : for	bin ladin : proposal : for
bin ladin	argue	_
_	argue	bin ladin
_	immediately - : arrest : after embassy year later bombing	bin ladin
bin ladin	arrive : in afghanistan	_
bin ladin	arrive : in sudan	_
bin ladin	arrive : in afghanistan with no money	_
few : day : after bin ladin	arrive : in jalalabad	_
usama bin ladin	arrive : in 1980 afghanistan	_
new : leader	arrive at : in mid-1999	bin ladin : unit counterterrorist center
final : piece : of puzzle	arrive at : on august 28 in cable	cia bin ladin : unit : on august 28 in cable
bin ladin	ask : upon	bin ladin
bin ladin	formally : ask : at meeting	ksm
mary	ask	unit bin ladin
bin ladin	ask for : from bomb-making expert	assistance : from bomb-making expert
bin ladin	ask for	space
brother	ask for	bin ladin : passport
7.3	assemble : during summer early autumn of 2000 in afghanistan	senior al qaeda : leader : in afghanistan bin ladin team : during summer early autumn of 2000
bin ladin	quickly very : assess : in ten minutes	new : trainee
atef	assist	bin ladin
bin ladin	assist : in ethnic mid-1991 conflict	tajikistan islamists
bin ladin	assume : by time binalshibh claim	_
bin ladin	attack	_
bin ladin	attack	america
imminent : bin ladin	attack : on u.s. in qatar ethiopia	embassy : in qatar ethiopia
bin ladin	attack	far : enemy
bin ladin	attack	u.s. : interest
bin ladin	next day : attack	u.s.
bin ladin	attack	united states
bin ladin : about intelligence : report	attack	u.s. : vessel
bin ladin	attack	ship : yemen
bin ladin	may : attack	_
bin ladin united states	attack	_
bush administration	also : attack	bin ladin
cia	attack : in other way	bin ladin : in ways
bin ladin planning : high profile	june 30, 2001 : attack	_
bin ladin planning : high profile	june 30, 2001 : attack : despite delay july 2, 2001	_
network	attack : in event	guarded heavily : bin ladin
bin ladin : preoccupation	attack	america
range : of option for	attack : from least to most	bin ladin : organization
threat : of bin ladin	attack	_
usama bin ladin	attack : on u.s. territory	_
bin ladin	attend : in one interview	ksm one abu turab al jordani two different : meeting second
usama bin ladin	attend : in saudi arabia	abdul aziz university : in saudi arabia
bin ladin	attract	recruit ambitious more for ever : attack
bin ladin	be	_
abu hajer	be	important the most : bin ladin
ally bin ladin : organization	be : closer	moving
bin ladin : assumption : of al qaeda helm	be	evidence : of bin ladin growing self-confidence ambition
existing legal : authority : for covert action against bin ladin	be	unclear insufficient
bin ladin usual : base : of activity	be : near far kandahar from front line of taliban operation against northern alliance	_
president : bill clinton	be	concerned deeply : usama bin ladin
bin ladin	be	ambitious not : crazy
bin ladin zawahiri	be : as of july 2004 ,	at large
bin ladin	be	aware : of los angeles international airport operation
bin ladin	be	bad
bin ladin	be	busy
bin ladin	be	circumspect
bin ladin	be	easy
bin ladin	be	elusive
bin ladin	be : not in , december 1998	hit
bin ladin	be	involved
bin ladin	be : so far	involved
bin ladin	be	most : likely
bin ladin	be	dead : man
bin ladin	be : among diverse terrorist still baron	one : among many diverse terrorist baron
bin ladin	be	one : of grave threat to country
bin ladin : in fact	be : long	opponent : of united states
bin ladin	be	highest probability : person
bin ladin	be	trained : pilot
bin ladin	be	ready
bin ladin	be : alone as bin ladin compare with importance of	removed
bin ladin	be : for death	responsible : for death
bin ladin	be : for uss cole around time	responsible : for uss cole
bin ladin attack	be : to swift serious response	subject
bin ladin	be	unusually : tall
bin ladin	be : not personally - to so far attack	tied
bin ladin al : shifa link : between bin ladin al shifa	be : at point	uncertain : at point
bin ladin	be : with iraqi leader saddam hussein for	upset
bin ladin	be	wellknown
bin ladin	be	work : of egyptian saudi regime
bin ladin	be : in weak position since bin ladin war early days against yet soviet union	_
bin ladin	be : in process from ksm perspective	_
bin ladin	be : at least until midmorning at hunting camp for visit	_
bin ladin	be : still in sudan	_
bin ladin	be : in afghanistan	_
bin ladin	be : still in late 1995 sudan	_
bin ladin	be : through bin ladin relationship with mullah omar	_
bin ladin	be : in egypt sudan	_
bin ladin	be : on jihad in riyadh chechnya	_
bin ladin atef	be : very much in charge of operation	_
bin ladin training : camp	be	primitive
bin ladin 1998 : declaration	be : in long series of bin ladin public private call since 1992	only : latest : in long series of bin ladin public private call since 1992
bin ladin : destination	be	afghanistan
important the most : egyptian : in bin ladin circle	be	surgeon ayman al zawahiri
international : environment : for bin ladin effort	be	ideal
hard : evidence : against bin ladin	be	skimpy
sayyaf bin ladin arab mujahideen : group	be : next to each other along front line	_
al qaeda : image	be : to bin ladin	very : important : to bin ladin
khallad bin ladin plotter	be : between plotter bin ladin	intermediary : between plotter bin ladin
language bin ladin : organization zawahiri : egyptian islamic jihad	be : in negotiation for some time as part of under way merger between bin ladin organization zawahiri egyptian islamic jihad	_
taliban council of ministers : leadership bin ladin relation : between bin ladin taliban council of ministers leadership	be	sometimes : tense
man	be : probably after sighting of man in white at - compound on , september 28	bin ladin
bin ladin impending : marriage	be	surprise
member	be : since organization bin ladin 1988 founding	close : associate : since organization bin ladin 1988 founding in afghanistan
mullah : omar	be : on bin ladin for massoud support vital assassination in taliban military operation	dependent : on bin ladin
omar	be : to dialogue with united states on bin ladin presence in august 22 , afghanistan	open : to dialogue with united states on bin ladin presence in afghanistan
one : of network tribal major subsources within bin ladin taliban security detail	be : to north fur ther	dispatched : to north fur ther
senior bin ladin : operative : from saudi arabia	be	_
part : of context for	be : about bin ladin ambition	renewed : worry : about bin ladin ambition
bin ladin top : priority	be : apparently	_
bin ladin consistent : priority	be	_
hazmi only : qualification : for plot	be : to usama bin ladin	devotion veteran : service service : ability qualification : devotion : to usama bin ladin
only : reference : to bin ladin	be : up iran threat surveillance of us abroad facility in	sentence
report	be	associates bin ladin imminent
shootdown	be : for bin ladin taliban	bonanza : for bin ladin taliban
some : of bin ladin close comrade	be : than - subordinate	more : peer : than subordinate
taliban	be : as ally for time	bin ladin best : bet : as ally
even : terrorism al qaeda bin ladin	be : not in 2000 presidential campaign	important : topic : in 2000 presidential campaign
biggest : threat	be	al qaeda bin ladin
bin ladin : threat	be	june 30, 2001 real
radical fundamentalist : unit : at fbi headquarters usama bin ladin : of manager unit	be : after september 11	addressee
unit some particularly : bin ladin : in officer	be : for mission	eager : for mission
bin ladin : unit	be : up	gearing
usama bin ladin	be : not among volunteer	conspicuous : among volunteer
usama bin ladin	be	danger
usama bin ladin	be	seventeenth : of 57 magnate saudi construction child
usama bin ladin	be	ungainly
usama bin ladin	be : in particular location	_
usama bin ladin	be : quite in fact	_
_	be : soon very after september 28 sighting	bin ladin
_	be : not to bin ladin for time	clear : to bin ladin
_	be	dangerous : individual usama bin ladin
_	be	no complete : portrait : of usama bin ladin strategy extent involvement organization usama bin ladin : of : in terrorist attack past
_	be : else during bin ladin	present : during bin ladin
_	be : about bin ladin whereabouts	conflicting intelligence : report : about bin ladin whereabouts
_	be	main : source : of usama bin ladin budget
bin ladin	become : in fact	bin ladin : deputy
bin ladin	become : in effect	bin ladin : partner : by
bin ladin	again : become	rich man : of jihad movement
bin ladin	become : to state department south asia bureau	subject : of interest to state department south asia bureau
bin ladin	become : for arrest	_
fbi	become : for all bin ladin case	office : of origin for all bin ladin case
bin ladin security : precaution defense	become	more : elaborate formidable
usama bin ladin	chiefly : become : as person	known
zawahiri	become	bin ladin : deputy
agent : of bin ladin	begin	_
difficulty : bin ladin	begin	_
bin ladin	begin	_
bin ladin	also : begin	_
bin ladin	believe	one assassination : attempt
bin ladin	believe	bulk : of money 8595 percent
bin ladin	believe	_
house	belong to	one bin ladin : wife house
tannery	belong to	bin ladin tannery
usama bin ladin	better : than most of volunteer	extent
_	better : on bin ladin whereabouts in late 1999 early 2000 staff joint director of operations,vice admiral - scott fry	intelligence : on bin ladin whereabouts
bin ladin	bolster : to extremist in south southeast asia	bin ladin : link : to extremist in south southeast asia
bombing	bomb : for	bin ladin new : scope : for
operative : at al qaeda	border : for bin ladin	all logistical : support : for bin ladin
bin ladin	immediately almost : break	promise
bin ladin	break : with taliban government	relation
wide-ranging : discussion	break	back : of bin ladin organization
zayid	break : with taliban over bin ladin in , july 1999	relation : with taliban over bin ladin zayid
former al qaeda : member	break with	usama bin ladin
told : of	because of bin ladin : break with	because of : bin ladin
bin ladin atef	brief : on plane operation	mihdhar
ksm	brief : on first world trade center bombing manila at meeting	bin ladin atef : on first world trade center bombing manila
action	bring : to trial	bin ladin
bin ladin	bring : to islam	world
bin ladin : followers	bring : to america	fighting
trial	not : bring : to attention	bin ladin : network : of public policymakers
_	bring	bin ladin
_	out of no afghanistan later : bring : than july 23.27 on may 20	bin ladin
_	bring : to justice	bin ladin
_	bring : to united states	bin ladin
_	not : bring out	bin ladin
bin ladin	bring together : for future assault	capability
bin ladin	build : to rival	tie : to rival taliban
bin ladin construction : company	build : from khartoum to port sudan on red sea	new : highway : from khartoum to port sudan on red sea coast
bin ladin	call	al qaeda
bin ladin	call : for future jihad	base al qaeda general headquarters : for future jihad foundation
bin ladin	call	head : of snake
bin ladin	call : from pakistan back to afghanistan in spring of 2000	ksm : from pakistan back to afghanistan in spring of 2000
clinton	call	bin ladin
source	call	khallad bin ladin : run boy
_	call	bin ladin
_	again : call for : in , december	bin ladin : expulsion
bin ladin	repeatedly : call on : in rain of bullet	_
bin ladin	cancel	ksm
bin ladin	according to binalshibh : cancel	operation
bin ladin	cancel : in spring of 2000	east asia : part : of plane operation
_	capture	bin ladin
cia	capture	bin ladin
action	capture	bin ladin : deputy bin ladin
alternative : to	capture	bin ladin
asset	capture	bin ladin
chance : of	capture	bin ladin
95 percent : chance : of special operations command force	capture	bin ladin
cia	capture : in , july 1999	bin ladin
cia	capture : during september	bin ladin : during september
cia	capture	lieutenant : bin ladin
force	capture	bin ladin
lieutenant	thus far : capture	important the most : bin ladin
massoud	capture	bin ladin
new strategic : plan : in place for	capture	bin ladin
trib- als	capture	bin ladin
trib- als	because of risk involve : capture	because of risk : bin ladin
afghan : tribals	capture : by fall of 1997	bin ladin
_	capture : on	bin ladin
_	capture : in kandahar	bin ladin
_	actually : capture : in berger meeting with tenet	bin ladin
_	not : capture	bin ladin
_	capture	bin ladin lieutenant : bin ladin
_	capture : in kandahar	senior bin ladin : operative
few	carry out	ambush : of bin ladin
_	carry out : for bin ladin to united states	terrorist-related : activity : for bin ladin
bin ladin	cause	hell : of problem
bin ladin	cement : with taliban after , september 1996	bin ladin : tie : with taliban
_	charge : with conspiracy on november 4, 1998	bin ladin
bin ladin	choose : from al shehri according to khallad tribe	two saudi : brother
bin ladin	choose	hijacker
bin ladin	choose	target : of attack location : of attack
bin ladin	choose : with bin ladin	_
summer : of 2000 april 2001 bin ladin	personally primarily : choose : between summer of 2000 april 2001 for plane operation	all future muscle : hijacker
bin ladin	circumvent : through bin ladin relationship with mullah omar	restriction
bin ladin	not : claim : for attack in pakistan saudi arabia	responsibility
usama bin ladin	claim	_
bin ladin : worldview : despite	claim	_
_	clear : for unchallenged control	bin ladin : desire
bin ladin	come	_
may 1999 : intelligence : on bin ladin location in kandahar	come : as criticism of cia	_
plane : operation	come from	bin ladin personal : fortune
reports : of possible attack by bin ladin	come in : throughout 1999	_
report : of bin ladin	comment	_
bin ladin	commit : to financing	jihad : against anti islamic : regime
bin ladin	commit : against iraqi muslims	atrocity : against iraqi muslims
_	truly : commit	bin ladin united states
bin ladin	communicate : to all 5 nation	bin ladin : message
_	compare : with importance	bin ladin : of
bin ladin : colleague bin ladin	also : complete : from sudan	bin ladin : migration : from sudan
ig	complete : for operation in us on behalf of bin ladin	planning : for operation in us on behalf of bin ladin
security : detail : around tall man in white robe at bin ladin tarnak farms	compound : on flight	kandahar
ksm	conceal : from bin ladin with sayyaf	bin ladin ongoing : relationship : with sayyaf
bin ladin	concentrate on	_
bin ladin some : of jihadist leader	concentrate on	_
main : debate : during summer of 2001	concentrate on : for lethal attack on bin ladin	one new : mechanism : for lethal attack on bin ladin
_	concern	bin ladin kho- bar tower : investigation
bin ladin	conduct	additional : attack
colleague	conduct : on bin ladin june 12 behalf	terrorist : attack : on bin ladin behalf
bin ladin : involvement : in bosnian	conflict	_
bin ladin	not : confront	yemeni
yemeni	not : confront	bin ladin
bin ladin	feasible : consider	basic : idea
bin ladin : to cole before especially military one	consider	response
bin ladin	consider : in public portion of his february 2004 worldwide threat assessment to congress	_
capture plan initially dci : counterterrorist center bin ladin : unit	consider	_
policymakers	not actively again : consider : against bin ladin from may 1999	missile strike : against bin ladin
bin ladin	consolidate : in afghanistan while from ksm perspective	bin ladin new : position : in afghanistan while
sudanese	no longer : constrain	bin ladin
nashiri	consult : on planning of subsequent terrorist project	bin ladin : on planning of subsequent terrorist project
possible procurement : agent : for bin ladin during investigation	contact : for bin ladin during investigation	_
_	contain	biography : of bin ladin
bin ladin	continue	_
evidence implicated : bin ladin al qaeda taliban	continue	_
original infinite justice : name	continue : against bin ladin facility in afghanistan after embassy bombing	series : of name air strike against bin ladin facility in afghanistan sudan after embassy bombing
contact	contribute to	business activ- ities living arrangement bin ladin intelligence local : movement security
bin ladin	closely more : control : in case	bin ladin : outlay
_	control	bin ladin
_	convene : around time of bin ladin arrival under label popular leader,turabi sudan islamist arab	series : of meeting under label popular arab islamic conference : around time of bin ladin arrival
_	not : convince	bin ladin
bin ladin	coordinate	timing : of flight
bin ladin	counter	_
bin ladin	create : with terrorist organization	alliance
musharraf : coup	create : for action on bin ladin at first	opening : for action on bin ladin
cia bin ladin : unit	create	slide
conc india-pakistan : tension	often : crowd out : to afghanistan bin ladin in state department	attention : to afghanistan bin ladin
_	cultivate : with lieutenant bin ladin atef sayf al adl	relationship : with lieutenant bin ladin atef sayf al adl
bin ladin	back : cut : in case	bin ladin : spending
bin ladin	cut off : in ensuing week	head : of snake
bin ladin	evidently : decide	_
bin ladin	decide	_
bin ladin	subsequently : decide	_
bin ladin	declare : to wage on us declaration	war : on declaration
usama bin ladin	declare	war
bin ladin	decline	_
bin ladin	actually : delay	one : of
_	delay	bin ladin : plan
bin ladin son-in-law,aws : al madani	reportedly : deliver	second : letter
bin ladin	deliver : against united states	diatribe
bin ladin	deliver : in ensuing week	often-repeated : lecture
bin ladin	according to ksm : deliver	lecture
cia	deliver : to u.s. official as low	bin ladin
secretary wol- fowitz	deliver	bin ladin
_	next tuesday : deliver	bin ladin
signal	demand : to bin ladin	clear : signal : to bin ladin
bin ladin : attack : against us embassies in kenya tanzania : in 1998	demonstrate	_
long : record : of bin ladin	denounce	united states
senior bin ladin : associate	adamantly : deny	two
diplomacy	deny	bin ladin sanctuary
_	deny	bin ladin : application
bin ladin	then : depart : for jordan	_
one so-called bin ladin : flight	depart : on september 20 with 26 most passenger of flight usama bin ladin relative for example	united states : on september 20 with 26 most passenger of flight usama bin ladin relative
taliban : regime : in afghanistan	deport	bin ladin
rashid	also : describe : as part of bin ladin plan	move : as part of bin ladin plan
_	describe : as extremist financier	bin ladin
_	describe	bin ladin
_	describe : as extremist financier	bin ladin : as extremist financier
bin ladin	according to ksm : designate	_
president	designate	al qaeda bin ladin
bin ladin	according to ksm bin ladin want destroy : destroy : to white house - pentagon	white house
_	detail	bin ladin reported : location movement
_	detain : in mid-december	lieutenant : bin ladin
$1.5 million	not : deter	bin ladin
setback	not : deter	bin ladin
_	not : deter	bin ladin
bin ladin	determine : to strike	_
bin ladin	develop	plan
ksm bin ladin atef	develop	initial : list : of target
u.s. government	develop : after 1998 embassy bombing	clear : picture : of bin ladin finances
cia bin ladin : unit	develop : since 1996	information
bin ladin	die : in ferryboat accident on lake victoria	_
father : bin ladin	die	_
bin ladin	direct	atta
bin ladin	direct	bombing
bin ladin	direct	_
bin ladin	disappear : for 30 day	_
bin ladin	discover	_
berger	discuss : on , june 25	alert location bin ladin wmd : program
bin ladin	just : discuss : for coun- terterrorism	funding : for coun- terterrorism
bin ladin	discuss	_
bin ladin atta	also : discuss	_
president : clinton	discuss : at president meeting with musharraf others	bin ladin
president : clinton	discuss	bin ladin
hambali	not : discuss : with bin ladin	operation : with bin ladin
plan evolves bin ladin	reportedly : discuss : with ksm	plane : operation : with ksm
pakistan military intelligence : service	also : discuss : between pakistan military intelligence service in dos memo inderfurth to talbott kashmiri militants pakistani links aug at bin ladin camp khowst	link : between pakistan military intelligence service harakat ul ansar : trainee : at bin ladin camp khowst
_	discuss	bin ladin
_	discuss : with intelligence community	agent theory : usama bin ladin : with intelligence community
bin ladin	disobey	ksm : claim
bin ladin	dispatch : to northern afghanistan border in mid-1991	band : of supporter to northern afghanistan border
bin ladin	dispatch	khaled al fawwaz operative
saudi : government	quietly : disrupt : in government country	bin ladin : cell : in government country
_	distribute : to resident in house	copy : of bin ladin fatwa similar material
effect : of	divest	bin ladin : of
bin ladin	do	_
uninvolved : people : without	do : to bin ladin	significant : harm : to bin ladin
_	do : with bin ladin	bin ladin
bin ladin	draw : on fundamentalist	_
bin