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Who is Osama bin Laden and what does he want? A collection of FRONTLINE's reporting on the man, the movement he inspired, and the war in Afghanistan
Inside the secret war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, plus a rare look at the men who say they fight for bin Laden.
May 3, 2011
Fighting for Bin Laden
An Afghan journalist's extraordinary 10 days living and filming with an insurgent cell allied with Al Qaeda.
February 23, 2010
Behind Taliban Lines
Can U.S. forces succeed in a land long known as the "graveyard of empires"?
October 13, 2009
Obama's War
Can the war in Afghanistan be won? A hard, inside look at the real policy choices facing Barack Obama...
October 28, 2008
The War Briefing
The inside story of the war that will define a presidency - a war that no one expected, and no one planned for.
March 24, 2008
Bush's War
Inside the bruising closed door battles within the Bush administration over the power of the presidency and the rule of law.
October 16, 2007
Cheney's Law
Investigating Pakistan's wild tribal areas, a breeding ground for jihadists and a potential new front in America's war on terror.
October 3, 2006
Return of the Taliban
Investigating Vice President Cheney's role as chief architect in the war on terror and his internal war with George Tenet's CIA...
June 20, 2006
The Dark Side
How the post-9/11 "get-tough" policy of the U.S. government worked its way down to the cell blocks of Abu Ghraib.
October 18, 2005
The Torture Question
With Europe now targeted, what are the new realities in the battle against Islamic terrorism?
January 25, 2005
Al Qaeda's New Front
The remarkable story of a young Canadian who grew up with bin Laden's children, but ended up becoming a CIA informant.
April 22, 2004
Son of Al Qaeda
FRONTLINE's 10,000 mile journey that conveys just what the U.S. is up against.
November 21, 2002
In Search of Al Qaeda
John O'Neill, the FBI's expert on Al Qaeda warned of its threat. But his maverick style doomed his career.
October 3, 2002
The Man Who Knew
The behind-the-scenes story of the U.S. and world response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on America.
September 8, 2002
Campaign Against Terror
Unearthing the stories of the individuals inside Osama bin Laden's terror network.
January 17, 2002
Inside the Terror Network
Exploring explore the fragile alliance with this ultra conservative fundamentalist kingdom upon which the U.S. depends.
November 15, 2001
Saudi Time Bomb?
The story of Ahmed Ressam, the man behind a plot for a millennium attack on America
October 25, 2001
Trail of a Terrorist
Investigating why the CIA and FBI failed to uncover the hijackers dramatic plot to strike at the heart of the U.S. government and its economy.
October 9, 2001
Looking for Answers
Investigating Osama bin Laden, his network, and his role in terrorist attacks on America.
April 13, 1999
Hunting bin Laden
SPECIAL FEATURES
March 24, 2008Bush's War: Video Timelinefrom Bush's War
Explore the defining stories of the Bush administration's "war on terror" -- from the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; bin Laden's escape from Tora Bora to the Taliban resurgence in Pakistan; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency.
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March 24, 2008Interview Archive: Osama bin Laden & Al Qaedafrom Bush's War
FRONTLINE's reporting on the man and his movement -- U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials, Al Qaeda insiders, and more.
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October 3, 2006Inside Pakistan's Tribal Areasfrom Return of the Taliban
Exclusive, rare video from the remote, lawless region off limits to westerners, plus Winston Churchill's 1897 dispatches from the region.
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October 3, 2002Connecting the Dotsfrom The Man Who Knew
Track the Al Qaeda operatives and interconnected terror plots that slowly surfaced in the years leading up to 9/11, and how bin Laden's global network slowly came into focus for U.S. intelligence.
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November 21, 2002Mapping the Journeyfrom In Search of Al Qaeda
In the summer of 2002, FRONTLINE producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria's undertook a two-month journey to understand the roots of Al Qaeda's popular support and what happened to the network in the wake of 9/11. Follow their travels from London to the Gulf of Oman, into Pakistan's tribal areas and teeming cities, and finally to Saudi Arabia and Yemen -- bin Laden's birthplace and ancestral homeland.
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posted May 6, 2011
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