The Eleventh Day

54 “sightings”/“years”: New York Daily News, 10/18/10.

55 intelligence: In late November 2010, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki said in an interview that he thought bin Laden was moving to and fro across the Pakistani/Afghan border, communicating by messenger, and still giving orders. “I think they should find him,” Turki said, “I think the United States should call the countries that are of interest, like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, China, and set a plan in motion to capture or —or eliminate him.” Transcript, int. of Turki, Situation Room, CNN, 11/17/10.

56 “launched”: Courrier International (France), 5/5/11;

57 bulletin/Post: breaking news alerts, WP, 5/1/11;

58 Tonight/Jubilant: text of Obama address, Telegraph (U.K.), 5/2/11, WP, 5/2/11;

59 shield/?unfounded/?“Resistance”/?nightclothes: e.g., Telegraph (U.K.), 5/3/11, 5/4/11, 5/5/11, Reuters, 5/4/11;

60 “full authority”: Irish Times, 5/4/11;

61 “before the Pakistanis”: Independent (U.K.), 5/8/11;

62 “captured alive”: Al-Arabiya, 5/4/11, Guardian (U.K.), 5/5/11;

63 Abbottabad: Musharraf, 39–, Independent (U.K.), 5/4/11, Weekly Standard, 5/2/11, AP, 5/2/11;

64 “involved”/“inconceivable”/“whether there”: Financial Times, 5/4/11, Spectator, 5/7/11, LAT, 5/8/11;

65 “was not anywhere”: Independent (U.K.), 5/4/11;

66 “a bit amazing”: AP, 5/2/11;

67 couriers: WSJ, 5/4/11, Telegraph (U.K.), 5/4/11, 5/5/11, Independent (U.K.), 5/4/11;

68 Musharraf on al-Libi: Musharraf, 258–, 221;

69 “It was decided”: Irish Times, 5/5/11;

70 “a few minutes”: AP, 5/2/11;

71 under surveillance?: Telegraph (U.K.), 5/4/11.

72 Bush/Musharraf deal reported, et seq.: Guardian (U.K.), 5/9/11. As this book went to press, the authors were unaware of any response by either the U.S. administration or Prime Minister Gilani to the report that there had been a deal in place. The All Pakistan Muslim League, however, posted a legal notice denying the reported deal by Musharraf (http://www.facebook.com/note.php? note_id=10150198113099339).

73 Musharraf denial: Indian Express, 5/10/11;

74 disposed of at sea: WP, 5/2/11;

75 “trophies”/?Congress/?DNA: Telegraph (U.K.), 5/5/11, Irish Times, 5/13/11, Sunday Times (U.K.), 5/8/11;

76 al Qaeda acknowledged: Telegraph (U.K.), 5/7/11, Irish Times, 5/7/11.

AFTERWORD

1

“We are sure”:

Miller & Stone with Mitchell, 187;

2

“the noblest”:

AP, 9/23/09;

3

“Palestine”:

ed. Lawrence, 9;

4

“Crusaders’ ”:

ibid., 17;

5

“theft”/“paltry”:

ibid., 163;

6

“have surrendered”:

ibid., 163, 171, and Scheuer,

Osama bin Laden

, 155;

7

$144:

AP, 9/28/01,

NYT

, 10/14/01;

8

$100:

ed. Lawrence, 272;

9

$146:

BBC News, 7/3/08;

10 $124: AFP, 4/8/11;

11 permitted: Lacey, Inside the Kingdom, 291, Guardian (U.K.), 4/30/03;

12 a constant: see ed. Lawrence, 4, & refs., Scheuer, Osama bin Laden, 99, 153, & refs.;

13 motivation: see pp. 233, 276–77, and 279–80. “We wanted”: Bergen, OBL I Know, 225;

14 bled: ibid., 316, bin Ladens & Sasson, 177, CR, 191: “I am rejoicing”: ed. Lawrence, 208;

15 second only: NYT, 7/24/10, CNN, 7/20/10;

16 Pew: “Muslim Publics Divided on Hamas and Hezbollah,” 12/2/10, http://pewglobal.org;

17 “Brand”: “Bin Laden Is a Dying Brand,” 1/7/10, www.businessinsider.com;

18 Leiter: Fox News, 2/9/11, citing testimony to House Homeland Security Committee;

19 Aulaqi target: Sunday Times (London), 5/8/11;

20 pastor/Qur’an: NYT, 4/1, 4/2/11, New York Daily News, 4/2/11, Irish Times, 4/2, 4/4, 4/6/11;

21 mosque: Washington Times, 8/18/10, WSJ, 8/15/10, NYT, 7/13/10, 8/21/10, 4/1/11, press release, 5/24/10, www.911familiesforamerica.org, “Proposed Muslim Community Center Near Ground Zero,” 5/21/10, www.huffingtonpost.com;

22 Museum/?remains/?disagreements: press release, 12/11/09, National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum, AP, 8/10/10, NYT, 4/1/11, 5/12/11, AP, 4/3/11;

23 Phoenix: Arizona Daily Star, 4/2/11, Yuma Sun, 3/29/11; Aeneid: NYT, 4/1, 4/6, 4/8/11.