AL-QAEDA CONFIRMS BIN LADEN DEAD
Al-Qaeda admitted today that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a raid by Navy SEALs.
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Thousands of peaceful, unarmed Viet-Hmong minority political and religious dissidents along the Laos-Vietnam border, who are staging mass protests demanding religious freedom and land reforms from the communist regime in Hanoi, have been attacked by Vietnam People's Army (VPA) troops and security forces in the remote Dien Bien province of Vietnam.

The Philippines police have arrested a suspected member of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, who had been working as security guard in the capital.

The police said Friday that Arabani Jakiran was arrested Thursday at the plush Manila condominium where he worked as a security guard. Jakiran is suspected of taking part in the abduction of hospital staff in the southern island of Basilan in 2001. Some of the captives were killed as police hunted down the kidnappers.

Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. missile attack close to the Afghan border has killed at least 15 people.

Friday's drone attack was the first reported strike since Monday's pre-dawn U.S. commando raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Authorities say the attack targeted a compound in North Waziristan, a stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida militants on the border with Afghanistan.

Al-Qaida has confirmed the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden.

The U.S. monitoring group SITE Intelligence quoted on Friday a statement attributed to the terrorist network, which had appeared on militant websites.

In the statement, al-Qaida vowed to continue its attacks on Americans and U.S. allies both inside and outside the United States. It also promised to release soon an audio message that it said bin Laden recorded the week before his death.

Osama bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is being tipped as a likely successor to the slain al-Qaida chief. Whoever might lead the network would be hard pressed to fill bin Laden's role.

Bin Laden's death has led to speculation about who, if anyone, will take control of al-Qaida. Often mentioned is the Egyptian Islamist Ayman al-Zawahiri, a frequent spokesman for the group who stressed his closeness to the late leader.

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A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin network facilitator and two suspected insurgents during a security operation in Bak District, Khost province, yesterday.

The facilitator is responsible for recruiting new members for the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin network, and provides food and safe havens for insurgent fighters.

A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator and three of his associates during a security operation in Bati Kot District, Nangarhar province yesterday.

The facilitator was planning an attack in the province, and was responsible for explosive device and direct attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. He was an explosives expert and often trained others in making explosive devices in Bati Kot and Surkh Rod Districts.