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    Bin Laden's Mentor Speaks Out

    Osama bin Laden's latest message from hiding urges Pakistanis to rise up and kill President Pervez Musharraf. But Osama has received an open letter himself--from Salman al-Oadah, one of his Saudi mentors who has publicly rebuked bin Laden spreading a culture of bloodshed and mayhem in the name of Islam.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Osama bin Laden's latest message from hiding urges Pakistanis to rise up and kill President Pervez Musharraf. But Osama has received an open letter himself--from Salman al-Oadah, one of his Saudi mentors who has publicly rebuked bin Laden spreading a culture of bloodshed and mayhem in the name of Islam. Fawaz Gerges, chair of Middle Eastern Politics at Sarah Lawrence College, has just returned from a sabbatical in the Middle East where he was visiting professor at the American University in Cairo.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Vanessa Romo

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Fawaz Gerges

      London School of Economics and Politics

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    Iran's Nuclear Development and the Prospects for War
    1. 1:43Blackwater Resumes Security Work Despite Iraqi Ban
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    3. 44:13Bin Laden's Mentor Speaks OutYou’re reading this
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