A MOBILE phone used by Osama bin Laden’s courier appears to show that the al-Qaida leader was aided by militants linked to Pakistani intelligence, The New York Times said.

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was considering renaming the terror group, according to a letter found in the house in Pakistan where he was killed.

A group linked to al-Qaida today claimed responsibility for a Baghdad suicide attack that targeted an Iraqi deputy minister, the second fatal bombing it has claimed in a week.