THE new head of al-Qaida remembers Osama bin Laden as a sensitive man who cried when his friends lost family members, remained close to his children, and fondly remembered — by name — the 19 men who carried out the deadliest terrorist attacks ever on US soil.

A private intelligence monitoring service says al-Qaida has marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an hour-long video released on jihadist websites.

PAKISTAN has called on the US to share information about new al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri after US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said he believed that Osama bin Laden’s successor was in Pakistan.

VETERAN militant Ayman al-Zawahri has taken command of al-Qaida after the killing of Osama bin Laden, an Islamist website said, a move widely expected following his long years as second-in-command.

Osama bin Laden kept pressing followers to find new ways to hit the US and his terror organisation was becoming battered and fragmented, according to his private diary and other documents recovered in the raid on his Pakistan hideout.

France’s push to ban the Islamic full-face veil was attacked by al Qaida’s deputy leader today.

Osama Bin Laden’s number two has warned Gordon Brown that al-Qaida will attack Britain again in retaliation for awarding a knighthood to controversial author Salman Rushdie.

US President George Bush said today the death of al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq is “a severe blow” to the al-Qaida terrorist network and a decisive victory in the US-led campaign against terrorism.

AL-QAIDA deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged all Muslims to support insurgents fighting in Iraq “for the dignity of Islam” and said the “enemy has begun to falter”, according to a video posted yesterday on the internet.

AL-JAZEERA television said last night it had received a videotape in which al-Qaida claims responsibility for the July bombings in London.

AL-QAIDA deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri has warned the United States it will suffer tens of thousands of military dead if it does not withdraw its troops from Iraq immediately.

Pakistani and US special forces have been reportedly closing in for weeks on the top echelons of the al-Qaida terror network.

Pakistani and US special forces have been reportedly closing in for weeks on the top echelons of the al-Qaida terror network.

As mentor to Osama bin Laden and the brains behind al Qaida, Ayman al Zawahri is considered to be one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists.

QATAR’S al-Jazeera television network yesterday aired an audio tape purportedly from Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant in which he urged Muslims to wage holy war against Americans, Jews and Western interests.

Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel has aired a new videotape showing Osama bin Laden.

President George Bush is to announce a new "most wanted" list of suspected terrorists.