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If the mastermind behind the attacks is Mr. bin Laden, the United States must share the blame, people here said.

And while Bin Laden may or may not have been the mastermind behind the attacks launched by Al Qaeda and its imitators, he was unquestionably their master recruiter.

He was accused of being central to the plot, but the only evidence presented against him was a wiretap recording by Italian police in which he appeared to claim to have been the mastermind behind the attacks.

The president's solemn speech followed reports that French intelligence officials believe the mastermind behind the attacks is a Belgian extremist in Syria, Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud, recently sentenced in his absence to 20 years in prison for encouraging young Belgians to fight for Isis.

Investigators have identified a Belgian national living in Syria as the possible mastermind behind the attacks, which targeted bars, restaurants, a concert hall and soccer stadium.

On Tuesday, prosecutor Molin developed another scenario — that the suspected mastermind behind the attacks, Belgian jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was watching the awful mess he helped to create.

But Dr. al-Iryani said it was too early to conclude that Mr. bin Laden was the mastermind behind the attack on the Cole.

Tsarnaev's lawyer told the jury during opening statements that he participated in the bombings but that his older brother, Tamerlan, was the mastermind behind the attack.

Sherpao noted that the third suspect in the case -- Qari Zafar, believed to be the mastermind behind the attack -- has absconded to North Waziristan Agency.

The investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov is coming to a close, say Russian investigators, who named Ruslan Mukhudinov, the personal driver of a top commander of one of Chechnya's armed battalions, as the mastermind behind the attack.

Police believe the mastermind behind the attack may be Mohammed Mohamud, a teacher at a an Islamic religious school, or madrassa, who previously claimed responsibility for a bus attack in Makka, Kenya, in November that killed 28 people, and is alleged to lead al-Shabab's cross-border raids into Kenya.