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Oct 17, 2024 · Osama bin Laden, the notorious Saudi Arabian militant and founder of al-Qaeda, orchestrated numerous terrorist attacks that shook the world and forever changed global security dynamics.
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Sep 11, 2023 · Osama bin Laden was a terrorist who formed the al Qaeda network and planned the 9/11 attacks against America. Read about his spouses, children, death, and more.
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Osama bin Laden[a] (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi Arabian-born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he participated in the Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union and supported the activities of the Bosnian mujahideen during the Yugoslav Wars.
Aug 4, 2021 · As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks approaches, a new biography traces Osama bin Laden's path from a shy, religious teenager to the leader of a global jihadist group...
Jul 8, 2013 · 8 Jul 2013. On the night of May 1, 2011, United States Special Forces launched a raid to kill or capture al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, deep inside Pakistani territory, in a compound within the...
Jun 7, 2023 · Osama bin Laden was a violent terrorist and founder of al Qaeda who killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children before his death in 2011.
Sep 1, 2007 · Osama bin Laden is the founder and leader of the international terrorist network al-Qaeda, and the U.S. government’s prime suspect in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and...
