Osama Bin Laden Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden lived from 1957 until his death in 2011. He was the founder of Al Qaeda‚ the jihadist organization responsible for the attacks on the United States and numerous other mass casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. For many years he was public enemy number one‚ and the most wanted man in the world. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family‚ and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite. He was a very tall man who stood about 6’ 6”
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Usage variations of bin Laden ’s name Because there is no universally accepted standard in the West for transliterating Arabic words and names into English‚ bin Laden ’s name is transliterated in many ways. The version often used by most English-language mass media is Osama bin Laden. Most American government agencies‚ including the FBI and CIA‚ use either "Usama bin Laden" or "Usama bin Ladin"‚ both of which are often abbreviated to UBL. Less common renderings include "Ussamah Bin Ladin" and "Oussama
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Humans did not kill Osama Bin Laden‚ intelligence did. Osama Bin Laden the believed leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda‚ was assassinated during a raid on May 2nd 2011. Osama Bin Laden conspired many attacks against the US during his reign as leader of Al-Qaeda. He was the one who planned the three fatal attacks on September 11th 2001‚ also known as 9/11. Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the death of over three thousand people‚ ranking him as the number one most wanted terrorist in the world
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mastermind of Osama Bin Laden was behind plenty of terror attacks to what we all call home‚ and the destruction from 9/11. In which the tragedy was unexpected‚ as all are‚ plenty of innocent lives were taken and devastation was placed in hearts. Yet‚ to this day‚ many questions still float around in the minds of Americans and the media as well. Everyone wants to know the reasoning behind such a cowardly act and why were situations extended beyond meanings. Osama Bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia
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Usama bin Laden and His Selection Of Terrorism Usama bin Laden‚ born in 1957‚ comes from a wealthy Saudi Arabian family that owns a multinational construction business. He used his inherited wealth to finance Afghan forces fighting the Soviet Union ’s occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980 ’s. After the 1991 Gulf War‚ he was distressed that Saudi Arabia allowed U.S. forces to remain in the Arabian Peninsula. To advance his agenda of expelling the U.S. from the Islamic world‚ he worked with
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Osama bin Laden On the morning of September 11‚2001 nineteen men hijacked four planes. Only hours later 2‚977 innocent people were killed. Have you ever wondered what a criminal mastermind could contribute to a society? I thought about the same thing when I saw Osama bin Laden’s name on the list of people to choose for this project. This is the main reason why I picked Osama bin Laden for my report. I wanted a challenge‚ not an easy look up in two seconds type of research report. Osama bin Laden
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Name Osama bin Laden is probably the most well known name in modern history. How could the son of a billionaire Saudi become one of the most wanted terrorist of all time? With wanted posters posted on every corner of the globe and a massive manhunt‚ Osama bin Laden evaded capture for over nine years‚ until his death in 2011. How could someone who was privy to a life of luxury resort to living in caves in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan. This paper will focus on how Osama bin Laden was able to
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Osama bin Laden Assassination Terrorism is a problem that almost every country in the world has to deal with. The United States has had many terrorist attacks‚ whether directed towards the military‚ the government and its property‚ or people. The United States has dealt with this terrorism on many occasions. A terrorist is someone‚ often a leader of a group who causes intentional destruction and fear on another person‚ groups or society‚ disregarding the safety of the other persons for many times
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Death of Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden‚ the former head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda‚ was killed in Pakistan on May 2‚ 2011‚ shortly after 1 am local time[1][2] by Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six). The operation‚ code-named Operation Neptune Spear‚ was carried out in a Central Intelligence Agency-led operation. In addition to DEVGRU‚ participating units included the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s 160th Special
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The end of Osama bin Laden Ever since the twin towers of World Trade Center collapsed in New York on September 11‚ 2001‚ United States of America was hot on the heels of Osama bin Laden‚ the founder and main source of inspiration of al-Qaida‚ the organization accused of carrying out that heinous attack. Osama was considered as the fountainhead of all terrorist activities across the world and western powers were sparing no efforts to track this elusive leader. There were numerous reports of sightings
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