Osama bin Laden

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Osama bin Laden in 1997

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن‎, ʾUsāmah bin Muḥammad bin ʿAwaḍ bin Lādin; 10 Mairch 1957 – 2 Mey 2011)[1][2][3] wis the foonder o the jihadist organization al-Qaeda, responsible for the September 11 attacks on the Unitit States an numerous ither mass-casualty attacks against ceevilian an military targets. He wis an' a' a member o the walthy Saudi Bin Laden family.

Osama bin Laden wis on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's leets o Ten Most Wanted Fugitives an Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombins.[4][5][6] Syne 2001, Osama bin Laden an his organization haed been major targets o the War on Terror.

On Mey 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden wis killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan in an operation conductit bi a U.S. Navy SEALs team an the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[2][7]

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