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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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Osama bin Laden was the leader of the terrorist group...
- Sayyid Quṭb
Sayyid Quṭb (born Oct. 9, 1906, near Asyūṭ, Egypt—died Aug....
- Terry Nichols
Terry Nichols is an American militant who in 1995, with...
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The leader of a broad-based Islamic extremist movement,...
- Mohammed Atta
Mohammed Atta (born September 1, 1968, Kafr al-Shaykh,...
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Mohammed took this plan to Osama bin Laden in 1996, with the...
- Ayman al-Zawahiri
In 1998 Zawahiri and bin Laden forged a formal alliance, and...
- Mohammad Omar
Mohammad Omar (born c. 1950–62?, near Kandahār,...
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Al-Qaeda, broad-based militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. It began as a logistical network to support Muslims fighting against the Soviet Union during the Afghan War and transformed into the active terrorist organization known for carrying out the September 11 attacks of 2001.
In addressing the jury on Monday, he apologized for the unlawful behavior of Taliban and Qaeda forces under his command in wartime Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004. Some used civilian cover...
Osama bin Laden. Agency files show that it is believed Osama bin Laden was funding the Afghan rebels against the USSR in the 1980s. In 1991, bin Laden returned to his native Saudi Arabia protesting the presence of troops, and Operation Desert Storm. He was expelled from the country. In 1996, the CIA created a team to hunt bin Laden.
An Iraqi prisoner admitted to conspiring with Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. But his case is an outlier at the Guantánamo court.
Bin Laden’s beliefs persist, and al-Qaeda and its network of affiliates remain a threat. Al-Qaeda sought to promote Osama bin Laden’s legacy after his death, maintaining his belief in violence against the United States.
Hadramout was the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden, and the province has become an AQAP stronghold over the past several years. On 16 January 2014, al-Qaeda militants killed 10 Yemeni soldiers in three simultaneous attacks on army positions in Al Bayda Governorate. Eight extremists were also killed in the assaults, which prompted further ...
