Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (/oʊˈsɑːmə bɪn moʊˈhɑːmɨd bɪn əˈwɑːd bɪn ˈlɑːdən/; Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن, Usāmah bin Muḥammad bin ‘Awaḍ bin Lādin; 10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was the founder of al-Qaeda, the militant organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States, along with numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a Saudi Arabian, a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite.Bin Laden was born to the family of billionaire Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden in Saudi Arabia. He studied at university in the country until 1979, when he joined mujahideen forces in Pakistan fighting against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. He helped to fund the mujahideen by funneling arms, money and fighters from the Arab world into Afghanistan, and gained popularity from many Arabs. In 1988, he formed al-Qaeda. He was banished from Saudi Arabia in 1992, and shifted his base to Sudan, until U.S. pressure forced him to leave Sudan in 1996. After establishing a new base in Afghanistan, he declared a war against the United States, initiating a series of bombings and related attacks. Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings.From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror, as the FBI placed a $25 million bounty on him in their search for him. On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by members of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group and Central Intelligence Agency SAD/SOG operators in a covert operation ordered by U.S. President Barack Obama. The United States had direct evidence that the ISI chief, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, knew of Bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
King Abdulaziz University, Al-Thager Model School, Brummana High School
Nationality
Saudi Arabian
Spouse
Amal al-Sadah, Siham Sabar, Khairiah Sabar, Najwa bin Laden
Children
Omar bin Laden, Hamza bin Laden, Saad bin Laden, Abdallah bin Laden, Safiyah bin Laden, Abdul Rahman bin Laden, Hussein bin Laden, Osman bin Laden, Aasiah bin Laden, Iman bin Laden, Fatima bint Laden, Rukhaiya bint Laden, Khalid bin Laden, Amer bin Laden, Aisha bin Laden, Nour bin Laden, Mohammed bin Laden, Ali bin Laden, Laden bin Laden, Ibrahim bin Laden, Zainab bin Laden, Miriam bin Laden, Sumaiya bin Laden
Parents
Hamida al-Attas, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden
Siblings
Bakr bin Laden, Yeslam bin Ladin, Salem bin Laden, Tarek bin Laden, Mahrous bin Laden, Yahya bin Laden, Sana bin Laden, Ghalib bin Laden, Shaikha Mohammed bin Laden, Ali bin Laden, Issa bin Laden, Khalid bin Laden, Thabet bin Laden, Haider bin Laden, Yasser bin Laden, Abdul Aziz bin Laden, Mohammad bin Laden, Ahmed bin Laden, Khalil bin Ladin, Hassan bin Laden, Ibrahim bin Laden, Abdullah bin Laden
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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We are against the American system, not against its people.
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I have already said that I am not involved in the September 11th attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle.
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This place may be bombed and we will be killed. We embrace death. The U.S. only loves life. That is the big difference between us.
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We believe that the biggest thieves in the world and the terrorists are the Americans. The only way for us to fend off these assaults is to use similar means. We do not worry about American opinion or the fact that they place prices on our heads. We as Muslims believe our fate is set.
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Fact
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Only person to have interviewed him 3 times between 1993 and 1997 was the Beirut-based British reporter Robert Fisk.
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Was a supporter of the fight against Climate change.
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His exceptional height was one of the factors used to confirm the identity of his corpse.
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Father of Abdallah Laden, Abdul Rahman Bin Laden, Saad Bin Laden, Omar Bin Laden, Osman Bin Laden, Mohammed Bin Laden, Fatima Bin Laden, Iman Bin Laden, Laden "Bakr" Bin Laden, Rukhaiya Bin Laden, Nour Bin Laden, Ali Bin Laden, Amer Bin Laden, Aisha Bin Laden, Hamza Bin Laden, Kadhija Bin Laden, Khalid Bin Laden, Miriam Bin Laden, Sumaiya Bin Laden, & Safiyah Bin Laden.
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President Barack Obama announced that, acting on intelligence gathered by the CIA, a Navy Seals unit killed Bin Laden and two other men at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. After DNA tests confirmed Bin Laden's identity, he was buried at sea. [2 May 2011].
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Former sister-in-law, Swiss-Iranian Carmen Bin Ladin, published "The Veiled Kingdom" (2004) and "Inside the Kingdom" (2005) about her experiences in Saudi-Arabian society. Having married into the bin Laden family in 1974, she returned to her native Switzerland in 1985 in order to spare her daughters the restrictive and oppressive practices she'd experienced as a female in Saudi culture.
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Born to a Yemeni father who lived in Saudi Arabia, and a Syrian mother.
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Due to his illness, he walked with a cane.
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The U.S. State Department has offered a reward of up to $25,000,000 for information that leads directly to his capture. On July 14, 2007 that reward was increased to $50,000,00.00. An additional $2 million has been offered through a program developed and funded by the Airline Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association.
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Never claimed responsibility for the September 11th attacks, but praised them instead.
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Was a kidney patient and was on dialysis until the start of the US campaign in Afghanistan.
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His personal fortune is estimated at over $300 million dollars. It was inherited by his family's construction business in Saudi Arabia.
$50 Million
