Osama bin laden

Osama bin Laden was a violent terrorist and mass murderer who used bombings and bloodshed to advance his extremist goals. He was also known as Usama bin Laden.

He orchestrated a series of attacks in multiple nations that resulted in the deaths of thousands of men, women, and children, frequently ordinary citizens going about their daily lives after he established the terrorist organization al Qaeda.

The Extremist Roots of Bin Laden Bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia in 1957. His father was a wealthy Saudi businessman.

Bin Laden began providing Islamic fighters fighting the Soviets with financial and logistical support following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan at the end of 1979.

Bin Laden established the organization known as al Qaeda, or "the Base," in 1988 following the defeat of Soviet forces in Afghanistan and their withdrawal in order to carry on the cause of jihad (holy war) through acts of violence and aggression.

Soon after, Al Qaeda began to raise funds, establish training camps, and instruct the military and intelligence in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Sudan. Al Qaeda began carrying out attacks and bombings in various nations under the direction of bin Laden to advance its violent objectives.

During this time, bin Laden's animosity toward the United States was growing. He was particularly against the United States' military presence in Saudi Arabia and Somalia and sought to force our personnel out of these countries.

Beginning in the early 1990s, when he centered his operations in Sudan, bin Laden began devising strategies to launch an evolving and lethal new form of jihad against the West.

Along with other al Qaeda members, Bin Laden began issuing fatwas—rules on Islamic law—indicating that attacks on the United States and its citizens were appropriate and necessary. Later, Bin Laden declared open war on the United States.

Osama bin Laden, also known as Usama bin Laden, was the former leader of al Qaeda and the one who planned the attacks on September 11, 2001.

After the World Trade Center was bombed on February 26, 1993, Osama bin Laden's investigators went through the rubble.

Following the World Trade Center's 1993 bombing, investigators examine the debris.

The first major Middle Eastern terrorist attack on American soil was led by Ramzi Yousef, a young extremist who had trained in one of bin Laden's camps. He planted a truck bomb beneath the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. Six people were killed and over a thousand were injured, but the plan to destroy both towers was unsuccessful.

A second terrorist plot to bomb a number of New York landmarks was quickly discovered and foiled by investigators as a result of the connections.

The FBI also learned that Yousef was working with his uncle, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who later joined al Qaeda, to plan additional attacks, including the simultaneous bombing of a dozen international flights out of the United States.

At last, Yousef was caught and different psychological militant agents were captured and detained for the World Exchange Community besieging, developing receptacle Loaded's scorn for America.

A secluded safe haven for al Qaeda to train recruits and plan attacks was provided by an alliance with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, where bin Laden and his supporters returned around 1996.

Bombings and Indictment in the East African Region On August 7, 1998, al Qaeda members detonated bombs at the American embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, carrying out one of the organization's most important plans.

Over 200 Kenyan, Tanzanian, and American citizens were killed in the nearly simultaneous attacks, and an additional 4,500 were injured.

These attacks had a strong connection to Osama bin Laden, who was indicted for his involvement in the bombings on November 4, 1998, and again in June 1999. Attacks on a federal facility that resulted in death, conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States, and the murder of U.S. nationals outside the United States were among the charges.

In the end, a number of high-ranking al Qaeda agents were captured and found guilty of their roles in the attacks. The attacks prompted the United States and the FBI to intensify their anti-terror efforts. In 1999, the FBI established its first Counterterrorism Division to consolidate its numerous anti-terror efforts and capabilities.

Osama bin Laden was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on June 7, 1999, citing his connection to the East African attacks of 1998.

Al Qaeda continued its violent attacks into the new century. A major plan to bomb the Los Angeles airport on the eve of millennial celebrations was one of the failed major plots.

Terrorists, on the other hand, detonated an explosive-laden boat next to the USS Cole on October 12, 2000, during the ship's fuel stop in Yemen. 17 Navy sailors were killed, nearly 40 crew members were injured, and the ship was severely damaged in the attack.

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In the meantime, bin Laden and al Qaeda were planning a more brutal and direct attack on the United States.

Four airplanes were taken by terrorists in the eastern United States on September 11, 2001. Three of the planes were flown into buildings: the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York. After passengers heroically rebelled, they crashed the fourth plane in a field in rural Pennsylvania. The horrific attacks resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths and thousands of injuries.

The FBI and its accomplices immediately discovered that the 9/11 assaults were completed by container Loaded's psychological oppressor association. Al Qaeda provided all 19 hijackers and crash victims with training, and bin Laden eventually admitted to orchestrating the attacks.

The subsequent 9/11 investigation was the largest ever conducted by the Bureau. As a result of the attacks, the FBI underwent significant transformations. It made terrorist attack prevention its top priority and deliberately set out to be more intelligence-driven and predictive in dealing with all major threats to national security and criminal activity.

Osama bin Laden was added to the newly established Most Wanted Terrorists List on October 10, 2001. To locate him and other al Qaeda terrorists, the United States and other nations joined military operations in Afghanistan, but bin Laden evaded capture.

U.S. intelligence sources discovered in August 2010 that Osama bin Laden probably lived in a compound in northern Pakistan. A special operations unit carried out the raid on the compound on May 2, 2011, pursuant to President Obama's orders, and killed bin Laden.

President Obama stated, in announcing the successful operation, that "Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; He was a Muslim mass murderer. In fact, al Qaeda has murdered numerous Muslims in numerous nations, including our own. As a result, everyone who values peace and dignity should rejoice at his passing.