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Osama bin Laden (born 1957, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—died May 2, 2011, Abbottabad, Pakistan) was the founder of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda and mastermind of numerous terrorist attacks against the United States and other Western powers, including the 2000 suicide bombing of the U.S. warship Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden and the ...
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Sayyid Quṭb (born Oct. 9, 1906, near Asyūṭ, Egypt—died Aug....
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He joined the Baʿath Party in 1957. In 1959 he participated...
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F or more than two decades, through two wars and domestic upheaval, the idea that al-Qaeda acted alone on 9/11 has been the basis of U.S. policy.A blue-ribbon commission concluded that Osama bin ...
Explore the life and legacy of one of the most infamous figures in modern history, Osama Bin Laden. From his early years in Saudi Arabia to his rise as the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks,...
Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, was shot dead by a team of US Navy SEALs 13 years ago. We recall the operation, the manhunt that preceded it, and bin Laden’s journey from being a friend to a foe of the US. Written by Arjun Sengupta. New Delhi | Updated: May 3, 2024 12:34 IST.
A radical Sunni scholar whose criticisms of Saudi Arabia’s government and the West drew praise from the late al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden should be immediately tried or released from a yearslong arbitrary detention by the kingdom. By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press. May 15, 2024, 9:58 AM. 1:08.
On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a U.S. commando operation. (Because of the time difference, it was early May 2 in Pakistan, where the al-Qaida leader met his end.) On this date: In 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect.
