
Also known as Usāmah bin Muḥammad bin ‘Awaḍ bin Lādin, Usama bin Laden٧, Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Crankshaft
Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death in 2011. A pan-Islamist, bin Laden organized and funded numerous jihadist or anti-Western militants and terrorist attacks worldwide. Al-Qaeda's attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 (9/11) directly killed 2,977 victims, causing the global war on terror.
Osama bin Laden was a Saudi-born militant who founded al-Qaeda in 1988 and led the organization in carrying out terrorist attacks against the United States and other targets worldwide until his death in 2011. His group's September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States killed nearly 3,000 people and triggered the global war on terror, making bin Laden one of the most consequential figures in modern history.
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