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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Letter to the American People Osama bin Laden, 1st General Emir of al-Qaeda Created November 2002 Commissioned by Al-Qaeda Author(s) Osama bin Laden Purpose Justifying al-Qaeda's war against United States as defensive jihad against U.S. aggression Promising the escalation of war until the ...
Mohammed bin Laden divorced Hamida soon after Osama bin Laden was born. Mohammed recommended Hamida to Mohammed al-Attas, an associate. Al-Attas married Hamida in the late 1950s or early 1960s. [18] The couple had four children, and Bin Laden lived in the new household with three half-brothers and one half-sister. [15]
The most famous of the Afghan Arabs was Osama bin Laden, known at the time as a wealthy and pious Saudi who provided his own money and helped raise millions from other wealthy persian Gulf Arabs. When the war ended, bin Laden organized the al-Qaeda organization to carry on armed jihad against other countries, primarily against the United States.
The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden is a 2022 biography by American journalist Peter Bergen, chronicling the life of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.Drawing on newly declassified documents from the 2011 Abbottabad raid, interviews with bin Laden's associates, and U.S. government officials, Bergen studies bin Laden’s radicalization and its origins, his leadership of al-Qaeda, the ...
It’s been more than 22 years since 9/11 and more than 12 since Osama bin Laden’s death. But the al-Qaida leader’s open “Letter to America” attempting to justify the Sept. 11, 2001 ...
Osama bin Laden was killed after being shot in the head and chest, [15] [16] [17] during Operation Neptune Spear, [18] with Geronimo as the code word for bin Laden's capture or death. [19] The operation was a 40-minute raid by members of the United States special operations forces and Navy SEALs on his safe house [20] in Bilal Town, Abbottabad ...
The National Security Agency is revealing aspects it never disclosed before about its role in helping the U.S. government track down Osama bin Laden, the al Qaeda founder and terrorist who ...
Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden is a 292-page book published by Verso Books which documents 24 translated public statements by Osama bin Laden from December 29, 1994 through December 16, 2004.