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  2. Responsibility for the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

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    Bin Laden was charged with the 1998 embassy bombings, not 9/11. [59] David N. Kelley, the former U.S. attorney in New York who dealt with terrorism-related cases at the time of bin Laden's indictment for the 1998 bombings, explained that, "It might seem a little strange from the outside, but it makes sense from a legal point of view.

  3. Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) - Wikipedia

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    The territorial control of the Taliban (red) and the Northern Alliance (blue) in Afghanistan in 1996. Ahmad Shah Massoud (for the United Front and the Islamic State of Afghanistan), Mullah Mohammad Omar (for the Taliban) and Osama bin Laden together with Ayman al-Zawahiri (for Al-Qaeda and different Arab interests) were the main leaders of the war residing in Afghanistan.

  4. Osama bin Laden - Wikipedia

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    Osama bin Laden [a] (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi Arabian-born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda, a militant terrorist organization espousing Islamism, pan-Islamism and jihadism.

  5. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) - Wikipedia

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    On 15 October 1999, the UN Security Council established a sanctions regime to cover individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and/or the Taliban. [56] Since the US Invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the sanctions were applied to individuals and organizations in all parts of the world; also targeting former members of the ...

  6. Political views of Osama bin Laden - Wikipedia

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    In 1979, bin Laden opposed the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan and would soon heed the call to arms by Afghan freedom fighters. Bin Laden would use his own independent wealth and resources to get fighters from Egypt, Lebanon, Kuwait and Turkey to join the Afghans in their battle against the Soviets. While bin Laden praised the U.S ...

  7. Christian leader in Lebanon urges US, allies to intervene to ...

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    The leader of a Christian coalition and political party in Lebanon is calling on the U.S. and its Western allies to deploy troops to Lebanon to help the army dismantle Hezbollah.

  8. War on Islam controversy - Wikipedia

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    The phrase or similar phrases have been used by Islamists such as Sayyid Qutb, [1] [2] Ayatollah Khomeini, [3] Anwar al-Awlaki, [4] [5] Osama bin Laden, [6] Chechen militant Dokka Umarov, [7] [8] cleric Anjem Choudary, [9] and Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. [10] It has also been used in propaganda by al-Qaida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ...

  9. Why Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America' Went Viral on TikTok

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    Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America" has found a new audience. Credit - Getty Images. T wo decades ago, Osama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader behind 9/11, laid out his attempted justification for ...