was the founder of Al Qaeda, the Organization responsible for the September 11 Attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi Bin Laden family and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite.
Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 US. embassy bombings. From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror.
After being put on the FBI's Most Wanted list, bin Laden managed to remain in hiding during three U.S.presidential administrations. On May 2,2011, Bin laden was shot and killed inside a secured private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S.Navy SEAl's in a covert operation ordered by U.S President Barack Obama. Shortly after his death, bin Laden 's body was buried at sea. Al Qaeda acknowledged his death on May 6, 2011, concurrently vowing to retaliate.
Bin Laden was on the American Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 US. embassy bombings. From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror.
After being put on the FBI's Most Wanted list, bin Laden managed to remain in hiding during three U.S.presidential administrations. On May 2,2011, Bin laden was shot and killed inside a secured private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S.Navy SEAl's in a covert operation ordered by U.S President Barack Obama. Shortly after his death, bin Laden 's body was buried at sea. Al Qaeda acknowledged his death on May 6, 2011, concurrently vowing to retaliate.
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