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Osama bin Laden

Mar 10, 1957 - May 02, 2011 (54 years old) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, the terrorist 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) lists of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden was a major target of the War on Terror, with a US$25 million bounty by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After being placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, bin Laden remained in hiding during three U.S. presidential administrations. On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed inside a private residential compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs and CIA operatives 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, vowing to retaliate.

Known For

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Return of the Taliban
Self
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Shadow World
Self - al-Qaeda Leader (archive fotage)
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Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories
Self (archive footage)
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The Age of Terror
Self
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The Oath
Self (archive footage)
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Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
Self (archive footage)
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Naqoyqatsi
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Fahrenheit 9/11
Self (archive footage)
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Los 2000
Self (archive footage)
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Celsius 41.11
Self (archive footage)

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