Osama bin Laden

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Islamist militant person terrorist

Osama bin Laden was the founder and leader of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda and the orchestrator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Bin Laden 1
Osama 1
Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist militant ⓘ
person ⓘ
terrorist ⓘ
associatedWith Maktab al-Khidamat ⓘ
Taliban ⓘ
birthDate 1957-03-10 ⓘ
birthPlace Riyadh ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
burialBy United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States military
burialPlace Arabian Sea ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
citizenship Saudi Arabia ⓘ
citizenshipRevocationDate 1994 ⓘ
citizenshipRevokedBy Saudi Arabia ⓘ
codeNameDuringRaid Geronimo ⓘ
deathDate 2011-05-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Abbottabad ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
declaredWarOn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designatedAs terrorist by the United Nations ⓘ
terrorist by the United States ⓘ
educatedAt King Abdulaziz University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arab ⓘ
familyName Osama bin Laden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: bin Laden
FBIMostWantedTerroristsListEntryDate 1999 ⓘ
fieldOfStudy business administration ⓘ
economics ⓘ
founded al-Qaeda ⓘ
fullName Osama bin Laden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden
givenName Osama bin Laden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Osama
ideology Islamism ⓘ
anti-Westernism ⓘ
jihadism ⓘ
inspired global jihadist movements ⓘ
issued fatwas against the United States ⓘ
killedBy Navy SEALs ⓘ
surface form: United States Navy SEALs
knownFor al-Qaeda ⓘ
surface form: founding al-Qaeda

orchestrating the September 11, 2001 attacks ⓘ
listedOn United Nations Sanctions Committees ⓘ
surface form: UN Security Council sanctions list
memberOf bin Laden family ⓘ
movement Salafi jihadism ⓘ
nationalityAtBirth Saudi Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Saudi
notableWork planning of the September 11 attacks ⓘ
numberOfChildren at least 20 ⓘ
numberOfWives 5 ⓘ
operatedIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
operation Operation Neptune Spear ⓘ
parent Alia Ghanem ⓘ
Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden ⓘ
participatedIn Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
positionHeld leader of al-Qaeda ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
responsibleFor 1998 United States embassy bombings ⓘ
2000 USS Cole bombing ⓘ
September 11 attacks ⓘ
spokeLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
targeted United States foreign policy interests ⓘ
wantedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
yearBecameAlQaedaLeader 1988 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

September 11 attacks → claimedBy → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
Osama bin Laden → familyName → Osama bin Laden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: bin Laden
al-Qaeda → foundedBy → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
Osama bin Laden → fullName → Osama bin Laden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden
Osama bin Laden → givenName → Osama bin Laden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osama
John O’Neill → hasEnemy → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
Conner4Real → hasFictionalSong → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bin Laden
al-Qaeda → leader → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
Battle of Tora Bora → notableCommander → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
September 11 attacks → planner → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
The Looming Tower → subject → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
Ayman al-Zawahiri → succeeded → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
Operation Neptune Spear → target → Osama bin Laden ⓘ
killing of Osama bin Laden → target → Osama bin Laden ⓘ