Osama bin Laden

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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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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

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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