Historical Figure

Osama bin Laden

Founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

Died: 2006 CE

About Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. A pan-Islamist and Islamic extremist, bin Laden organized and funded numerous jihadist or anti-Western militants and terrorist attacks worldwide. Al-Qaeda's September 11 attacks in 2001 against the United States directly killed 2,977 victims, and began America's global war on terror.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

War2001 CE

September 11 Attacks and War on Terror

Al-Qaeda's coordinated attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon killed nearly 3,000 people and triggered a global "War on Terror" including invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq that reshaped international relations for decades.