Osama bin Laden was the founder and leader of al-Qaeda, a militant Sunni Islamist organization. He was born in Saudi Arabia in 1957 and studied economics and business administration. Bin Laden orchestrated numerous terrorist attacks against Western targets and declared war against the United States in 1996. Most notably, he was the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks in 2001 which killed nearly 3,000 people. After nearly a decade on the run, bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan in 2011.
4. IDENT聴TY INFORMAT聴ON
Full Name: Usamah bin Muhammad bin Awad bin
Laden
Born: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 30 1957 A.D
Parents: Muhammad Bin Laden and Hamida al-Attas
Education: Bin Laden may have studied Management
and Economics at university in Jeddah in 1976. It has
also been said that he graduated in Civil Engineering.
Marital Status: He had at least 5 wives and 24 childrens.
Height: 6 feet 5 inch
Complexion: Olive
Religion: Sunni Muslim
5. CH聴LDHOOD
He had a difficult childhood
because he was often
taunted as Son Of Slave.
He was one of 17th
among the
52 children of his father.
He was shy and introvert in
nature.
His father died when he was
young.
The bin Laden family came
originally from southern
Yemen.
He was extravagant and
luxurious.
6. WHY I CHOSE HIM?
He was brave and strong enough to challenge the
whole world.
He was very loyal to his religion.
He had a very good managerial skills and was a
good leader who can convince peoples for terrorism
too.
Being stateless for almost 17 years and still standing
strong on his own is not a joke.
He was the most wanted person in many countries
and still he does not get caught.
His main reason for his altitude was his attitude.
7. IDEOLOGY
Right from the beginning he was influenced by the
practices in the Muslim community.
He considered himself as one of the true soldiers of
Islam and fought against the United States for his
religion.
He was a true follower of Jihad .
He was against the democracy and communism.
8. KEY FACTS
1968 Father dies in plane crash, San Antonio
1979 Soviet Union invades Afghanistan.
1984 Moves to Pakistan.
1988 Osama Bin Laden creates al Qaeda
The Base.
1991 Moves to the Sudan.
1994 Saudi Arabia revoke Osama bin Laden's
citizenship.
Bin Laden Family disowns him.
He was stateless since 1994-2011.
9. KEY FACTS
Feb 1995 the first bombing
of the World Trade Center.
Aug 1996 Declares war
against the United States.
Feb 1998 Announces
International Islamic Front
for Jihad Against the Jews
and Christians.
11th Sep 2001 World Trade
Center bombing.
10. 9/11
September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people and
caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure
damage.
Four passengerairlinerswerehijackedby 19 al-Qaeda
terrorists to be flown into buildings insuicide attacks.
Bin Laden, who orchestrated the attacks, initially denied
but later admitted involvement.
11. BEL聴EFS AND GOALS
To kill the
Americans and their
allies, civilians and
the military.
He dont want any
foreign invasion on
his holy land of Allah.
12. WHO WANTED OSAMA B聴N LADEN?
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
13. WHO WANTED OSAMA B聴N LADEN?
Malaysia
Morocco
Netherlands
Pakistan
Philippines
Romania
Russia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United States
Yemen
14. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LADEN
He was son of a Billionaire.
Osama Bin Laden is the 17th of 57 children and the bounty
on Osama Bin Laden is $50 million.
Real or not, Osama Bin Laden had a Facebook account
that was deleted for security reasons.
Osama Bin Laden was a big fan of pop Diva Whitney
Houston.
He was Master in Poetry
He was an Arsenal Fan(Gunners), regularly visited Emirates
stadium in 93/94 season.
Osama Bin Laden drank lots of Pepsi and Coke .
He was a weed lover.
He was once CIA agent in 80s.
15. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT LADEN
He Hated Everything About America ... Except Volleyball.
He was once caught for over speeding after sept 11,2001
but his driver help him to escape.
The compound where bin Laden was living had walls 12-18
feet high, with barbed wire at the top, a top U.S. official
said. There was no telephone or Internet service.
Capturing Osama bin Laden has been an objective of
the United States government since the presidency of Bill
Clinton.
Bin Laden was killed 3,519 days after the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks on the U.S.
56.5 million viewers watched President Obama's speech
on May 1, 2011 announcing the death of Osama bin
Laden.
17. DEATH
Finally, On 2nd
May 2011 he was shot dead by Navy seals
of US marines army in his house in Pakistan.
This operation was code-named as Operation Neptune
Spear.
Osamas body was airlifted from his residence and was
taken to Afghanistan by the Navy Seals.
After going through various confirmation tests, he was
buried at sea quickly to avoid any kind of attempt made
by the al-Qaeda for his dead body.