Osama Bin Laden

*He was born in 1957 in Saudi Arabia
*He studied management and economics at King Abdul Aziz Univesity.
*In 1979, there was a Soviet invasion of Afghanistan where he supported the Afghan resistance and U.S. supported Afghans too.
*After the Soviet withdrawal, bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia and founded an organization to help veterans of the Afghan war.
*Because of the Iraqui invasion of Kuwait, American troops were allowed to station in Saudi Arabia.
*He was expelled form Saudi Arabia in 1991 and went to Sudan.
*He was responsible for attempting to bomb U.S. troops in Yemen and attacking them in Somalia. He returned to Afghanistan.
*In 1998, he called for all American and Jews to be killed and again, was responsible for bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tarzania.
*His organization is called al-Qaeda and has approximately 3,000 followers.
*He attacked the World Trade Center on U.S. in September 11th, 2001.
*He has warned that “America will not live in peace”.

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