Osama bin Laden Fast Facts
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“Osama bin Laden was born in 1957.”
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Multiple independent sources including Wikipedia and web search results confirm Osama bin Laden was born in 1957. The Wikipedia entry explicitly states '10 March 1957' and multiple web sources corroborate the 1957 birth year.
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— The bin Laden family (Arabic: عائلة بن لادن, romanized: ʿāʾila bin Lādin), also spelled bin Ladin, is a wealthy Saudi Arabian family intimately connected with the innermost circles of the Saudi royal …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_family
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— On May 2, 2011, the United States conducted Operation Neptune Spear, in which SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his "Waziristan Haveli" in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden, who founded a…
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— Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. A pan-Islamist and Islamic extremist, bin Laden organized and funded numerous ji…
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“Osama bin Laden died on May 2, 2011.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results independently confirm Osama bin Laden died on May 2, 2011. The Wikipedia entry explicitly states '2 May 2011' and multiple news outlets report the same date.
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— Omar bin Laden (born March 1, 1981) is a Saudi artist, author, cultural ambassador, and businessman. He is the fourth-eldest son of Osama bin Laden and his first wife Najwa Ghanhem, who is also Osama'…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_bin_Laden
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— On May 2, 2011, the United States conducted Operation Neptune Spear, in which SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his "Waziristan Haveli" in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden, who founded a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden
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— Osama bin Laden's compound, known locally as the Waziristan Haveli (Urdu: وزیرستان حویلی, romanized: Wazīristān Havelī, lit. 'Waziristan Mansion'), was a large, upper-class house within a walled compo…
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“Osama bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.”
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Wikipedia and web search results consistently state Osama bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Wikipedia entry explicitly mentions 'Riyadh, Saudi Arabia' and multiple web sources confirm this location.
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— Bakr bin Mohammed bin 'Awad bin Laden (Arabic: بكر بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن; born 1946) is the former chairman of the Jeddah-based Saudi Binladin Group and the former largest shareholder in the group, w…
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— The bin Laden family (Arabic: عائلة بن لادن, romanized: ʿāʾila bin Lādin), also spelled bin Ladin, is a wealthy Saudi Arabian family intimately connected with the innermost circles of the Saudi royal …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_family
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— Two major bombings took place in residential compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 12 May 2003, 39 people were killed, and over 160 wounded (mostly Westerners) when bombs went off at three compounds i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh_compound_bombings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh_compound_bombings
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“Osama bin Laden's birth name is Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden.”
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“Osama bin Laden's father is Muhammad Awad bin Laden, a construction company executive.”
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“Osama bin Laden's mother is Hamida al-Attas.”
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“Osama bin Laden married Najwa in 1974 and separated days before 9/11.”
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“Osama bin Laden and Najwa had children Abdullah (1976), Abdul Rahman (1978), Sa’ad(1979), Omar (1981), Osman (1983), Muhammad (1985), Fatima (1987), Iman (1990), Ladin “Bakir” (1993), Rukhaiya (1997), and Nour (1999 or 2000).”
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“Osama bin Laden married Khadijah in 1983-1995 and had children Ali (1984 or 1986), Amer (1990), and Aisha (1992).”
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“Osama bin Laden married Khairiah in 1985-2011 and had child Hamza (1989 or 1991).”
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No evidence found in web search results or Wikipedia entries to confirm or refute the claim about Osama bin Laden's marriage to Khairiah and child Hamza.
“Osama bin Laden married Siham in 1987-2011 and had children Kadhija (1988), Khalid (1989), Miriam (1990), and Sumaiya (1992).”
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“Osama bin Laden married an unknown woman in 1996, and the marriage was annulled within days.”
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“Osama bin Laden married Amal in 2000-2011 and had children Safiyah (2001), Aasia (2003), Ibrahim (2004), Zainab (2006), and Hussain (2008).”
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“Osama bin Laden studied engineering at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah from 1979.”
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“Osama bin Laden was a Sunni Muslim.”
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“Osama bin Laden was the 17th of 52 children of Muhammad Awad bin Laden.”
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“Muhammad Awad bin Laden became a billionaire by building the Saudi Binladin Group into the largest construction firm in Saudi Arabia.”
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“Osama bin Laden married for the first time at age 17 to a Syrian cousin named Najwa.”
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“Osama bin Laden reportedly walked with a cane and suffered from kidney disease.”
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“Osama bin Laden traveled to Afghanistan in 1979 to join the jihad against the Soviet Union.”
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“Osama bin Laden founded al Qaeda in 1988.”
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“Osama bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia in 1989 after the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan.”
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“Osama bin Laden was expelled by the Saudi regime in 1991 and relocated to Sudan with an estimated $250 million in assets.”
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“Osama bin Laden was involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as a possible co-conspirator.”
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“Osama bin Laden was indicted for the 1993 Somalia ambush that killed 18 US servicemen.”
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“Osama bin Laden was stripped of Saudi citizenship in 1994 and his family disowned him.”
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“Osama bin Laden was expelled from Sudan in 1996 and moved to Afghanistan under Taliban protection.”
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“Osama bin Laden was indicted in 1996 for training militants involved in the 1993 Somalia ambush.”
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“Osama bin Laden gave an interview in 1997 describing the US as 'unjust, criminal and tyrannical'.”
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“Osama bin Laden ordered the militarization of al Qaeda's East African cell, leading to the 1998 US embassy bombings.”
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“Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda merged with Egyptian Islamic Jihad under Ayman al-Zawahiri in 1998.”
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“Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri endorsed a fatwa calling for Muslims to kill Americans.”
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“Osama bin Laden issued a statement in 1998 stating that Muslims should prepare force to terrorize Americans.”
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“Osama bin Laden was linked to the 2000 USS Cole bombing in Yemen.”
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“Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian, pleaded guilty to a plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport, claiming training from Osama bin Laden.”
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“Four of Osama bin Laden's alleged supporters were convicted of the 1998 US embassy bombings.”
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“Osama bin Laden was named a prime suspect in the 2001 September 11 attacks.”
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“A Pakistani newspaper reported in 2001 that Osama bin Laden died of a lung complication in the Tora Bora mountains.”
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“Afghan officials reported in 2001 that Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan with al Qaeda sympathizers.”
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“Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf suggested in 2002 that Osama bin Laden died of kidney failure in Afghanistan.”
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“A Saudi-owned publication quoted a wife of Osama bin Laden stating she believed he was still alive in 2002.”
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“Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar stated in 2002 that Osama bin Laden was still alive.”
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“A Russian newspaper claimed in 2002 that Osama bin Laden was alive in Afghanistan.”
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“Abdel-Bari Atwan stated in 2002 that Osama bin Laden was in good health but wounded in an attack in Afghanistan.”
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“Muslim clerics in Spain issued a fatwa against Osama bin Laden in 2005 calling him an apostate.”
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“Najwa and Omar bin Laden published a book in 2009 titled 'Growing up bin Laden'.”
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“The US government admitted in 2009 a lack of intelligence on Osama bin Laden's whereabouts.”
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“Osama bin Laden was killed in a 2011 raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, with DNA samples taken before burial at sea.”
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“The US Justice Department dropped terrorism-related charges against Osama bin Laden in 2011.”
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