Osama bin Laden Fast Facts

Krdo · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Apr 16, 2026 · 1665 words · By CNN Newssource

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Osama bin Laden Fast Facts CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Osama bin Laden, the former leader of al Qaeda who was killed in 2011.

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Osama bin Laden Fast Facts CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Osama bin Laden, the former leader of al Qaeda who was killed in 2011.

Why it matters

Personal Birth date: 1957 Death date: May 2, 2011 Birth place: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Birth name: Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden Father: Muhammad Awad bin Laden, construction company executive Mother: Hamida al-Attas Marriages and Children: Married to…

Common ground

Muhammad Awad bin Laden became a billionaire by building his company into the largest construction firm in the Saudi kingdom.

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Claim 1: “Osama bin Laden was named a prime suspect in the 2001 September 11 attacks.”

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Claim 2: “Osama bin Laden married Khadijah in 1983-1995 and had children Ali (1984 or 1986), Amer (1990), and Aisha (1992).”

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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 Khadijah and children.

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Claim 3: “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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden

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Claim 4: “Osama bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia in 1989 after the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan.”

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Claim 5: “A Pakistani newspaper reported in 2001 that Osama bin Laden died of a lung complication in the Tora Bora mountains.”

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Claim 6: “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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Claim 7: “Osama bin Laden's birth name is Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden.”

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Claim 8: “Osama bin Laden married Siham in 1987-2011 and had children Kadhija (1988), Khalid (1989), Miriam (1990), and Sumaiya (1992).”

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Claim 9: “Osama bin Laden died on May 2, 2011.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden's_compound_in_…

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Claim 10: “Osama bin Laden's mother is Hamida al-Attas.”

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Claim 11: “Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf suggested in 2002 that Osama bin Laden died of kidney failure in Afghanistan.”

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Claim 12: “Osama bin Laden traveled to Afghanistan in 1979 to join the jihad against the Soviet Union.”

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Claim 13: “Osama bin Laden married Najwa in 1974 and separated days before 9/11.”

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Claim 14: “Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda merged with Egyptian Islamic Jihad under Ayman al-Zawahiri in 1998.”

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Claim 15: “A Saudi-owned publication quoted a wife of Osama bin Laden stating she believed he was still alive in 2002.”

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Claim 16: “Osama bin Laden's father is Muhammad Awad bin Laden, a construction company executive.”

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Claim 17: “Osama bin Laden married Khairiah in 1985-2011 and had child Hamza (1989 or 1991).”

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Claim 18: “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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Claim 19: “Four of Osama bin Laden's alleged supporters were convicted of the 1998 US embassy bombings.”

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Claim 20: “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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Claim 21: “Osama bin Laden was stripped of Saudi citizenship in 1994 and his family disowned him.”

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Claim 22: “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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Claim 23: “Osama bin Laden was involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as a possible co-conspirator.”

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Claim 24: “Najwa and Omar bin Laden published a book in 2009 titled 'Growing up bin Laden'.”

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Claim 25: “Osama bin Laden ordered the militarization of al Qaeda's East African cell, leading to the 1998 US embassy bombings.”

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Claim 26: “Osama bin Laden issued a statement in 1998 stating that Muslims should prepare force to terrorize Americans.”

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Claim 27: “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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Claim 28: “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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakr_bin_Laden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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…
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Claim 29: “Osama bin Laden gave an interview in 1997 describing the US as 'unjust, criminal and tyrannical'.”

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Claim 30: “Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar stated in 2002 that Osama bin Laden was still alive.”

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Claim 31: “Osama bin Laden studied engineering at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah from 1979.”

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Claim 32: “Osama bin Laden was expelled from Sudan in 1996 and moved to Afghanistan under Taliban protection.”

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Claim 33: “Muslim clerics in Spain issued a fatwa against Osama bin Laden in 2005 calling him an apostate.”

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Claim 34: “Osama bin Laden was killed in a 2011 raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, with DNA samples taken before burial at sea.”

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Claim 35: “Osama bin Laden was a Sunni Muslim.”

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Claim 36: “Osama bin Laden was linked to the 2000 USS Cole bombing in Yemen.”

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Claim 37: “Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri endorsed a fatwa calling for Muslims to kill Americans.”

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Claim 38: “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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Claim 39: “Osama bin Laden was the 17th of 52 children of Muhammad Awad bin Laden.”

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Claim 40: “Osama bin Laden founded al Qaeda in 1988.”

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Claim 41: “Osama bin Laden was indicted in 1996 for training militants involved in the 1993 Somalia ambush.”

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Claim 42: “The US Justice Department dropped terrorism-related charges against Osama bin Laden in 2011.”

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Claim 43: “Osama bin Laden was indicted for the 1993 Somalia ambush that killed 18 US servicemen.”

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Claim 44: “Afghan officials reported in 2001 that Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan with al Qaeda sympathizers.”

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Claim 45: “Osama bin Laden reportedly walked with a cane and suffered from kidney disease.”

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Claim 46: “The US government admitted in 2009 a lack of intelligence on Osama bin Laden's whereabouts.”

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Claim 47: “Osama bin Laden married an unknown woman in 1996, and the marriage was annulled within days.”

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Claim 48: “Osama bin Laden married for the first time at age 17 to a Syrian cousin named Najwa.”

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Claim 49: “A Russian newspaper claimed in 2002 that Osama bin Laden was alive in Afghanistan.”

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