Osama bin Laden[a] (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi Arabian–born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, Bin Laden participated in the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet Union, and supported the Bosnian mujahideen during the Yugoslav Wars.

Apr 1, 2025 · Osama bin Laden (born 1957, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—died May 2, 2011, Abbottabad, Pakistan) was the founder of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda and mastermind of numerous terrorist attacks against the United States and other Western powers, including the 2000 suicide bombing of the U.S. warship Cole in …

Jun 7, 2023 · Osama bin Laden—also known as Usama bin Laden—was a violent terrorist and mass murderer who used bombings and bloodshed to advance his extremist goals.

Sep 11, 2023 · Osama bin Laden was a terrorist intent on driving Western influence from the Muslim world. He joined the Afghan resistance when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.

May 24, 2018 · SEAL Team Six raided an al-Qaeda compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011 and killed the world’s most wanted terrorist: Osama bin Laden. Get the facts and a timeline of the raid on...

Bin Laden, who founded al-Qaeda and masterminded the September 11 attacks, had been the subject of a United States military manhunt since the beginning of the War in Afghanistan, but escaped to Pakistan—allegedly with Pakistani support—during or after the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001.

Dec 16, 2009 · Osama bin Laden founded the Islamist militant group Al Qaeda and was believed responsible for deadly acts of terrorism such as the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Aug 29, 2011 · Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan.

May 2, 2011 · Osama Bin Laden came to the world's attention on 11 September 2001, when the attacks on the United States left 3,000 people dead and hundreds more injured. In a matter...

Oct 3, 2016 · Osama bin Laden, the founder of Al-Qaeda, has single-handedly impacted the course of global security, ideology, and history at its core. Read all about the life, death, and how Osama Bin Laden came to be.