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Osama Bin Laden was born in 1957 in Saudi Arabia. He is the leader of a terrorist organization known as Al Qaeda, “the Base.” The U.S. government considers Osama Bin Laden to be the most dangerous terrorist in the world. He is currently on the FBI’s Ten most Wanted Fugitive List. His code names include, “The Contractor,” and “The Director.” These two names are probably the best indicator of Osama Bin Laden’s link to terrorism. Unfortunately, Osama Bin Laden known as a hero to many young people in the Arabia World. He continues to elude American troops and allies, despite intense efforts to find him. He is described as a tall, and very thin man. He resembles a shadowy figure. His height is 6’4” to 6’6”. He is approximately 160 pounds. His hair and eyes are brown, and he has a long thin beard. He is left handed, and walks with a cane. He is reported to have at least three children. Osama Bin Laden is believed to be the youngest of 24 brothers. Growing up in Yemen, his family built one of the largest Construction Companies in the Arab World. They made their fortune in building projects for the Saudi royal family. Osama Bin Laden’s power was founded by his personal fortune earned by his family’s construction business in Saudi Arabia. He left Saudi Arabia in 1979 to fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Taking part in the Afghan Jihad, holy war, changed his life forever. Osama Bin Laden apparently received security training from the CIA. While in Afghanistan, Bin Laden founded The Maktab Al-Khidimat (MAK). This is known as the Afghan Bureau, which was used as a means for channeling funds from several Western sources to finance the Afghan jihad. They also actively recruited fighters from around the world and imported equipment. In 1988, Bin Laden founded the group called al-Qaeda, Arabic for “The Base.” This is an international alliance of Islamic militant organizations. Al-Qaeda has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, the most notable being 9/11. In 1989, the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia to rejoin his families business. This was short-lived when he was linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In 1994, Saudi Arabia stripped him of his citizenship. Since Osama Bin Laden had been a hero of the “Jihad,” the Taliban welcomed him back to Afghanistan in 1996. The Taliban was the Islamist party that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. On September 11, 2001, members of al-Qaeda hijacked American planes and attacked New York and Washington. Soon after the attack, Osama Bin Laden and his associated fled Jalalabad for the mountains. __ [|The September 11, 2001 attacks] __ was a hideous crime against humanity. I believe that Osama Bin Laden planned the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. because he opposed everything that the American people stood for. He believed that the Sharia, which is the Body of Islamic religious law, would set things right in the Muslim World. He rejects socialism, communism, and democracy. Bin Laden’s passionate anti-Semitism is a staple of many Islamic militant groups, but also shows his fixation on Israel and the evil of Jews. He once said that he demanded his land be freed from his enemies, freed from Americans. According to the videos released to the public, Osama Bin Laden claims he directed the 19 hijacks. He states he was inspired to destroy the World Trade Center after watching the destruction of towers in Lebanon by Israel during the 1982 Lebanon war. Other sources suggest that Osama Bin Laden was retaliating after the 1998 “Operation Infinite Reach.” This was an attack on a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. President Clinton, they say, acted on evidence that left no doubt that the Factory was involved with chemical weapons and linked to Osama Bin Laden. He claims that 75% of Americans supported President Bill Clinton’s 1998 and 1999 operations against Afghanistan and Iraq. He considers U.S. civilians and soldiers to be one and the same, thereby justifying killing U.S. civilians. Bin Laden also believes that America robs Saudi Arabia of its oil wealth. He has also said that it is the right of Muslims to acquire nuclear technology and that the west can no longer monopolize it. Osama Bin Laden declared that he was going to stand up against the governments that help to protect the Islamic governments. I believe he ordered the attacks in response to U.S. policies in the Middle East, particularly it support for the Israel. I also believe that he hated our freedom. Attacks which Bin Laden is believed to have plotted or inspired include the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, the 1995 truck bombing of a Saudi National Guard training center, and the 1998 explosions at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He is also considered responsible for the September 2001 attacks that crippled the Pentagon and destroyed New York’s World Trade Center. Although __ [|Bin Laden] __ has not been indicted for the September 11, 2001 attacks, the terrorist suspect remains a wanted man, dead or alive. **__ Works Cited __** "About 9/11." __Biography.Com__. 2008. 7 May 2008 . Burke, Jason. "The Making Ofthe World's Most Wanted Man." __Guardian.Co.Uk__. 28 Oct. 2001. 7 May 2008 . "Osama Bin Laden: the Forgotten Terrorist." __Health and Energy.Com__. 14 Feb. 2008. 7 May 2008 . Smith, Jason. "Remeber 9/11." __Teacher Tube__. 19 Sept.-Oct. 2007. Educator. 7 May 2008 . "Osama Bin Laden Speeches." __September 11 News.Com__. 2008. 7 May 2008 . "Who is Osama Bin Laden?" __Cbcnews.Ca__. 19 Jan. 2006. 7 May 2008 .
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