Person
Osama bin Laden
Led al Qaeda; gave the go-ahead for the 11 September 2001 operation, according to the 9/11 Commission.
- Also known as
- Usama bin Ladin, Bin Ladin
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- How are Osama bin Laden and … connected?
Connections 13
founded
- Al Qaeda 1988 Primary record 1
- Maktab al-Khidmat Primary record 1
head of
leads
funded
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Taliban
1996–2001
According to National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Primary record
1
The Commission’s estimate, in return for safe haven.
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Maktab al-Khidmat
Primary record
1
The Commission writes “by most accounts”.
involved in
- Bin Laden’s return to Afghanistan flew from Khartoum to Jalalabad Primary record 1
- U.S. embassy bombings, August 1998 suspicion fell on him at once; the Commission says the evidence fixed responsibility on him and his associates According to National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Primary record 1
- Attacks of 11 September 2001 gave the go-ahead for the operation Primary record 1
- Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan helped fund the anti-Soviet jihad, by the 9/11 Commission’s account Primary record 1
- The Taliban take Kabul cemented his ties with the Taliban afterwards Primary record 1
- Tora Bora meeting of 1996 heard the proposals Primary record 1
appears in
- Ghost Wars Primary record 1
Timeline 3 dates
- 1988 Osama bin Laden founded Al Qaeda
- Aug 1988 – Osama bin Laden head of Al Qaeda
- 1996–2001 Osama bin Laden funded Taliban According to National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Proof 1 source
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The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 9-11-commission, 22 Jul 2004.
Primary record
They established what they called a base or foundation (al Qaeda) as a potential general headquarters for future jihad.
He and the cleric Azzam had joined in creating a “Bureau of Services” (Mektab al Khidmat, or MAK), which channeled recruits into Afghanistan.
by August 1988 Bin Ladin was clearly the leader (emir) of al Qaeda.
Through Atef, KSM arranged a meeting with Bin Ladin in Tora Bora, a mountainous redoubt from the Afghan war days. At the meeting, KSM presented the al Qaeda leader with a menu of ideas for terrorist operations.
Bin Ladin, apparently at Atef ’s urging, finally decided to give KSM the green light for the 9/11 operation sometime in late 1998 or early 1999.
Bin Ladin provided approximately $10–$20 million per year to the Taliban in return for safe haven.
became in effect his partner by providing financial backing for the MAK.
on May 19, 1996, Bin Ladin left Sudan—significantly weakened, despite his ambitions and organizational skills. He returned to Afghanistan.
the yearlong monitoring of al Qaeda’s cell in Nairobi, soon firmly fixed responsibility on him and his associates.
he became known chiefly as a person who generously helped fund the anti-Soviet jihad.
But after September 1996, when first Jalalabad and then Kabul fell to the Taliban, Bin Ladin cemented his ties with them.
KSM briefed Bin Ladin and Atef on the first World Trade Center bombing, the Manila air plot, the cargo carriers plan, and other activities pursued by KSM and his colleagues in the Philippines.
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
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