The story of Osama bin Laden
Led al Qaeda; gave the go-ahead for the 11 September 2001 operation, according to the 9/11 Commission.
Osama bin Laden. Led al Qaeda; gave the go-ahead for the 11 September 2001 operation, according to the 9/11 Commission.
1996–2001
Osama bin Laden funded Taliban.
The Commission’s estimate, in return for safe haven.
According to National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. This is one side’s account, not established fact.
Osama bin Laden, involved in bin Laden’s return to Afghanistan, U.S. embassy bombings, August 1998, Attacks of 11 September 2001, the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, The Taliban take Kabul and Tora Bora meeting of 1996.
According to National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
Osama bin Laden appears in Ghost Wars.
Osama bin Laden founded Maktab al-Khidmat.
Osama bin Laden funded Maktab al-Khidmat.
13 sourced connections, each with its evidence. Open the explorer to follow any of them further, filter by lens, or move through time.
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Pictures, from Wikimedia Commons: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, A. Solomonov / А. Соломонов, CC BY-SA 3.0.
