OSAMA BIN LADEN

Osama bin laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia , in 1957.When Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, bin laden joined the Afghan resistance. After the Soviet withdrawal,bin laden formed the Al-Qaeda network in 1993 which carried out global strikes against Western interests. It comprised of militant Muslims he had met while serving Afghanistan.Their goal was to take up the jihadist cause around the world.

On September 11,2001, Osama's Al Qaeda jihadists hijacked four commercial passenger aircraft in the United States , two of which collided into World Trade Center towers. Another aircraft crashed into the Pentagon ,Virginia. A fourth plane was retaken and crashed into the Pennsylvania . The attack nearly killed 3000 civilians.After the attack Osama went into hiding for more than 10 years, he was hunted along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. On May 2, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin laden had been killed in terrorist compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan . In an eight month plan enacted by the president and led by CIA director and American special forces, Osama was shot several times. His body was taken as evidence of his death and DNA tests revealed that the body was his. In support of Muslim tradition the US entered his body by burial at sea with in 24 hours of death. The death of bin laden marks the most significant achievement to defeat Al-Qaeda.