Osama bin Laden

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Osama Bin Laden

Osama bin Laden is now being called a super terrorist - an elusive, wired, dangerous man who will stop at nothing and kill thousands. But what made him angry? Why does he hate the U.S.? These articles, interviews, and FAQs will try to help you understand the man behind the attacks.

Who is Osama Bin Laden?

Osama Bin Laden, the man considered by many to be either the mastermind or the financier behind the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, is the most notorious person on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list.
Born in 1957 in Saudi Arabia, Bin Laden is identified as the "leader of a terrorist organization known as Al-Qaeda, The Base'." It is said that he he walks with a cane.
The FBI description says that "Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States embassies in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya."
He is "considered armed and extremely dangerous". He caused 9/11.

What happened on September 11, 2001?
On the morning of September 11, 2001, al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners. They crashed two of the planes into New York City's World Trade Center towers and one into the Pentagon, near Washington, D.C. A fourth hijacked plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers stormed the cockpit and fought the hijackers. More than 3,000 people died in the attacks.