1957
Birth of Osama bin Laden in Saudi Arabia.
1968
Bin Laden’s father Mohammed Awad passes away.
1975
Bin Laden marries a Syrian relative.
1979
Goes to Pakistan and meets refugees.
Starts funding the jehad.
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1981
Graduates from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah.
1984
Establishes a guesthouse in Peshawar to host the Mujahideen.
1986
Builds training camps in Afghanistan.
1988
Establishes Al Qa’edah (The Base).
1989
Returns to Saudi Arabia.
Travel ban imposed on him. |
1991
Escapes from Saudi Arabia and reaches Afghanistan.
Fearing extradition, he flees to Sudan.
1993
His Saudi citizenship is cancelled and assets are frozen.
1995
Involved in a car bombing in Riyadh.
1996
Flees Sudan and returns to Afghanistan.
Declares war on America.
1997
Escapes an assassination bid.
1998
Bombs US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
2000
Bombs USS Cole killing 17 US sailors.
2001
Allegedly bombs the twin towers of World Trade Center, New York and Pentagon, Washington
killing thousands of people from 47 countries.
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