Osama's father was a faithful Muslim and a gentle man. His name was Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden. He was from Yemen. He worked as a porter in Jeddah. He later became a millionaire. He was an owner of a construction company the Saudi Kingdom. He was close to the royal family during the ruler of the King of Saudi Arabia. He did construction job from the king. His father died due to plane crash in 1967.
Osama’s mother was Syrian born. Her name was Alia Ghanem. Osama’s was the only child from Alia Ghanem. Osama’s father did polygamy. He had 50 children from his wives. It was a big family. Osama was raised by his stepfather because his mother divorced with his father. Then his mother married with Muhammad Al- Attas.
Osama was born on March 10, 1957 in Riyadh. He went to Al Tagher School from 1968 to 1976. He took Economics and Business administration at King Abdul Aziz University. At the age of 18 he married his cousin Najwa Ghanem. She was 14 years old. Osama’s first child was Abdullah.
Osama bin Laden joined Afghanistan mujahedeen in the period of Soviet Union invasion in 1979. CIA trained the armed forces of the mujahedeen. Finally, Soviet Union stepped out from the country in 1989. Osama came to Saudi as a hero. US named his soldiers as “ Freedom Fighters”
Osama was disappointed with Saudi’s government. He spoke publicly against the Saudi’s government‘s dependence to American troops. The Saudi’s government tried to make Osama quiet. In the end, Osama lived in exile in Sudan.
By 1988, Osama formed AL-Qaeda. He recruited many followers. Soon, AL-Qaeda grew. It became a mujahedeen Islamic organization, which aimed to build true Islamic state. In fact, many outstanding scholars of Islam did not agree AL-Qaeda’s movement because Al-Qaeda often used violent in the actions. In 1994, the Saudi’s government confiscated Osama’s passport and asked him to hand over his citizenship. US army sent Al-Qaeda out of Sudan. Osama announced war against America and removed Al-Qaeda’s base in Afghanistan.
Al-Qaeda claimed a series of bombing attacks. Osama was blamed to be involved in 11 September attack. Osama bin Laden became FBI most wanted men. In 1998, He also was suspected to US Embassy bombings. FBI promised $25 reward to capture Osama. On March 2, 2011 Osama was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan by , by members of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group and Central Intelligence Agency.
Source . Biography.com / wikipedia
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