Osama bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden أُسَامَةُ بْنُ لَادِنَ
Osama bin Laden in the 1990s
Born	Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (1957-03-10)10 March 1957 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Died	2 May 2011(2011-05-02) (aged 54) Abbottabad, Pakistan
Cause of death	Shooting
Nationality	Saudi Arabian
Known for	Claimed responsibility for September 11 attacks
Height	6'4" to 6'6"
Successor	Ayman al-Zawahiri
Spouse(s)	Amal al-Sadah (m. 2000–2011) Siham Sabar (m. 1987–2011) Khairiah Sabar (m. 1985–2011) Khadijah Sharif (m. 1983–1990) Najwa bin Laden (m. 1974–2001)
Children	show all (20) Abdallah Saad Omar Hamza Abdul Rahman Amer Osman Mohammed Fatima Iman Laden Rukhaiya Nour Ali Safiyah Aisha Kadhija Khalid Miriam Sumaiya
Parent(s)	Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Hamida al-Attas
Allegiance	al-Qaeda
Years of service	1988–2011
Battles/wars	Soviet war in Afghanistan Global War on Terrorism: War in Afghanistan Battle of Tora Bora War in North-West Pakistan Operation Neptune Spear

Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: أُسَامَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ بْنُ عَوَضٍ بْنُ لَادِنَ, romanized: Usāma bin Muḥammad bin ‘Awaḍ bin Lādin English: Osama, who is the son of Muhammad, who is the son of Awad, who is the son of Ladin; 10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was the founder of al-Qaeda, the Sunni militant Islamist organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States. It is also responsible of many other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets.^[1][2][3] He was a Saudi Arabian, a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite.^[4]

1. ↑ "Death of Osama bin Ladin". Pakistani Ministry Of Foreign Affairs. May 1, 2011. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
2. ↑ Baker, Peter; Cooper, Helene; Mazzetti, Mark (May 1, 2011). "Bin Laden Dead, US Officials Say". The New York Times.
3. ↑ Aleem Maqbool. "Osama Bin Laden, al Qaeda leader, dead – Barack Obama". May 1, 2011. BBC News Online. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
4. ↑ Scheuer, Michael (February 7, 2008). "Yemen still close to al Qaeda's heart". Asia Times. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2013.