The Life of Osama bin Laden: Illegal Activities

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Early Years
Creation of Al Qaeda
Goals and Activity of Al Qaeda
9/11 Attacks
9/11 Consequences
Bin Laden’s Later Life and Death
Impact
References

Introduction

Osama bin Laden:

Was born in a wealthy family
The founder of Al Qaeda – a militant Islamic network
Organized multiple terrorist attacks
Took responsibility for the tragedy of September 11, 2001

Early Years

Was born on March 10, 1957 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Was a son of Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, a multi-millionaire construction magnate
Attended the most prestigious school in Jedda – Al Thagher Model School
Al Thager influenced his radical views and shaped his personality
He obtained a degree from King Abdul Aziz University

Creation of Al Qaeda

Was founded in 1988
Al Qaeda – “The Base”
Mission – “to correct wrongdoings according to Islamic law” (Richardson, 2019, p. 38).
Based on the principles of extremist Jihad
Al Qaeda is responsible for terrorist acts in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, the United States, East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, etc.

Goals and Activity of Al Qaeda

The goal of bin Laden: to launch a holy war against American citizens and Jews
Al-Zawahiri – bin Laden’s successor
Major terrorist acts:

1997 – massacre of tourists in Egypt
1993 – World Trade Center bombings in New York
2004 – bombing in Madrid
2005 – bombing in London

9/11 Attacks

A series of four terrorist acts:

Aims:

The World Trade Center
The Pentagon
The White House/ the Capitol (the airplane did not reach the target)
Osama bin Laden was the prime suspect
In 2004, he claimed responsibility for the attacks (Wallace, 2019)

9/11 Consequences

Victims: Around 3000 people killed.

Economic consequences: The destruction of the 110-story, 417-meter towers in the heart of New York; $75 billion damage (Wallace, 2019, p. 24)

Bin Laden’s Later Life and Death

Special operations aimed at capturing bin Laden were organized by Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations.
Bin Laden spent his last years of life
He was killed on May 2, 2011, in Pakistan
Bin Laden’s death was announced by President Obama
Al Qaeda remains the threat to international peace and security (Richardson, 2019)

Impact

“The age of terror”
Killing of civilians
Economic damage
Negative influence on the political and social spheres of life
Reinforcement of national security
Importance of addressing the problem of terrorism

References

Richardson, C. (2019). Bin Laden, Osama (1957/8-2011). In P.L. Reichel (Ed.), Global crime: An encyclopedia of cyber theft, weapons sales, and other illegal activities (pp. 37-39). ABC-CLIO.

Wallace, J. (2019). Tragedy since 9/11: Reading a world out of joint. Bloomsbury Publishing.