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Osama bin Laden

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Osama bin Laden

أسا‌مة بن لا‌د‌ن
Born10 March 1957
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Died2 May 2011
Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Cause of deathGunshot
NationalitySaudi
Political orientationAnti-communism
Islamic fundamentalism


Osama bin Laden (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a CIA-funded[1] jihadist who fought against the Red Army and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Before the September 11 attacks, the Western media praised him for his role in fighting communism.[2]

Name

The United States used the codename Geronimo (the name of an Apache leader who fought against colonizers from 1850 to 1886) to refer to Osama bin Laden.[1]

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