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Osama bin Laden أسامة بن لادن | |
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| Born | 10 March 1957 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Died | 2 May 2011 Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Cause of death | Gunshot |
| Nationality | Saudi |
| Political orientation | Anti-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]
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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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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nick Estes, et al. (2021). Red Nation Rising: 'Anti-Indianism' (p. 23). [PDF]
- ↑ Robert Fisk (1993-12-06). "Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace: The Saudi businessman who recruited mujahedin now uses them for large-scale building projects in Sudan. Robert Fisk met him in Almatig" Independent. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-04-07.