Osama Bin Laden: biografi og al-Qaeda

Osama bin Laden was one of the most dangerous militant that the world has ever seen. He was one of the top most wanted person of different security agencies throughout the world. Particularly he was against the United States Government and so he had declared a war against them. Osama Bin Laden was the founder of the Islamist organization al-Qaeda. This militant group was responsible for many attacks in different parts of the world killing several civilians as well as the high-profile targets. He did most of his work under the name of religion and there are many people in the Arab World who consider him as a role model.

Osama was born on 10th March 1957 in a wealthy family in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Osama means “Young Lion” in Arabic. Although Osama Bin Laden spent his childhood in a huge mansion, his initial days were very tough. His father Mohammed Bin Awad Bin Laden was a very rich businessman in Saudi Arabia and had ten wives. Osama Bin Laden’s mother Hamida al-Attas was his tenth wife and he married her when he visited Syria for some business purpose. She was from Syria, while all other wives of Mohammad Bin Laden were from Saudi Arabia.