al-qaeda and september 11. usama bin laden, b. 1957 son of muhammad bin laden family originally from...
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Al-Qaeda and September 11Al-Qaeda and September 11
Usama Bin Laden, b. 1957Usama Bin Laden, b. 1957 Son of Muhammad
Bin Laden
Family originally from Hadhramawt, now Yemen
Bin Ladin GroupBin Ladin Group
Father: billionaire construction magnate in Saudi Arabia
Mother from Syria
Bin Laden FamilyBin Laden Family
Came to Saudi Arabia in 1930
Close to House of Saud
Constructed roads, buildings
Worth $11 bn at death
Dome of RockDome of Rock
1969 Bin Laden Corp. repairs Dome of Rock
Damaged by Australian Zionist
EducationEducation Bin Laden raised with
Saudi princes
engineering – Abd al-Aziz University, Jedda
Bin Laden & PalestineBin Laden & Palestine
Studied with brother of Abdullah Azzam (later jihad leader, Afghanistan)
(Palestinian Islamists)
Support for MujahidinSupport for Mujahidin
Soviets in Afghanistan
From 1980:
Bin Laden chief Saudi fundraiser for Mujahidin
PeshawarPeshawar
1982 moves to Peshawar
With Azzam runs bureau of services (Maktab al-Khidmat)
CampsCamps
1986 Bin Laden establishes training camps in Afghanistan
Fights against Soviets
Al-QaedaAl-Qaeda
1988 makes database of trainees in his camps
Data “base” = al-Qaeda
19891989
Bin Laden breaks with Azzam, who is assassinated
Is called back to Saudi Arabia, passport withdrawn
Gives sermon on first Intifada in Jedda
Gulf WarGulf War
Bin Laden offers Mujahidin to Saudis for use against Saddam after invasion of Kuwait
Is dismayed by presence of US troops
Gulf War and SudanGulf War and Sudan
Is expelled from SA, goes to Sudan late 1991
Bin Laden uses construction works in Sudan as cover
Black Hawk DownBlack Hawk Down
Funds fundamentalists in Algeria, Somalia
Blackhawk Down (Mogadishu June 1993) (Md. Atef)
First World Trade Center BombingFirst World Trade Center Bombing
o First World Trade Bombing 1993
o Islamic Group of blind Sheikh
o Bin Laden pays legal bills of one defendant
Ramzi YusufRamzi Yusuf
Ramzi Yusuf (later Manila plot)
Cousin of Khalid Shaikh Muhammad
1995 assassination attempt against Hosni Mubarak
Afghanistan Again - 1996Afghanistan Again - 1996
Bin Laden forced to Afghanistan 1996
Aug. 23 Declaration of Jihad against Americans occupying the Land of two holy places
Al-QaedaAl-Qaeda Feb. 1998 Bin Laden creates
International Islamic Front against Jews and Crusaders
With Ayman al-Zawahiri of al-Jihad al-Islami
Calls for killing Americans
Al-Qaeda TerrorismAl-Qaeda Terrorism
Aug 7 1998 Embassy bombings East Africa
October 12, 2000 – USS Cole
US ReactionUS Reaction
1998: US launching of
Tomahawks on Khost, Khartoum
Ships stop refueling at Aden, Yemen
Plans 1999 covert operation against Bin Laden
Millennium PlotMillennium Plot
Al-Qaeda plan to bomb tourist hotel in Jordan
And Los Angeles Airport in 2000
Ahmd Ressam arrested at Canada border -
Hamburg CellHamburg Cell
1992 Muhammad Atta comes to Hamburg to study engineering
1996 joins al-Quds mosque
Grows beard, writes will
Atta and Bin LadenAtta and Bin Laden
Summer 1998 trains in Afghanistan
Oct. 1998 Atta returns, forms terror cell in Hamburg
Joined by Ziad Jarrah & Marwan al-Shehhi
Terror CellTerror Cell
May-June 2000 all three come to US for flight training
Receive $100,000 each from Mustafa Hasawi in UAE
Plan AssembledPlan Assembled
Nov-Dec. 2000 Jarrah visits Bin Laden in Afghanistan
Spring 2001 Atta flies to Europe to coordinate al-Qaeda network
Cells in PlaceCells in Place
Saudi muscle begins arriving in US
Khalid al-Mihdar & Nawaf al-Hazmi in San Diego (from Malaysia)
September 11September 11
Further al-Qaeda attacksFurther al-Qaeda attacks
Attempted– Richard Reid, shoe bomber
Carried out– Karachi– Bali– Mombasa– Casablanca– Madrid