On may 1, 2011, american soldiers killed al qaeda leader osama bin laden at his compound near islamabad, pakistan. Read all about the life, death, and how osama bin laden came to be. The daring operation that killed bin laden, the al qaeda leader who orchestrated the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is examined in the upcoming netflix documentary american manhunt Osama bin laden was the founder of al qaeda and mastermind behind the september 11 attacks Born in saudi arabia, he became a notorious figure in global terrorism, leading to an extensive manhunt and his eventual death in 2011. Whether osama bin laden and his group are blowback from cia 's operation cyclone to help the afghan mujahideen is a matter of some debate
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