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Is called back to Saudi Arabia, passport withdrawn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