Transcript Osama Bin Laden - Qatar University

Osama Bin Laden
Presented by İsmail and Beril
Introduction
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Identity Information
Childhood
Timeline
Beliefs and Goals
Has Conflict With Who?
Why Is Osama Bin Laden important?
Who wants Osama Bin Laden?
Pictures
Identity Information
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Full Name: Usamah bin
Muhammad bin Awad
bin Laden
Born: Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia, 1957
Education: schools in
Jeddah; King Abd al-Aziz
University, Jeddah
(management and
economics).
Status: married, with
children.
Childhood
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had a difficult childhood.
he was one of 52 children
in fundamentalist
household
his father died when he
was young.
The bin Laden family came
originally from southern
Yemen.
A few of them moved north
to Saudi Arabia
Timeline
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1968 Father dies in plane
crash, San Antonio
1979 Soviet Union invades
Afghanistan.
1984 Moves to Pakistan.
1988 Osama bin Laden
creates al Qaeda.
1991 Moves to the Sudan.
1994 Saudi Arabia revokes
Osama bin Laden's
citizenship. Bin Laden
Family disowns him.
Timeline
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Feb 1995 the first bombing
of the World Trade Center.
Aug 1996 Declares war
against the United States.
Feb 1997 "If someone can
kill an American soldier, it
is better than wasting time
on other matters."
Feb 1998 Announces
International Islamic Front
for Jihad Against the Jews
and Crusaders.
11 Sep 2001World Trade
Center bombing.
Beliefs and Goals
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"to kill the
Americans and
their allies,
civilians and the
military.“
Secret of his antiAmerican, antiWestern and antiIsrael sentiments.
Has Conflict With Who?
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with the Communists,
with the Westerners
Christian and Jewish
even with conflicting
Islamic groups who
seemed unmotivated
to join the jihad and
defend god’s honor.
Why Is Osama Bin Laden
important?
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His family became the
wealthiest non-royal
family in the kingdom.
During the Afghan war
of the 1980s He also
fight
supported the Islamic
rebels' struggle
against the Soviet
Union.
Why Is Osama Bin Laden
important?
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Using the resources of his
construction business he
create underground
hospitals and arms dumps
In 1989 he moved to
Sudan.
In 1994 he was formally
disowned by his Saudi
relatives and stripped of
his Saudi citizenship for
"irresponsible activities".
Who wants Osama Bin Laden?
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He has been linked
to Islamic
terrorism
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Who wants Osama Bin Laden?
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Malaysia
Morocco
the Netherlands
Pakistan
the Philippines
Romania
Russia
Syria
Turkey
the United Arab Emirates
the United States
Yemenhttp
Pictures
Conclusion
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Nobody knows where he is?
It is thought that he lives in
Mountains.
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