Osama bin Laden &
his soldiers of Islam
Osama bin laden, 44 year old, is
a Saudi who had been living in Afghanistan since the days when Soviet soldiers
moved into this dusty land. He was trained by both Lt. Gen. Gul Hameed
of ISI (Pakistan) and other CIA men in late 1970s. He became a Mujahedeen
(Jihadist) and fought with Afghans to drive out the Russians. Later, he
became an arch fundamentalists and stayed inside Afghanistan. In
1996, when Taliban took control of the government in Kabul they offered
him a "Guest" status. The western intelligence thinks that Mr. bin
Laden formed his terrorists' organization "Quaeda" with Talibans' assistance.
Buried himself in the middle of Afghanistan his organization trains Muslim
terrorists to do covert operations all over the world. In 1998, the
"Quaeda" terrorists bombed two U.S. Embassies in Nairobi and dar es Salaam.
They also bombed another building in Saudi Arabia which killed many civilians.
Few months before the September 11 bombing of WTC and the Pentagon building
Mr. bin Laden and his associates had been saying that they will strike
inside America. On September 20, 2001, in a speech given to the joint
session of the Congress President Bush declared that Americans will get
him one way or the other. He demanded that Taliban government of
Afghanistan should hand over Mr. bin Laden to U.S. authorities. Much remains
to be seen how this drama plays out in months ahead.
September 23, 2001. A spokesman
for the leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban group says Saudi-born Osama
bin Laden, wanted by the U.S. as a prime suspect in terror attacks in the
United States, is missing. Senior Taliban clerics have recommend
that bin Laden be persuaded to leave the country but said they could not
find him to deliver the message. Bin Laden is shown in a May 26, 1998 file
photo. (Source: Star/Pakistan/Reuters)
This 1998 photo shows exiled Saudi dissident
Osama bin Laden, center, the prime suspect behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks in the United States, flanked by his aides and armed bodyguards
in a meeting at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, according to the
source. In the background is a banner with a verse from the Koran
(La Ilaha Ilallahu Muhammadur Rasulullah - There is no other God but Allah
and Muhammad is his Rasool or Prophet). This photo was offered to the Associated
Press on Sept. 22, 2001 from a Pakistani photographer who wants to remain
anonymous. (Photo Courtesy of AP)
Osama bin Laden relaxing inside a tent
A poster of Osama bin Laden shown in 3 poses
Osama's boys -- all Arabs -- who hijacked
4 commercial planes to demolish WTC inNew York Cityand Pentagon building
in Virginia. The U.S. Department of Justice released on September
27, 2001 the following names with pictures of the hijack suspects: (Top,
L-R) Satam Al Suqami, Waleed M. Alshehri, Wail Alshehri, Abdulaziz Alomari
and Mohamed Atta and were aboard American Airlines Flight 11, which destroyed
the World Trade Center. Majed Moqed, Khalid Al-Midhar, Nawaf Alhamzi, Salem
Alhamzi and Hani Hanjour were on American Airlines Flight 77, which gouged
a hole in the Pentagon building. Saeed Alghamdi, Ahmed Alhaznawi, Ahmed
Alnami and Ziad Samir Jarrah were on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed
in the Pennsylvania countryside. Marwan Al Shehi, Ahmed Alghamdi, Fayez
Rashid Ahmed Hassan Al Qadi Banihammad, Hamza Alghamdi, and Mohald Alshehri
were flying on United Airlines Flight 175, which destroyed the World Trade
Center. (Dept. of Justice via Reuters)
RETRANSMITTED TO CORRECT NAME TO SATAM
M. A. AL SUQAMI. Photos released by the FBI Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001 of
the suspected hijackers from American Airlines Flight 11. Top row, from
left are, Satam M. A. Al Suqami, Abdulaziz Alomari, Waleed M. Alshehri.
Bottom row, from left are, Wail M. Alshehri and Mohamed Atta. Some of the
names of the 19 suspected hijackers have slightly different spellings and
others have additional names added, compared to the list released by the
FBI on Sept. 14, 2001. FBI Director Robert Mueller said the FBI is confident
that the names and photos were the identities the hijackers had before
entering the United States. (AP Photo/FBI)
The U.S. Department of Justice released
September 27, 2001 the names with pictures of the 19 hijack suspects in
the September 11 attacks. This photo combination shows (L-R) Marwan Al
Shehi, Ahmed Alghamdi, Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan Al Qadi Banihammad, Hamza
Alghamdi, and Mohald Alshehri who were flying on United Airlines Flight
175, which destroyed the World Trade Center. REUTERS/HO
An elder Mullah recruits young man from
Quetta showing colorful posters
Osama is a hero in Indonesia too!
Wanted "Dead or Alive" as Bush has said
lately!
An Afghan man shakes a fist full of prayer
beads while another one holds a poster of Osama bin Laden during a demonstration
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on September 21, 2001. Thousands took to
the streets to protest President Gen. Musharraf's decision to support U.S.
efforts to strike suspected terrorist targets in Afghanistan.
Pakistani Sunni Muslim boys hold toy guns
in front of a poster of Saudi militant Osama bin Laden during a pro-Taliban
demonstration in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, September 27, 2001. Pakistani
police have launched a nationwide hunt for people with connections to bin
Laden, security officials said. (Mian Khursheed/Reuters)
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