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'''Usāmah bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Lādin''' ({{lang-ar|أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن}}; born [[March 10]], [[1957]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interpol.int/Public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/1998/32/1998_20232.asp|title=Wanted: Usama Bin Laden|publisher=[[Interpol]]|accessdate=2006-05-15}}</ref>), most commonly known as '''Osama bin Laden''' or '''Usama bin Laden''' (أسامة بن لادن) is an [[Islamic fundamentalism|Islamic fundamentalist]] militant, a primary founder of the [[al-Qaeda]] Islamic organization and a member of the immensely wealthy [[bin Laden family]].
Bin Laden and [[al-Qaeda]] have allegedly carried out a number of terrorist and guerrilla attacks worldwide including the suspicion that they were both involved with the [[September 11, 2001, attacks]] on the [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]], [[The Pentagon]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]], and the hijacking of [[United Airlines Flight 93]], which together killed at least 2,986 people total and the collapse of both [[World Trade Center]] towers. In addition, they have been linked to the [[1998 U.S. embassy bombings]] in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], the [[USS Cole bombing]], the [[2002 Bali bombing|Bali nightclub bombings]], the [[11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings|Madrid bombings]], as well as bombings in the [[Jordan]]ian capital of [[Amman]] and in [[Egypt]]'s [[sinai peninsula|Sinai]] peninsula.
According to a video tape allegedly of Osama bin Laden{{fact}}<!--Which video?-->, his main grievances against the [[western world|West]] and especially the United States, include their support for [[Israel]], their support for several [[dictator]]ial regimes in the Middle East, and the presence of United States military bases in Saudi Arabia. The [[United States withdrawal from Saudi Arabia|U.S. withdrew from these bases]] in 2003, stating that they were no longer necessary for their [[Iraq War|campaign in Iraq]].
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