Osama Bin Laden
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Military History, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Military significance: Bin Laden financed terrorist activities against the United States and any other groups seen as threats to Islam.
Through his vast fortune inherited from his billionaire father in 1979, Osama bin Laden helped recruit forces to oppose the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan (1979-1988) and assist the U.S.-supported mujahideen and used much of his own wealth and contributions from others to finance training camps for the Muslim forces.
By 1991, the United States had reached the top of bin Laden’s list of...
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