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9/11. By Mike Rings and CHRISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Osama Bin Laden. 1957-2011 Inherited $25-30 million from his billionaire father Claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks Devout Wahhabi Muslim Founder of Al-Qaeda Killed by Seal Team 6 on May 2,2011. Al-Qaeda.
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9/11 By Mike Rings and CHRISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Osama Bin Laden • 1957-2011 • Inherited $25-30 million from his billionaire father • Claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks • Devout Wahhabi Muslim • Founder of Al-Qaeda • Killed by Seal Team 6 on May 2,2011
Al-Qaeda • Founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988-1989 • Radical Sunni Muslim terrorist group • Tactics include suicide bombings and simultaneous bombings of different targets • Current leader is Ayman al-Zawahiri • Severely weakened leadership due to the killing or capturing of senior members.
Hijackers on 9/11American Airlines # 11 7:45 a.m.: Departed Boston for Los Angeles.8:46 a.m.: Crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Mohamed Atta: pilot and group leader 33 year old Egyptian Abdulaziz Alomari: Age: Unknown Nationality: Saudi Satam M.A. Al Suqami: Age: 25 Nationality: Saudi Wail M. Alshehri: Age: 28 Nationality: Saudi Waleed M. Alshehri: Age: 22 Nationality: Saudi
United Airlines Flight 175 • 7:58 a.m.: Departed Boston for Los Angeles9:02 a.m.: Crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center • Marwan al-Shehhi, pilot and group leaderAge: 23.Nationality: United Arab Emirates. • Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan Al Qadi BanihammadAge: 28.Nationality: Saudi • Ahmed AlghamdiAge: 21.Nationality: Saudi • Hamza AlghamdiAge: 20.Nationality: Saudi • Mohand AlshehriAge: 21.Nationality: Unknown
American Airlines Flight 77 • 8:10 a.m.: Departed Washington Dulles for Los Angeles9:40 a.m.: Crashed into the Pentagon • Hani Hanjour, pilot and group leaderAge: 29.Nationality: Saudi • Nawaf AlhazmiAge: 25.Nationality: Unknown • Majed MoqedAge: Unknown.Nationality: Unknown • Khalid AlmihdharAge: Unknown.Nationality: Unknown • Salem AlhazmiAge: Uknown.Nationality: Saudi
United Airlines Flight 93 • 8:42 a.m.: Departed Newark for San Francisco10:01 a.m.: Crashed in Stony Creek Township, Penn • Ziad Samir Jarrah, pilot and group leaderAge: 26.Nationality: Lebanese • Saeed AlghamdiAge: 25.Nationality: Saudi • Ahmed Ibrahim A. Al HaznawiAge: 20.Nationality: Saudi • Ahmed AlnamiAge: 23.Nationality: Saudi