Personal life of Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden in November 2001.
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Osama bin Laden (1957–2011), a militant and founder of Al-Qaeda in 1988,[1] believed Muslims should kill civilians and military personnel from the United States and allied countries until they withdrew support for Israel and withdrew military forces from Islamic countries.[2][3] He was indicted in United States federal court for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya, and was on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

In 1974, at the age of 17, bin Laden married his first wife Najwa Ghanem at Latakia, Syria.[4][5] Osama bin Laden married at least four other women;[6] he fathered between 20 and 24 children.

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  3. ^ "Online NewsHour: Al Qaeda's 1998 Fatwa". PBS. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved August 21, 2006.
  4. ^ "PeterBergen.com – Articles – Vanity Fair excerpt of the book "The Osama bin Laden I Know"". Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2007.
  5. ^ "Vanity Fair excerpt of the book "The Osama bin Laden I Know" By Peter Bergen
  6. ^ "American Morning With Paula Zahn". CNN. February 7, 2001. Retrieved April 28, 2010.