The missions success was the culmination of many years of complex, thorough, and highlyadvanced intelligence operations and analysis led by the cia with support from partners across the intelligence community. Osama bin laden was born in riyadh, saudi arabia in 1957 or 1958. Cia releases nearly 470,000 additional files recovered in. Pdf the killing of osama bin laden in pakistan in may 2011 and anwar. It is alleged that the central intelligence agency cia had ties with osama bin ladens alqaeda and its afghan arab fighters when it armed mujahideen. In the 1980s, future alqaeda leaders including osama bin laden, ayman alzawahiri and others joined in afghanistans war against the soviet union, an experience that helped radicalize them in.
Langley, va the cia today released to the public nearly 470,000 additional files recovered in the may 2011 raid on usama bin ladins compound in abbottabad, pakistan. In this image from video released by the cia, hamza bin laden is seen as an adult at his wedding. Cia director mike pompeo authorized the release in the interest of transparency and to enhance public understanding of alqaida and its former leader. March 10, 1957 may 2, 2011, also rendered usama bin ladin, was a founder of the panislamic militant organization alqaeda. Similarly, during the cold war, the cia would train anti. The operation that killed bin ladin welcome to the cia. Bin laden had no help from state elements in pakistan. Osama bin laden had childrens cartoons, hollywood movies and documentaries about himself on a computer seized after the september 11 mastermind was killed in 2011. In november 2017, the cia released documents seized in the bin laden operation, including a video of hamza bin laden s wedding to the daughter of 911 hijacker mohamed atta. In that attack, cia operatives based in djibouti killed six alleged al qaida. Osama bin laden created by the us various articles. What is in the latest osama bin laden files released by.
Flight to tora bora whether osama bin laden was at tora bora in late 2001 has. Pdf the killing of osama bin laden in pakistan in may 2011 and anwar al aulaqi in yemen in. The fight against osama bin ladens al qaeda, the principal ter rorist menace. Intelligence officers bookshelf central intelligence agency. Islamic extremist financer, 1996, cia biographical sketch, unclassified. The osama bin laden file includes the cia s 1996 biographic sketch transcription, the infamous presidents daily brief from 6 august 2001 warning bin ladin determined to strike in us, a state department issue paper from 2005 reporting that some taliban leaders operate with relative impunity in some pakistan cities, the 400.
The 10 key myths about osama bin laden world news the. The stunning inside story of osama bin laden and al qaeda in flight, by cathy scottclark and adrian levy the operator. Agent testified about the barrett rifles on february 14, 2001, essam al ridi, a government witness, testified about various activities he had carried out for osama bin laden s organization while he resided in the united states. The neverbeforeseen video of osama bin laden s son.
A pakistani doctor who helped the us find alqaeda leader osama bin laden is appealing against his jail sentence. We have, since july 1998in partnership with governments around the worldhelped deliver to justice more than two dozen terroristsmore than half of whom were linked to usama bin laden. Tim osman ossman has become better known as osama bin laden. Reports of bin laden having obtained nuclear suitcases, first surfaced in. Bin ladin gained prominence during the afghan wv for his role in haarving the. Times concerning cia support to student groups and cul.
Perhaps the earliest publicly available document on osama bin laden, this cia biographical sketch describes him as having joined the afghan resistance movement in 1979, and as one of the most significant financial sponsors of islamic extremist activities in the world. Among these thousands of foreign recruits was a young saudi student, osama bin laden, the son of a yemeni construction magnate, mohammed bin laden, who was a close friend of the late king faisal and whose company had become fabulously wealthy on the contracts to renovate and expand the holy mosques of mecca and medina. Osama bin laden was a cia operative conspiracy circle. Counterterrorism after al qaeda central intelligence agency. Allegations of support system in pakistan for osama bin. He was the 17th of 52 children born to mohammed bin laden, a yemeni immigrant who owned the largest construction company in the. Obama et al, unclassified declaration in support of formal. He was a saudi arabian citizen until 1994 stateless thereafter and a. Yogaesoteric cia document proves osama bin laden was. He did not receive any direct funding or training from the us during the 1980s.
Statements attributed to alqaida and by other alqaida leaders and spokesmen will be. United states of america, the death of osama bin laden. The origins of al qaedas ideology central intelligence agency. The plot and the plotters, reference number ctc 200340044hc, dated june 1 2003. Reporting identified a key courier by his kunya, or operational pseudonym. Historically, osama bin laden himself did not seek direct, territorial control.
Author, alfred mccoy, would claim that the cia supported hekmatyar in his illicit heroin trade to allow him to fund the mujahideen. He left it in the 1980s to fight the soviet invasion of afghanistan, which is where he formed al qaeda. Osama bin laden was born into a wealthy saudi arabian family in 1957 and grew up in a privileged world. He declared war on the usa in 1998 and is believed to be.
One assignment during his 22year career was serving as chief of the bin laden issue station the osama bin laden tracking unit at. Osama bin laden biography, alqaeda, terrorist attacks. Osama bin laden, founder of the militant islamist organization. Pakistan based haqqani network backing plan for another 9. Cindy storer and nada bakos were working for the cia when the airplanes struck the world trade center and pentagon on sept. There is some evidence that tim osman visited the white house. The compound itself was located just half a mile from pakistans premier military training academy kakul military academy pma in abbottabad.
The helicopters traversed mohmand, with the bin laden raid. The full story of 911 and osama bin laden, by anthony. Document proves osama bin laden was cia asset tim ossman. The osama bin laden file national security archive. Not for another few years would any analyst see bin laden as a significant player in global terrorism. The network in the 1980s was backed by the cia during the ronald reagan administration to fight against the soviets in afghanistan.
The may 1, 2011 killing of osama bin laden obl by u. Perhaps the cia has availed itself of every gizmo, gadget, and theory the world has ever known to bring bin laden to justice. Reagan cant be blamed for ignoring the threat of osama bin laden. Osama bin laden in peshawar, pakistan, during the guerilla campaign against.
The cia declassified wednesday hundreds of thousands of documents seized in the 2011 raid of osama bin laden s compound in abbottabad, pakistan. Implications and considerations congressional research service summary the may 1, 2011 killing of osama bin laden obl by u. Tim osman was the name assigned to him by the cia for his tour of the u. Intelligence in public literature intelligence officers. He apparently has documents that prove osama bin laden is on the cia s payroll and currently living a. Afgharuslans mountainous terrain to move and shelter fighters and support. While bin ladin had been a key focus of the ic since the 1990s, shortly after the september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the united states, the cia began collecting information on key individuals connected to or providing support to bin ladin. Qaida leader usama bin ladin monitored by fbis from march 1994 to 9 january 2004. Was the operation that led to the death of osama bin laden part of an armed conflict. Release includes bin laden s personal journal, about 79,000 audio and image files and more than 10,000 video files. These actions have shattered terrorist cells and networks, disrupted terrorist plans, andin some casesprevented terrorist attacks from taking place.
The zero dark thirty file national security archive. Since the death of osama bin laden on may 1, there have been debates over whether navy seals should have attempted to take him alive. In particular, the death of osama bin laden at the hands of us special. The women behind the manhunt for osama bin laden pbs. Cia director george tenet told president bush that the source, codenamed dragonfire, had. A few hours after the terrorist attacks on the world trade centre and the pentagon, the bush administration concluded without supporting evidence, that osama bin laden and his alqaeda organisation were prime suspects. Allegations of a support system in pakistan for osama bin laden have been made both before and after osama bin laden was found living in a compound in abbottabad, pakistan and was killed by a team of united states navy seals on 2 may 2011. The cia and several of its top officials deny that the u. The cia provided bigelow and boal with privileged access to officials and operators behind the hunt for osama bin laden and not coincidently, their movie portrayed the cia. Scheuer born 1952 is a former intelligence officer for the central intelligence agency, american blogger, author, foreign policy critic, political analyst, and former adjunct professor at georgetown universitys center for peace and security studies. In the early morning hours of may 2nd in pakistan, a u. I n the weeks following the raid on osama bin laden s compound in abbottabad, pakistan, by united states forces, u.
Cia releases massive new tranche of materials seized in 2011 bin laden raid. Cia asset tim osman tim osman ossman has become better known as osama bin laden. Bill clinton blocked the cia from killing osama bin laden. Former president bill clinton signed an order in august 1998 preventing the cia from organizing a kill operation against alqaeda leader osama bin laden, according to. The stunning inside story of osama bin laden and al qaeda in flight, by cathy. Its the first time shakil afridis case has been heard in open court.
Experts have a range of views about the killing of obl. Document g do the united nations special rapporteurs consider international humanitarian law ihl to be applicable to that operation. Edward snowden the nsa whistleblower has made another astonishing revelation. Articles thirty years after its foundation where is alqaida going. Cia releases 470,000 more files from bin laden raid. Operation cyclone was the code name for the united states central intelligence agency cia program to arm and finance the mujahideen in afghanistan from 1979 to 1989, prior to and during the military intervention by the ussr in support of its client, the democratic republic of afghanistan.
Trump pushed cia to find, kill osama bin ladens son over. Osama bin laden, founder of the militant islamist organization alqaeda and mastermind of numerous terrorist attacks against the united states and other western powers, including the september 11, 2001, attacks on the world trade center. This section was compiled and published on the web for frontline s original 1999 report on osama bin laden. The leader of sadats assassins, bin ladens chief ideologue, and a lead. New documentary reveals bill clinton kept cia from killing. Al qaeda has nuclear weapons a month after september 11, senior. It explores the fears and concerns of one muslimamerican community in texas following. Abbott, the city became the home of a scottish aid worker who had been kid border. Allegations of cia assistance to osama bin laden wikipedia. But the hunt for terrorist mastermind osama bin laden.