Osama bin Laden

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Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن, born March 10, 1957,) most often referred to as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian-born militant Islamist who is reported to be the founder of the organization al-Qaeda (The Base). He is a member of the wealthy bin Laden family. In conjunction with several other Islamic militant leaders, bin Laden issued two fatwas—in 1996 and then again in 1998—that Muslims should kill civilians and military personnel from the United States and allied countries until they withdraw support for Israel and withdraw military forces from Islamic countries.

Although there is no definitive account of the number of children born to Osama's father, Muhammed bin Laden, the number is generally said to be 55. Various accounts place Osama as his seventeenth son. Muhammed bin Laden was married 22 times, although to no more than four women at a time per Sharia law. Osama was born the only son of Muhammed bin Laden's tenth wife, Syrian Hamida al-Attas (née Alia Ghanem).