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The future leader of the terrorist movement throughout the world.
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Bin Laden goes to Afghanistan to help Afghan resistance fighters, known as the mujahedeen,against the Soviet invasion of the country. Abdullah Azzam creates an organization to help the mujahedeen. Bin Laden becomes the chief of the organization, which evolves into a group known as al Qaeda (the base). The Arabs assisting the mujahedeen become known as "Arab Afghans."
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The Saudi government allows U.S. troops to be stationed in Saudi Arabia after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, which leads to the Persian Gulf War. Bin Laden is outraged by the U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia.
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Bin Laden is expelled from Saudi Arabia due to his anti-government activities.
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A bomb at the World Trade Center kills six and wounds hundreds. Six Muslim radicals, inked to bin Laden, are eventually convicted for the bombing.
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The first tower gets hit.
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Another plane hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center
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The U.S. goes into Iraq to start the "War on Terror", trying to eliminate terrorists and prevent future attacks.
