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al Qaeda is born
Osama bin Laden creates al Qaeda with a large group of mujahideen that were fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan -
Militant Training Camps
Osama bin Laden sets up training camps in Sudan -
Somalia Attack
al Qaeda attacks UN troops in Somalia and 18 U.S. military personnel are killed -
Osama bin Laden Kicked out of Sudan
al Qaeda re-groups in Afghanistan after bin Laden is kicked out of Sudan -
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
al Qaeda bombed a U.S. military base and killed 19 U.S. soldiers along with hundreds of others injured -
Taliban aide
The Taliban take control of Afghanistan and offer refuge to bin Laden and al Qaeda -
Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania bombs
Bombs were set off at U.S. embassies and 231 people were killed along with 5,000. -
USS Cole: Aden, Yemen
Two al Qaeda suicide bombers attack the USS Cole and kill 17 U.S. sailors -
bin Laden threats
bin Laden threatens to attack the U.S. via video -
al Qaeda attacks on U.S. soil
al Qaeda put off the largest terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil and hit the Twin Towers and the Pentagon with commercial airplanes, killing over 2,500 U.S. citizens. -
Holy War
al Qaeda calls for a "Holy War" against the United States -
bin Laden threatens our allies
Osama bin Laden threatened war on Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Germany, Australia, and all other supporters of the U.S.' fight on terrorism/al Qaeda. -
U.S. invades Iraq
The United States sends military forces into Iraq in the War on Terror -
War
President George W. Bush declares war on terror in Iraq -
Responsibility
Osama bin Laden claimed direct responsibility for the terrorist attacks on 9/11 -
Anniversary
Osama bin Laden releases a video of one of the 9/11 hijackers' last message with a image of the burning buildings. -
Osama bin Laden killed
A team of Navy SEALs attacked bin Laden's home/compound in Pakistan and kill him after years of trying to get rid of him and al Qaeda
