03 May,2011 10:07 AM IST | | The Special Team
After almost a decade of the horrific 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the tragedy, was killed by American forces in a covert operation at Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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According to reports, his body has been buried at sea. CS gives you some trivia on this 'much- wanted' man:
Osama bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, a wealthy businessman with close ties to the Saudi royal family.u00a0u00a0
At university, Osama's main interest was religion, where he was involved in interpreting the Quran and Jihad. When he was 17, he married Najwa Ghanem at Latakia. Reports say he's fathered around 20 children.u00a0u00a0u00a0
He firmly believed that restoring the Sharia law would make things better in Islamic countries, and stressed on the need for violent Jihad against those who oppressed Muslims.
From 1979 through 1989, the United States Central Intelligence Agency provided overt and covert financial aid, arms and training to Osama's Islamic Jihad Mujahideen through Operation Cyclone and The Reagan Doctrine. President Reagan often praised Osama's Mujahideen as Afghanistan's 'Freedom Fighters.'
On December 26, 2001, bin Laden said on a video that the 9/11 suicide attacks were intended to stop US support for Israel.
Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, US named bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda as the prime suspects and offered a reward of $25 million for information leading to his capture or death. The price money was doubled on July 13, 2007.
