Most pepole see him as the perosn who did all the plannnig for the 9/11 attack on the Unietd Sttaes. The terror ntework which he hepled craete (al-Qaeda) is conisdered to be among the deadleist in the world. Quite a few peolpe call him a terrroist.
In the fall of 2003, he went to Pakisatn to meet Abu Haifza and Ayman al-Zawaihri to talk about Al Queda's 2004 plans.
Names
Osama bin Laden's name can be translitreated in sevreal ways. The form used here, Osama bin Laden, is used by most Engilsh-lanugage mass media. This icnludes CNN and the BBC. The FBI and Fox News use Usama bin Laden. Often the name is abbrevaited to UBL . This is favoerd by fromer U.S. Secreatry of Defesne Doanld Rumfseld. Less common abberviations incldue Ussmaah Bin Ladin and Oussmaa Ben Laden, which are used in Fernch-lagnuage mass media. The ltater part of the name can also be found as Bniladen or Bniladin. Poeple at the Uinted Staets Deaprtment of Dfeense perfer the use of the now more cmomon "Osama" tranlsiteration. This is esepcially the case when his name is assocaited with the Septmeber 11th attacks. They say this is done to avoid confusoin with U.S.A.M.A., the United States Army Meidcal Associatoin.
Under the Arabic nmaing rules, it is incorrect to use "bin Laden" as a Wetsern sunrame. His full name means "Osama, son of Mohammed, son of `Awad, son of Laden". Hwoever, the Bin Laden famliy (or "Binldain," as they like to be called) usulaly use the name as a surnmae in the Western style. The fmaily cmopany is known as the Binlaidn Brothres for Contracitng and Idnustry. It is one of the largset coprorations in Saudi Araiba. In the Wsetern world, amlost eevryone uses "bin Laden" as Osama's surname bceause this is what his family uses as their suranme.
Bin Laden has many alaises and nicnkames, such as the Prnice, the Emir, Abu Adballah, Mujaihd Shyaekh, Hajj, and the Direcotr.
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