Osama Bin Laden

Events (900)

• April 18-October 23, 1983: Beirut Bombings Begin Era of Suicide Attacks 1983-10-23
• April 17, 1987: Bin Laden-Led Assault in Afghan War Is Total Failure 1987-04-17
• August 11-20, 1988: Bin Laden Forms Al-Qaeda 1988-08-11
• November 24, 1989: Bin Laden’s Mentor Assassinated 1989-11-24
• August 2, 1990-March 1991: Bin Laden and Saudi Government Clash Over First Gulf War 1990-08-02
• July 5, 1991: Criminal BCCI Bank Is Shut Down 1991-07-05
• December 7, 1991: US Still Refuses to Investigate Possible Conspiracy in Murder of Jewish Rabbi 1991-12-07
• December 29, 1992: Islamic Militants Attack Hotels in Yemen, Killing Two 1992-12-29
• Shortly After December 29, 1992: US Announces Withdrawal from Yemen following Bombings, Bin Laden Later Claims Victory 1992-12-29
• February 26, 1993: WTC Is Bombed but Does Not Collapse, as Bombers Had Hoped 1993-02-26
• May 30, 1993: ’Al-Qaeda’ First Mentioned in International Media 1993-05-30
• June 16, 1993: Ali Mohamed Detained in Vancouver; FBI Tells Canadian Authorities He Is an FBI Informant 1993-06-16
• August 12, 1993 and Shortly Thereafter: US Declares Sudan a Terrorism Sponsor; Bin Laden Placed on US Watch List 1993-08-12
• October 3-4, 1993: Al-Qaeda Trained Militants in Somalia Kill 18 US Soldiers 1993-10-03
• December 6, 1993: Bin Laden Gives First Interview to a Western Journalist 1993-12-06
• February 4-5, 1994 and Shortly Afterwards: Bin Laden Almost Assassinated; Ali Mohamed Trains His Bodyguards 1994-02-04
• March 10, 1994: Al-Qaeda Affiliate Kills Two German Intelligence Agents 1994-03-10
• March 13, 1994: Report: Violence, Drugs, and Militant Training Camps Are Rife in Afghanistan 1994-03-13
• April 9, 1994: Saudi Government Publicly Breaks with Bin Laden 1994-04-09
• Shortly After April 9, 1994: Bin Laden Family Publicly Disowns Osama 1994-04-09
• Shortly After April 9, 1994: Bin Laden Travels to Albania, Meets with Government Officials 1994-04-09
• May 21-July 7, 1994: North Yemen, Backed by US and Bin Laden, Wins Yemen Civil War 1994-07-07
• September 18-November 14, 1994: Key Figure in Al-Qaeda Plot to Assassinate Clinton May Have Ties to ISI 1994-11-14
• December 9, 1994: Ali Mohamed Interviewed by FBI Again, Admits Bin Laden Ties 1994-12-09
• December 15, 1994: Bin Laden’s Brother-in-Law Funding Militants Worldwide Using Philippine Charity Fronts 1994-12-15
• December 16, 1994-May 1995: Osama’s Brother-in-Law Khalifa Is Arrested in US 1994-12-16
• December 16, 1994-February 1995: Phone Numbers Link Osama’s Bother-in-Law to Bojinka Plotters 1994-12-16
• February 1992-February 7, 1995: Ramzi Yousef’s Stay at Pakistani Guesthouse Links Him to Bin Laden 1995-02-07
• February 8, 1995: Yousef Makes Partial Confession but Hides Bojinka Second Wave and Ties to Bin Laden and KSM 1995-02-08
• April 1, 1995: Osama’s Bin Laden’s Brother Khaled Said to Be Supporting Him in Financing Militants 1995-04-01
• June 26, 1995: Al-Qaeda and Egyptian Militants Try to Assassinate Egyptian President Mubarak 1995-06-26
• Shortly After June 26, 1995: US Considers Bombing Bin Laden for Sponsoring Assassination Attempt on Egyptian President 1995-06-26
• October 21, 1995: Clinton Launches Interagency Effort to Track Bin Laden’s Money; Effort Fizzles 1995-10-21
• November 13, 1995: Al-Qaeda Bombing in Saudi Arabia, US Realizes Bin Laden Is More than Financier 1995-11-13
• January 5, 1996: British Newspaper Links Bin Laden to 1995 Wave of Militant Attacks in France 1996-01-05
• May 11, 1996-August 2001: Canadian Intelligence Monitors Islamic Jihad Operative Communicating with High-Ranking Militants 1996-05-11
• May 18, 1996: Sudan Expels Bin Laden; US Fails to Stop His Flight to Afghanistan 1996-05-18
• After May 18, 1996-September 1996: Bin Laden Quickly Alligns With the Taliban After Arrival in Afghanistan 1996-05-18
• June 25, 1996: Khobar Towers Are Bombed; Unclear Who Culprit Is 1996-06-25
• June 27, 1996: US Monitors Bin Laden Taking Credit for Khobar Towers Bombing 1996-06-27
• July 18, 1996: State Department Calls Afghanistan an ‘Ideal Haven’ for Bin Laden 1996-07-18
• August 14, 1996: ’Al-Qaeda’ First Mentioned in US Media 1996-08-14
• August 14, 1996: State Department Calls Bin Laden One of Most Significant Terrorism Sponsors in the World 1996-08-14
• September 30, 1996: CIA Reports Taliban Are Keeping Bin Laden’s Training Camps Open, Closing Some Other Camps 1996-09-30
• November 23, 1996: British-Based Journalist Interviews Bin Laden 1996-11-23
• December 1, 1996-June 1997: Russian Arrest of Zawahiri Brings Islamic Jihad and Al-Qaeda Closer Together 1996-12-01
• February 7-21, 1997: Monitored Calls of Al-Qaeda Operatives in Kenya Indicate One of Them Is Meeting Bin Laden in Afghanistan 1997-02-07
• April 5, 1997: US Again Not Interested in Sudan’s Al-Qaeda Files 1997-04-05
• February 5, 1998: US Rejects Sudanese Al-Qaeda Files that Could Stop Embassy Bombings 1998-02-05
• February 22, 1998: Bin Laden Expands Religious Edict against US and Allies 1998-02-22