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Wen 丨 Yujie History Museum
Editor丨Yujie History Museum
The "911" incident shocked the world, and the mastermind behind it was the world terrorist bin Laden, who was finally killed by the US military in Pakistan after years of hunting.
After killing bin Laden, what was exposed was his large collection of erotic discs, and it is said that a second before the killing, bin Laden was still falling into the gentle country of his little wife...
From a rebellious teenager to a leader of a terrorist organization
Osama bin Laden was born into a large family in Saudi Arabia with 52 siblings, ranking 17th. His father was a successful construction magnate, but bin Laden died in a plane crash when he was a teenager, leaving his son a fortune.
The sudden death of his father made bin Laden, who was still in the rebellious period, deeply interested in religion, so he entered the best secondary school in Mecca, where he was appreciated by a teacher from the Muslim Brotherhood.
Under the influence of his teacher, bin Laden gradually established the ideal of striving for his faith, to become a devout Muslim, bin Laden would go to the mosque every day to pray, fast twice a week, and join the Muslim Brotherhood to distance himself from the "infidels".
At the age of 17, bin Laden was arranged by the family to marry his cousin politically, and the two entered the palace of marriage under the witness of both parents.
The marriage was very satisfying to the family, but bin Laden and his wife were not in harmony, and the wife could not understand her husband's increasingly extreme religious ideas, and the two finally broke up in 2001.
Later, bin Laden worked in his brother's construction company, but because of his misunderstanding, he began to build his wealth in the oil and construction industries, owning a number of companies in Saudi Arabia and Western countries.
Then, in 1979, bin Laden left his family to join the jihadist group in Afghanistan, where he began his path of resistance, where he forged deep friendships with fellow Chinese from all over the world.
They shared the same vision and vowed to expel the "Soviet devil" and liberate the Muslim brothers, and in 1988, bin Laden created the famous al-Qaida.
Expressing resistance through terrorist attacks and other means, bin Laden became an internationally renowned extremist, using his wealth and connections to expand al-Qaida and plan many violent events that shocked the world.
Bin Laden grew from a rebellious teenager to an extreme and violent organization leader, his terrorist activities pose a great threat to the world, however, his upbringing can also show the profound impact of environment and education on a person's destiny.
So how did Bin La make a feud with the United States?
The birth of terrorists
With the economic strength of his family, bin Laden established an organization called the "Mujahideen Service" in Afghanistan, which gained widespread support under the banner of "resisting foreign aggression", and bin Laden's success in leading the organization against the Soviet army gave him great confidence.
A year later, thanks to bin Laden's efforts, the Soviet army was forced to completely withdraw from Afghanistan, and bin Laden became a hero in Afghanistan, but the victory also changed his mentality, and he began to inflate his conceit and desire for more power.
After the outbreak of the Gulf War in 1991, bin Laden proposed to join forces with the Saudi government against the US military, but was refused, and bin Laden strongly condemned the Saudi royal family for compromising with the United States, and eventually was stripped of citizenship and exiled.
The hardships of exile did not calm bin Laden, and with a strong sense of revenge, he began to plan terrorist attacks against American targets, and later he directed his men to bomb two American embassies in Africa.
At the same time, bin Laden is still actively strengthening his own power, starting a business business in college, and later after the establishment of al-Qaeda, he controlled tens of thousands of terrorists, directly or indirectly worked for him, accumulating tens of billions of dollars in assets.
Bin Laden believed that to escape the control of Western countries, it must feel the counterattack from the Middle East, and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan proved his idea right, so he returned to Afghanistan with $5 billion in family funds to establish al-Qaeda.
In Afghanistan, bin Laden invested heavily in the oil industry and used his connections to engage in corruption, quickly becoming one of the region's richest people.
As his power grew and eventually became the de facto warlord of Afghanistan, bin Laden realized that terrorist attacks might be the only way to confront the West, so he gradually implemented a series of terrorist plans against Western targets.
The 911 incident in 2001 became the culmination of bin Laden's confrontation with the United States, which directly led to the United States launching the war on terror, and bin Laden was forced to flee to Afghanistan.
9/11
On September 11, 2001, the originally calm morning in New York was broken by a sudden terrorist attack, an attack led by bin Laden, which not only shocked the United States, but also the whole world, and became an important turning point in the global fight against terrorism.
Back in early 2001, a group of 19 terrorists from the Middle East infiltrated the United States in various capacities, ostensibly dressed as ordinary tourists, rented houses, opened accounts, and carried out normal lives, but in fact secretly received elaborate attack training, and after months of lurking layout, everything was ready.
Early that morning, the 19 terrorists divided into four groups, carrying knives and other weapons, mixed with four domestic flights from three eastern airports, flying to California and Washington.
They took advantage of a security loophole to successfully bring their weapons, and after takeoff, they moved quickly, killing the crew and hijacking four planes.
Under bin Laden's command, the hijackers flew two planes directly into the World Trade Center in New York and the third plane crashed into the Pentagon, all three of which occurred almost simultaneously, causing unimaginably devastating blows.
The World Trade Center collapsed in an instant in extreme heat, and a huge hole was knocked out of the western corner of the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people in the World Trade Center alone.
Many firefighters and police officers on duty also died in the collapse of the building, and in the days that followed, rescuers continued to find new victims in the rubble, not counting the more than 100 passengers killed on the plane.
This terrorist attack in the heart of the United States shook the US government violently, and George W. Bush vowed to seek justice for the victims, and immediately launched a large-scale hunt for bin Laden.
The U.S. government equated the vicious attack with the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and went all out to combat terrorism overseas.
After the terrorist attack, bin Laden, as the leader of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, became a thorn in the side of the US government, bin Laden realized that the situation was critical, began a 10-year fugitive career, and carried a large number of "secret discs" in order to alleviate loneliness.
From terrorists to chickens, cattle, fisheries
Bin Laden first hid in a bungalow in the mountains of northern Afghanistan, shaved off his long beard and dressed in local clothes to disguise himself as an ordinary villager.
In order to relieve the loneliness of fleeing, bin Laden also found several local women as partners, and it is said that most of these women are bin Laden's believers and worship bin Laden.
They are willing to leave their families and follow bin Laden to live in seclusion in the mountains, bin Laden also takes good care of them, provides a worry-free life, these women add a little fun to bin Laden, and make his life not lonely.
Five years later, in 2006, bin Laden's hiding place was discovered by the US military, and he was forced to move again, bin Laden knew that the US military persevered in tracking, once the whereabouts were exposed, he would face the danger of death.
Therefore, every time he escapes, he will choose some remote and unimaginable places, but the terrorist organization behind him is intertwined and secretly provides various assistance, so that he can repeatedly overcome dangers.
In 2011, bin Laden came to a villa in Pakistan, which is located in a tourist attraction with good security conditions, and bin Laden chose this place because he hoped to use the cover of multinational personnel in tourist attractions to avoid the surveillance of the US military.
In order to avoid detection, bin Laden rarely went out, sometimes wearing a hat to cover his face, and he specially hired two locals as bodyguards to monitor the situation around the villa day and night.
On the night of May 1, 2011, U.S. special forces quietly surrounded bin Laden's villa, and due to the suddenness of the incident, the bodyguards were unable to resist and were quickly subdued.
Although bin Laden had awakened for a long time, he did not expect this day to come so quickly, although he showed horror, he also understood that the general trend had passed, and he could only wait for the judgment of life and death.
Unaware of it, bin Laden was living with his 29-year-old fifth wife, who was married later in bin Laden, far from the same, but the two had the best relationship.
Sudden, a door break broke the tranquility, bin Laden's wife knew that the end was coming, cried and rushed out to try to protect her husband, but was immediately killed, bin Laden watched his beloved wife die, his heart was like a knife, but he could not do anything.
After bin Laden was killed, the US military searched the villa and found 5 computers, 10 hard disks and 110 USB flash drives, most of which were unexpected, actually bin Laden's cattle, sheep, chickens and geese, as well as a large number of erotic videos.
It turned out that the terrorist also had some unusual hobbies in private, and was not as ascetic as the outside world impression, and these discoveries made bin Laden's image appear in unexpected contrast.
After the news of bin Laden's death spread, supporters of President George W. Bush also replaced Obama's photo with George W. Bush to celebrate the realization of George W. Bush's wish to kill bin Laden.
Although bin Laden ended up in his hiding place, the story of his 10-year escape still became a sensational legend in the world. His life shows the cunning and selfishness of a terrorist.