Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko Osama bin Laden te tangata i tino whakaahuatia, mai i tōna tamarikitanga i Saudi Arabia i roto i tētahi whānau whai rawa, i tōna whai wāhi ki te jihad ki te Soviet Union i Afghanistan, i tōna tūranga hei pūtea mō ngā rōpū kaiwhakatuma, i tōna noho ki Sudan, i tōna hokinga ki Afghanistan, me ōna pāhekoheko ki te Taliban. Ko nga whakaeke patu patu patu a te United States i te tau 1998 i Dar es Salaam, Tanzania me Nairobi, Kenya e whakaahuatia ana, me te whakaeke i te USS "Cole"
i te tau 2000.