Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the jihadist organization al-Qaeda, which is largely believed to be responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan in an operation conducted by American military forces and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). – created by TomStewart