0Osama's LifeOsama bin Laden’s death marks the end of a long, successful career in senseless Jihad. From founding the al Qaeda terrorist network to masterminding the 9/11 attacks, a timeline of his life and atrocities.Updated Jul. 13, 2017 3:20PM EDT / Published May 02, 2011 9:48AM EDT Newscom Birth, March 5, 1957Getty Images Father Dies in Plane Crash, 1967 Roger Viollet Collection / Getty Images Marries First Wife, 1974 Joins Fight Against Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979AP Photo Founded al Qaeda, 1988Newscom Gold Mihor Hotel Bombing, 1992AP Photo Funded the Luxor Massacre – 1997Mohamed El-Dakhakhny / AP Photo Issues Public Fatwa Against North Americans and Their Allies, 1998CNN via Getty Images Embassy Bombings, 1998Brennan Linsley / AP Photo U.S.S. Cole Bombing, 2000U.S. Navy / AP Photo 9/11 Attacks, 2001Spencer Platt / Getty Images Bali Nightclub Bombing, 2002AP Photo Madrid Train Bombing, 2004Paul White / AP Photo Bin Laden’s Poetry, 2008AP Photo Death, May 1, 2011Tom Williams, Roll Call / Getty Images
Birth, March 5, 1957Getty Images Father Dies in Plane Crash, 1967 Roger Viollet Collection / Getty Images Marries First Wife, 1974 Joins Fight Against Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979AP Photo Founded al Qaeda, 1988Newscom Gold Mihor Hotel Bombing, 1992AP Photo Funded the Luxor Massacre – 1997Mohamed El-Dakhakhny / AP Photo Issues Public Fatwa Against North Americans and Their Allies, 1998CNN via Getty Images Embassy Bombings, 1998Brennan Linsley / AP Photo U.S.S. Cole Bombing, 2000U.S. Navy / AP Photo 9/11 Attacks, 2001Spencer Platt / Getty Images Bali Nightclub Bombing, 2002AP Photo Madrid Train Bombing, 2004Paul White / AP Photo Bin Laden’s Poetry, 2008AP Photo Death, May 1, 2011Tom Williams, Roll Call / Getty Images