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| 1996 | Alliance |  |
Osama bin Laden had lived in Afghanistan  along with other members of al-Qaeda, operating terrorist training camps in a loose Alliance with the Taliban |
| 1001 | Al Qaeda | |
23rd Dec Arrested on a flight from Paris to Miami after trying to blow up the plane with explosives hidden in his shoes, during his trial in the USA  Richard Reid pledges allegiance to Osama Bin Laden |
| 1988 | Al Qaeda | |
As Soviet  troops withdraw from Afghanistan Osama Bin Laden and other Arab fighters in the country form alQaeda which in Arabic means quotthe basequot |
| 1991 | Al Qaeda | |
| A bomb explodes at the World Trade Center |
| Sudan becomes alQaeda's base for business operations and preparations for jihad, from here a number of attacks on Western targets are alleged to have been organised or supported |
| 1993 | Al Qaeda | |
| 4th Oct Members of a Somali militia shoot down two Black Hawk helicopters, the USA believes that Al Qaeda fighters helped train those responsible for the incident in which 18 American servicemen were killed |
| 1996 | Al Qaeda | |
| May Bin Laden leaves Sudan and returns to Afghanistan |
| 1998 | Al Qaeda | |
| 22nd Feb Bin Laden issues fatwa calling for attacks on USA citizens |
| 7th Aug USA embassies in Kenya and Tanzania are bombed |
| 2000 | Al Qaeda | |
| 12th Oct Two suicide attackers ram a boat carrying explosives into the USS Cole in Aden port killing 17 American sailors |
| 2001 | Al Qaeda | |
| 11th Sep New York Arabia Al Qaeda hijack aeroplanes & destroy the Twin Towers, nearly 3,000 are killed |
| 12th Dec A French citizen of Moroccan origin is charged with conspiring with Osama Bin Laden and other suspects to kill thousands of Americans in the 11 September attacks, Zacarias Moussaoui is detained in the USA on immigration charges |
| 2002 | Al Qaeda | |
22nd Mar Abu Zubaydah believed to have served as Osama Bin Laden's field commander and chief recruiter is capture d during a raid on a house in Pakistan  |
| 11th April Kuta Arabia Two bombs rip through a nightclub area in the Balinese town of Kuta killing 202 people most of them foreign tourists, Indonesia n authorities believe the attacksare carried out by the South East Asian network Jemaah Islamiah, linked to Al Qaeda |
| 2001 | Anthrax Letters | |
| Letters containing anthrax are sent to the USA Senate |
| 1957 | Birth of Laden, Osama bin | |
| Birth of Osama bin Laden |
| 2001 | Bombing of al Qaeda | |
7th Oct Kabul Arabia American and British  forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strike s were reported in the capital, Kabul |
| 1996 | Bombing of Dhahran | |
| 25th June Dhahran Arabia A bomb rips through a USA military housing complex near Dhahran Saudi Arabia killing 19 Americans |
| 2002 | Bombing of Djerba | |
11th April Djerba Arabia A fuel tanker is blown up outside a synagogue on the Tunisia n island of Djerba killing 19 people including 14 German  tourists, an al Qaeda spokesman later says the organisation is behind the suicide attack |
| 2002 | Bombing of Kuta | |
| 11th April Kuta Arabia Two bombs rip through a nightclub area in the Balinese town of Kuta killing 202 people most of them foreign tourists, Indonesia n authorities believe the attacksare carried out by the South East Asian network Jemaah Islamiah, linked to Al Qaeda |
| 1991 | Bombing of New York | |
| 26th Feb New York Arabia A bomb explodes at the World Trade Center |
| 26th Feb New York Arabia Al Qaeda's involvement is unclear but some analysts believe after the attack the group seeks out the plotter Ramzi Yousef and offers him money, Yousef later serves a life sentence for the attack |
| 2001 | Bombing of New York | |
| 11th Sep New York Arabia Al Qaeda hijack aeroplanes & destroy the Twin Towers, nearly 3,000 are killed |
| 11th Sep New York Arabia Al Qaeda hijack aeroplanes & destroy the Twin Towers, nearly 3,000 are killed |
| 12th Dec A French citizen of Moroccan origin is charged with conspiring with Osama Bin Laden and other suspects to kill thousands of Americans in the 11 September attacks, Zacarias Moussaoui is detained in the USA on immigration charges |
| 2004 | Bombing of New York | |
| New York Arabia Says the attacks were carried out because "we are a free people who do not accept injustice, and we want to regain the freedom of our nation" |
| New York Arabia Shortly before the USA presidential election , in a taped statement, bin Laden publicly acknowledged al-Qaeda's involvement in the attacks on the US, and admitted his direct link to the attacks |
| 21st May New York Arabia In an audiotape posted on a website that the USA claims is "frequently used by al-Qaeda", bin Laden says he had personally directed the 19 hijackers |
| 22nd July New York Arabia The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the USA is formed by the USA Government , called the 9/11 Commission, concludes the attacks were planned & carried out by al-Qaeda |
| 1998 | Bombing of US Embassies | |
| 7th Aug USA embassies in Kenya and Tanzania are bombed |
| 20th Aug The USA retaliates against the bombing s of USA embassies in Kenya and Tanzania with air strike s against alleged training camps in Sudan and Afghanistan |
| 2000 | Bombing of USS Cole | |
| 12th Oct Two suicide attackers ram a boat carrying explosives into the USS Cole in Aden port killing 17 American sailors |
| 2004 | Bombing of USS Cole | |
| Six suspected Al Qaeda militants are charged in connection with the attack by a Yemen i court |
| 2003 | Broadcast Laden | |
11th Feb A bin Laden broadcast by al-Jazeera says, "we will fight for our brothers in Iraq  " |
| 2001 | Invasion of Afghanistan | |
| Oct The officially-stated purpose of the invasion is to target al-Qaeda members, and to punish the Taliban Government in Afghanistan which had provided support and haven to al-Qaeda |
| 1990 | Invasion of Kuwait | |
| 2nd Aug Saddam Hussein's army invade s Kuwait, in response to the perceived threat to Saudi Arabia, Osama bin Laden offers to bring an army of jihadist fighters against Saddam to protect the kingdom |
| 2nd Aug The Saudi royal family's decision to seek protection from American troops rather than bin Laden's jihadists is considered a turning point in bin Laden's life |
| 2001 | United Nations | |
| 19th Dec The UN Security Council had issued Resolution 1333 directed towards the Taliban demanding that the Taliban turn over bin Laden to the USA or a third country |
