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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media added. | Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: FBI - Osama bin Laden. | Jul 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBC News - Who is Osama bin Laden? | Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at CSB/SJU - The Personality Profile of al-Qaida Leader Osama bin Laden (PDF). | Dec 05, 2025 | ||
| Top Questions added. | Sep 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brookings Institution - Al Qaeda After Osama. | Aug 26, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Profile: Osama bin Laden. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Middle East Policy Council - Osama bin Laden: Embedded in the Middle East Crises. | Nov 16, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Counter Extremism Project - Osama bin Laden. | Jul 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: FBI - Osama bin Laden. | Apr 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - Osama bin Laden Fast Facts. | Apr 20, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 05, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Death of Osama bin Laden. | Feb 08, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - Minutes and Years: The Bin Ladin Operation. | Aug 15, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - FRONTLINE - The Man Who Knew - Timeline: Al Qaeda's Global Context. | Aug 15, 2018 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 31, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | May 18, 2018 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Mar 29, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - Profile: Osama bin Laden. | Aug 10, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Osama Bin Laden. | May 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Osama bin Laden. | Apr 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Biography of Osama bin Laden. | Apr 01, 2013 | ||
| Changed "Afghanistaden remained absent from the public eye" to "Afghanistan-Pakistan border, during which time bin Laden remained absent from the public eye." | Jun 07, 2011 | ||
| Updated to mention bin Laden audio message, released posthumously by al-Qaeda in late May 2011. | May 19, 2011 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | May 09, 2011 | ||
| Updated to add detail to account of bin Laden's death in a U.S. raid in Pakistan on May 2 2011. | May 03, 2011 | ||
| Added the day and month of his death, May 2. | May 02, 2011 | ||
| Added location of bin Laden's death in Abbottabad, Pakistan. | May 01, 2011 | ||
| U.S. President Barack Obama announced that bin Laden had been killed. | May 01, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Public Broadcating Service - Biography of Osama bin Laden. | Mar 13, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Carnotaurus. | Feb 13, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Ceratosaurus. | Feb 13, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 10, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 12, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 28, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 21, 2001 | ||
| New article added. | Sep 14, 2001 |
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