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Born April 27, 1968 (age 56) • Kuwait • (Birthday in 6 days)
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American bomber
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terrorist
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Osama bin Laden
leader of al-Qaeda terrorist organization
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Egyptian militant
Muhammad Atef
al-Qaeda leader
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Jordanian-born terrorist
Anwar al-Awlaki
American radical cleric
Doku Umarov
Chechen separatist and guerrilla leader
George Metesky
American criminal
Terry Nichols
Terry Nichols
American terrorist
Timothy McVeigh
Timothy McVeigh
American terrorist
The Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski
American criminal
Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī
Libyan al-Qaeda strategist
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
al-Qaeda terrorist
Mohammed Atta
Mohammed Atta
Egyptian terrorist
Saif al-Adel
al-Qaeda terrorist
Abu Daoud
Palestinian terrorist
Shamil Basayev
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Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the October 7, 2023, attack
Yahya Sinwar
Hamas leader
Muammar al-Qaddafi
Muammar al-Qaddafi
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