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Profile of Osama bin Laden, figurehead of "holy war"

2011-05-02 657 Dailymotion

With one spectacular attack on September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden put Islamist "holy war" on the global agenda of the 21st century -- and became a household name around the world. Nearly a decade after that attack, President Barack Obama on Sunday announced bin Laden's death in a raid by US covert forces on his hideout in Pakistan, and said that his body had been taken into custody. Duration: 01:40.