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The worst Terrorists and Terrorism events in history

Throughout history, we witnessed many inhumane acts of terrorism, causing the loss of many lives. But what was the story behind these terror attacks and the secret behind the terrorist himself? the only history can tell us as we get closer to these events and characters, we put Bin Laden under the spotlight who was once the leader of el Al-Káida and was responsible for the September, 11 terror attacks which you can read as well and know the secrets behind these events, succeeded by Ayman El Zawahri.

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Carlos the Jackal

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Wednesday Oct 12, 1949 to Present

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal, is a Venezuelan terrorist currently serving a life sentence in France for the 1975 murder of an informant for the French government and two French counter-intelligence agents. While in prison he was further convicted of attacks in France that killed 11 and injured 150 people and sentenced to an additional life term in 2011, and then to a third life term in 2017.

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Ayman al-Zawahiri

Ayman al-Zawahri
Tuesday Jun 19, 1951 to Present

Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri is the current leader of al-Qaeda and a current or former member and senior official of Islamist organizations which have orchestrated and carried out attacks in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East and also some in North America and Europe. In 2012, he called on Muslims to kidnap Western tourists in Muslim countries.

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Bin Laden

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Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011), also rendered Usama bin Ladin, was a founder of the pan-Islamic militant organization al-Qaeda. He was a Saudi Arabian until 1994 (stateless thereafter), a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic Yemeni Kindite.

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September 11 (9/11) Attacks

September 11 attacks
Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 to Friday Jul 26, 2019

The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks resulted in 2,977 victim fatalities, over 25,000 injuries, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. Additional people have died of 9/11-related cancer and respiratory diseases in the months and years following the attacks.

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