Osama bin Laden, the face of terror, killed in Pakistan - CNN.com

Even before September 11, Osama bin Laden was already on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Osama bin Laden was the leader of the al Qaeda terrorist group
• The Islamic militant was born into a wealthy Saudi family
• He was behind the 9/11 attacks in the United States, among others

RELATED TOPICS

• Osama bin Laden
• Pakistan
• September 11 Attacks
• Terrorism

(CNN) -- The most prominent face of terror in America and beyond, Osama Bin Laden, has been killed in Pakistan, U.S. officials said Sunday night.

Bin Laden was the leader of al Qaeda, the terrorist network behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. U.S. officials said that their forces have the body of bin Laden.

The enormity of the destruction -- the World Trade Center's towers devastated by two hijacked airplanes, the Pentagon partially destroyed by a third hijacked jetliner, a fourth flight crashed in rural Pennsylvania, and more than 3,000 people killed -- gave bin Laden a global presence.

Osama bin Laden, the face of terror, killed in Pakistan - CNN.com