{"id":467228,"date":"2025-05-02T19:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T23:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/14-years-after-bin-ladens-death-the-fall-of-the-al-qaeda-leader-that-marked-an-era\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T19:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T23:58:32","slug":"14-years-after-bin-ladens-death-the-fall-of-the-al-qaeda-leader-that-marked-an-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/style\/14-years-after-bin-ladens-death-the-fall-of-the-al-qaeda-leader-that-marked-an-era\/","title":{"rendered":"14 years after Bin Laden&#8217;s death: the fall of the Al Qaeda leader that marked an era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This May 2 marks 14 years since the death of <strong>Osama Bin Laden,<\/strong> the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks and founder of the terrorist network <strong>Al Qaeda<\/strong>. His death represented a milestone in the fight against global terrorism and a symbolic closure to one of the most intense searches in modern history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bin Laden was killed by an elite team of U.S. Navy SEALs during the <strong>\u201cNeptune Spear\u201d<\/strong> operation in <strong>Abbottabad, Pakistan<\/strong>, in the early hours of May 2, 2011. The operation, authorized by then-President Barack Obama, was carried out after years of tracking by U.S. intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/eeuu-mata-al-lider-de-al-qaeda-ayman-al-zawahri-en-afganistan\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"109907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US kills Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The terrorist leader was living in hiding in a fortified complex a few kilometers from a Pakistani military academy, which raised questions about the role of <strong>Pakistan<\/strong> in concealing him. The operation lasted less than 40 minutes and culminated in the death of Bin Laden and the seizure of a large amount of documents, computers, and hard drives that shed light on Al Qaeda&#8217;s operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His body was buried in the Arabian Sea a few hours after the operation, a decision that generated debate but which, according to the U.S. government, sought to prevent his tomb from becoming a symbol for extremists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The death of Bin Laden was a hard blow for<strong> Al Qaeda,<\/strong> although it did not mean the end of global terrorism. Groups like ISIS <strong>(Islamic State)<\/strong> subsequently emerged, adopting new methods and extending the threat to other regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fourteen years later, his figure remains synonymous with 21st-century terrorism. Despite the passage of time, the impact of the 9\/11 attacks and the subsequent <strong>\u201cwar on terror\u201d<\/strong> still resonate in security policies, international geopolitics, and the collective perception of violent extremism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This May 2 marks 14 years since the death of Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks and founder of the terrorist network Al Qaeda. His death represented a milestone in the fight against global terrorism and a symbolic closure to one of the most intense searches in modern history. 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