The Face Of Evil Trivia Quiz

Answer: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Osama Bin Laden was born in 1957, although some sources say 1958, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was the seventh child of Mohammed Awad Bin Laden, who was married to a Syrian woman. Mohammed came from poor beginnings, but in 1930 he started his own construction company. Mohammed is credited with building the palace of former Saudi King, King Saud.

As the royal builder, Mohammed built a close relationship with the royal family, particularly Prince Faisal. This alliance would prove prudent in later years when Faisal deposed Saud as king, and began rebuilding the country after the excesses of the Saud era. Finding the kingdom dangerously short of funds, Faisal graciously accepted Mohammed's offer of financial assistance to shore up the country's ailing economy.

As a reward for his generosity, Faisal issued a royal decree awarding all future construction projects to Mohammed's company. Because of this, the Bin Laden family was known as the wealthiest non royal family, with a business that was worth {$5} billion dollars.

When his father died in 1968, Osama became distant with his family, and became obsessed with Muslim beliefs. It is said that his father's death was too much for Osama to handle at such a young age. Could the death of someone's father lead a man to do evil things later in life? One can only wonder.

Answer: Public Administration and Economics

During this time, Osama was meeting with various Muslim leaders, and getting involved in Muslim movements. When Bin Laden graduated from the King Abdul-Aziz University with degrees in Public Administration and Economics, he used his knowledge to further help his father's construction business. Also, without his family knowing, he was using his knowledge to assist leaders in Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Sudan.

Answer: Soviet Union

Osama was shocked at the treatment the people of Afghanistan were receiving from the Soviet Union. So horrified was he that he went to the leaders of the Mujahedeen, and offered his support and financial backing. A month later, Bin Laden returned to Afghanistan and joined the Mujahedeen in their Jihad against the Soviet Union.

When he returned again in 1982, he brought with him supporters and associates to join the cause. A year later, Bin Laden moved the base of his operation to Afghanistan. He built roads and camps with the help of his construction company.

In 1984, Bin Laden built a guesthouse in Pershawar to house the many Arabs and Saudis who wanted to join the Jihad against the Soviet Union. Four years after building the guesthouse, Bin Laden formed a band of Muslim fighters known as Al-Queda. Sometime before 1989, the Soviet Union backed out of Afghanistan, much to the pleasure of Osama.

In an interview in 1995, Bin Laden stated to Robert Fisk, a Mideast correspondent for 'The Observer' newspaper in London: 'We destroyed the Russian army in Afghanistan, which helped to destroy the Soviet Union, so we can also destroy the United States'.

Answer: Sadam Hussein

The Leaders of Saudi Arabia were embarrassed by Bin Laden's speeches of an impending invasion by Sadam Hussein, and they banned him from traveling. At this time, Saudi Arabia were on good terms with the leader of Iraq, and couldn't understand why Bin Laden was saying that Hussein was going to invade them.

In 1990, United States President, George Bush, authorized 'Operation Desert Storm' after Iraq invaded the sleeping Kuwait. 'Operation Desert Storm' had the base of its operation in Saudi Arabia.

Hearing of this, Bin Laden was outraged and vowed to bring America down for invading his homeland, even though America had the Royal Family's permission to use Arabia. Within a few days of America's so-called invasion of Saudi Arabia, Bin Laden got together 4,000 Saudi supporters and brought them to Afghanistan to begin training.

When Arabia found out what Bin Laden was up to, they immediately placed him under house arrest. In 1991, he arrived in Pakistan after pleading with the Arabian government that he needed to travel to Pakistan on business. From Pakistan, he went to Afghanistan, but seeing that country in political turmoil, went ahead to Sudan.

Answer: Sudan

While Bin Laden was in Afghanistan, he learned that the Saudi government had asked the Pakistani government to track him down and kill him. After many failed attempts to escape, Bin Laden fled by private jet to Sudan. While in Sudan, Bin Laden aligned himself with the Sudanese government.

He offered construction equipment, built much needed roads, and built an airport in return for his safety and freedom of movement. The Sudanese welcomed Bin Laden, sharing his radical version of Islam, and made him a special guest of the government.

It was here that Bin Laden met and formed ties with Dr. Hassan Al Tarabi, who was considered Sudan's ideological leader.

Answer: Ramzi Ahmed Yousef

Ramzi Yousef was sent to the United States, along with three other men, by Bin Laden. Although all four men were militant Muslims, and had fought in Afghanistan, Yousef was the leader of the small band of terrorists sent by Bin Laden to destroy the World Trade Center. Shortly after the bombing, Yousef and the other three men left America and went back to the Middle East.

The FBI tracked down Yousef and the remaining bombers through a New Jersey ATM that Yousef had used to withdraw money, and through bank accounts that were used to buy the components to make the bomb.

After going full circle from Detroit to London to Afghanistan, the FBI had found evidence that linked Bin Laden to the bombing of the World Trade Center. Sadly, six people died, and over a thousand people were injured during this attack of the World Trade Center.

Answer: 1994

The Saudi government, aligning themselves with the United States, revoked Bin Laden's citizenship, and banned him from ever returning to Saudi Arabia. Enraged, Bin Laden claimed that by the Saudi government's alliance with the United States, that they were inadequately Islamic. Bin Laden vowed, yet again, to bring America down, along with Saudi Arabia.

Answer: Jalalabad

In 1996, after he was forced out of Sudan, Bin Laden went to Jalalabad and set up his network of terrorists. Shortly after Bin Laden's return to Afghanistan, the Khobar Towers, a U.S. Air Force barracks in Saudi Arabia, was bombed. The Saudi Ministry of the Interior found evidence that Bin Laden's group of terrorists was behind the bombing.

Answer: Khobar Towers

Evidence shows that Bin Laden and the Al-Queda bombed the Khobar Towers to prove to Saudi Arabia that he meant business. A few months after the Khobar Towers attack, Bin Laden issued a Declaration of War against the United States. The Declaration read: 'Muslims burn with anger at America. For its own good, America should leave Saudi Arabia.

There is no more important duty than pushing the American enemy out of the holy land. The presence of the USA Crusader military forces on land, sea, and air of the states of the Islamic Gulf is the greatest danger threatening the largest oil reserve in the world.

The existence of these forces in the area will provoke the people of the country and induces aggression on their religion, feelings and prides and pushes them to take up armed struggle against the invaders occupying the land. Due to the imbalance of power between our armed forces and the enemy forces, a suitable means of fighting must be adopted, i.e. using fast-moving, light forces that work under complete secrecy.

In other words, to initiate a guerrilla war, where the sons of the nation, and not the military forces, take part in it. As for their accusations of terrorizing the innocent, the children, and the women, these are in the category of accusing others with their own affliction in order to fool the masses. The evidence overwhelmingly shows America and Israel killing the weaker men, women and children in the Muslim world and elsewhere. A few examples of this are seen in the recent Qana massacre in Lebanon, and the death of more than 600,000 Iraqi children because of the shortage of food and medicine which resulted from the boycotts and sanctions against the Muslim Iraqi people, also their withholding of arms from the Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina leaving them prey to the Christian Serbians who massacred and raped in a manner not seen in contemporary history. Not to forget the dropping of the H-bombs on cities with their entire populations of children, elderly, and women, on purpose, and in a premeditated manner as was the case with Hiroshima and Nagasaki'. This was a twelve page document that clearly showed that Bin Laden harboured thoughts about destroying the United States.

Answer: Mullah Omar

In 1996, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, using Jalalabad as the base for the regime. Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, promised Bin Laden protection against the United States, and anyone else trying to get to Bin Laden. In 1997, Bin Laden learned that the Saudi government were planning another attempt on his life, although the Taliban vowed to protect him. Bin Laden fled Jalalabad and went to Khandahar, which was under tighter Taliban control.

By the time Bin Laden arrived in Khandahar, his troops had amassed to over 6,000 strong.

After meeting with Mullah Omar, Bin Laden promised him that the Al-Queda would support the Taliban.

Answer: Khandahar

After moving his troops to Khandahar, Bin Laden granted an interview with CNN correspondent, Peter Bergen. In the interview, he vowed retaliation for the United States' so-called invasion of his homeland. Bin Laden stated in the interview: 'We declared jihad against the U.S. government, because the U.S. government is unjust, criminal and tyrannical.

It has committed acts that are extremely unjust, hideous and criminal, whether directly or through its support of the Israeli occupation. For this and other acts of aggression and injustice, we have declared jihad against the U.S., because in our religion it is our duty to make jihad so that God's word is the one exalted to the heights and so that we drive the Americans away from all Muslim countries.

As for what you asked, whether jihad is directed against U.S. soldiers, the civilians in the land of the Two Holy Places, Mecca and Medina, or against the civilians in America, we have focused our declaration on striking at the soldiers in the country of the Two Holy Places. Saudi Arabia, the country of the Two Holy Places has in our religion a peculiarity of its own over the other Muslim countries.

In our religion, it is not permissible for any non-Muslim to stay in our country. Therefore, even though American civilians are not targeted in our plan, they must leave. We do not guarantee their safety, because we are in a society of more than a billion Muslims. I have benefited so greatly from the jihad in Afghanistan that it would have been impossible for me to gain such a benefit from any other chance, and this cannot be measured by tens of years but rather more than that ... Our experience in this jihad was great, by the grace of God, praise and glory be to Him, and the most of what we benefited from was that the myth of the superpower was destroyed not only in my mind but also in the minds of all Muslims. Slumber and fatigue vanished, and so was the terror which the U.S. would use in its media by attributing itself superpower status or which the Soviet Union used by attributing itself as a superpower'. This was the first interview of many in which Bin Laden preached his anti-American beliefs. Also in 1997, Bin Laden learned that American Special Forces were planning a raid to kidnap him. When he brought the story to the media, the plan to kidnap him was immediately dropped.

Answer: Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The American Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were extremely well coordinated. The FBI and African Intelligence Agencies said that the bombings occured less than four minutes apart. Two trucks, loaded with bombs, were parked inside the parking facilities of the Embassies. Sadly, the bombings claimed the lives of 213 American and African citizens in Nairobi and 11 in Dar es Salaam.

When asked in an interview for 'Time Life' magazine if he and the Al-Queda were responsible, Bin Laden responded: 'The International Islamic Front for Jihad against the U.S. and Israel has, by the grace of God, issued a crystal-clear fatwah calling on the Islamic nation to carry on jihad aimed at liberating holy sites.

The nation of Muhammad has responded to this appeal. If the instigation for jihad against the Jews and the Americans in order to liberate al-Aqsa Mosque and the Holy Ka'aba is considered a crime, then let history be a witness that I am a criminal. Our job is to instigate and, by the grace of God, we did that, and certain people responded to this instigation'. Bin Laden also stated: 'Any thief or criminal or robber who enters another country in order to steal should expect to be exposed to murder at any time. For the American forces to expect anything from me personally reflects a very narrow perception. Thousands of millions of Muslims are angry.

The Americans should expect reactions from the Muslim world that are proportionate to the injustice they inflict'. Bin Laden made these statement on December 23, 1998. A few months after these attacks, the FBI and the U.S. State Department discovered that the bombings were planned as far back as 1993, after several members of the Al-Queda relocated to Kenya. Wadih El-Hage, the main man that Bin Laden sent to Kenya, was arrested in America shortly after.

Answer: Mohammed Saddiq Odeh

Upon Mohammed Saddiq Odeh's arrest in Pakistan, he admitted to being a part of the Al-Queda. Under further interrogation, he claimed that Bin Laden was the one responsible for the American Embassies bombings in Africa. The FBI used Mohammed Saddiq Odeh's interrogation to theorize on the attacks.

Answer: Clinton Administration

Although the Clinton Administration approved the missile strikes, many believed that it was a mistake. BBC's 'Panorama' stated: 'What we did was essentially engage in feckless, pin-prick attacks. Even if they had succeeded, they would have destroyed a few mud huts that Bin Laden's group could have rebuilt within a few weeks. Those attacks symptomized what was wrong with American counterterrorism policy under the Clinton administration, which was that, in effect, when we were hit by terrorists we tried to limit our response to a sort of signal to the terrorists that we were serious. Of course, by being feeble in our response the terrorists got the exact opposite impression, which was that we were weak'.

In the BBC's opinion, they thought counter attacks were a mistake.

Answer: U.S.S. Cole

The FBI found evidence that Bin Laden was behind the attack on the U.S.S. Cole. Days after the attack, the FBI uncovered a video tape which showed Bin Laden bragging about his attack on the destroyer. In the tape, Bin Laden said: 'The destroyer had the illusion she could destroy anything, but was itself destroyed by a tiny boat.

The destroyer represented the West, and the small boat represented Muhammad'.

Answer: Ahmed Ressam

Ahmed Ressam told authorities that he was trained by Bin Laden's network. He also told authorities that he learned how to handle handguns, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers and how to assemble bombs made from the explosives TNT and C4.

Answer: True

On January 3, 2000, a group of Al-Qaeda members boarded a small boat that was loaded with explosives. In their attempt to attack United States destroyer, their boat sank. All on board were killed.

Answer: 'Those who died in the course of the attacks were carrying out God's work'

During his campaign of terror, Bin Laden used videos and documentation to justify his planned attacks on American and Jewish targets. He claimed 'those who died in the course of the attacks were carrying out God's work'.

Answer: Yes

In late August of 2001, members of Bin Laden's network of terrorists were told to return to Afghanistan on or before September 10, 2001. Bin Laden had warned journalists of huge attack on America since 2000. No one ever realized exactly how big that attack was, until it was too late.

Answer: Anthrax

Anthrax started being sent, in letters, to the United States Senate and to television studios. The anthrax dilemma started in Florida, where Mohammed Ata, a terrorist in the attack on the World Trade Center, lived. Evidence was linked to Bin Laden, but more evidence was discovered that the anthrax came from within the United States. I have refrained from giving my opinions, because I wanted to be fair and impartial. All information can be found at www.crimelibrary.com, www.CNN.com, www.FBI.com, AOL Research and Learn: Osama Bin Laden, www.strategypage.com.