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Osama Bin Laden

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Terrorist

The Resume

    (March 10, 1957-May 2, 2011)
    17th of 20 sons
    America's Most Wanted
    Protected by the Taliban
    Saudi Arabia revoked his citizenship and his family rejected him (1994)
    Banished from Sudan (1996)
    Runs the al-Qaeda terrorist network
    Hides in mud huts, tent cities and caves
    Assets are worth $300 million
    Runs a network of over 3,000 Islamic militants
    Killed during a US airstrike in Pakistan (confirmed May 1, 2011)

Why he might be annoying:

    He is the prime suspect for the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings (September 11, 2001).
    He may be a supporter of the GIA, a violent Muslim extremist group that battles the Algerian military government and is responsible for the killings of over 60,000 innocent civilians (since 1990).
    He is allegedly responsible for the bombing of 11 U.S. jetliners traveling over the Pacific Ocean (1995).
    He may have been involved in the attempted assassination of Jordan's then-Crown Prince Hassan (1993).
    He may have been involved in the massacre of German tourists in Luxor, Egypt (1997).
    He was allegedly involved in the suicide bombings of the USS Cole in Yemen, killing 17 United States sailors (October 12, 2000).
    He was charged with bombing U.S. Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, killing 224 people (12 American) and wounding thousands (1998).
    Allegedly, he ran plots to assassinate Pope John Paul II and President Bill Clinton.
    He was allegedly involved in the bombing of a Philippines Airliner over Okinawa, Japan (1995).
    He claims to have led attacks on American soldiers who landed in Somalia on a humanitarian mission (1992).
    He's been suspected of establishing terrorist training camps in Sudan (1994).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He has an enlarged heart (how ironic!) and low blood pressure.
    He is missing some toes caused by fighting in a war.
    He stands up for what he believes in.
    He earned a degree in public administration from King Abdul-Aziz University in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia (1981).

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 574 Votes: 34.15% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 6101 Votes: 69.53% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2018 Votes: 68.93% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 2032 Votes: 68.65% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3452 Votes: 65.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 25416 Votes: 62.61% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10759 Votes: 71.32% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2782 Votes: 83.47% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1219 Votes: 92.12% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3801 Votes: 73.03% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20957 Votes: 65.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 38992 Votes: 70.61% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 3304 Votes: 81.05% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 1848 Votes: 84.58% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 6625 Votes: 77.04% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 8991 Votes: 79.41% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 3467 Votes: 85.46% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 6691 Votes: 84.29% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 17073 Votes: 79.19% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 33783 Votes: 72.66% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 8275 Votes: 70.62% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 12195 Votes: 70.18% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 40938 Votes: 76.24% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 31598 Votes: 86.76% Annoying