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Osama bin Laden  

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  • For much of his life, Osama bin Laden was likely the most infamous terrorist in the world. Known among his cadres as “the prince” and “the emir,” bin Laden sought to overturn the current world order and replace it with one in which the Islamic world would have no borders. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; bin Laden, Osama (1957–2011)]

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