He eluded capture for nearly a decade, now, U.S. forces say they have killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Osama bin Laden is seen in this April 1998 picture at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan.
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Ayman al-Zawahri, left, poses for a photograph with Osama bin Laden in this 1998 photo taken in Khost, Afghanistan.
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Osama bin Laden, identified by the U.S. as being the prime suspect in the attacks on the U.S., is shown in Afghanistan in this April 1998 photo.
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Osama bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in the mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in this Dec. 24, 1998 photo.
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al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan, in this April 1998 photo.
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This television image broadcast on Qatar's Al-Jazeera TV, is said to show Osama bin Laden, at the wedding of his son in January of 2001.
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The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn after hijacked planes crashed into them in New York, Sept. 11, 2001.
Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was slain in his luxury hideout in Pakistan early Monday, May 2, 2011 in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade.
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A jet airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers in New York, Sept. 11, 2001.
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Smoke, flames and debris erupt from one of the World Trade Center towers after a plane strikes it, in New York, Sept. 11, 2001.
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The south tower begins to collapse as smoke billows from both towers of the World Trade Center, in New York, Sept. 11, 2001.
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The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York, Sept. 11, 2001.
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The remains of the World Trade Center stands amid the debris following the terrorist attack on the building in New York, Sept. 11, 2001.
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This is a view looking south on New York's West Street that is covered with debris and white dust in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
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In this file television image from Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera, Osama bin Laden, right, listens as his top deputy Ayman al-Zawahri speaks at an undisclosed location, in this image made from undated video tape broadcast by the station Monday April 15, 2002.
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In this undated still from video released Sept. 10, 2003, Osama bin Laden, left, and his top deputy Ayman al-Zawahri appear.
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Osama bin Laden speaks to the journalists in Khost, Afghanistan and made available Friday, March 19, 2004.
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Osama Bin Laden appears on this layout for an FBI poster after he was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list in June 1999, in connection with the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.
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An image made from Geo TV video shows flames at what is thought to be the compound where terror mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbatabad, Pakistan, Sunday, May 1, 2011.
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Saudi men watch a TV broadcasting a report about Osama bin Laden in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, May 2, 2011.
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Herman Maisonave, of the Queens borough of New York, right, holds up a sign as he joins those gathered at ground zero in New York as they react to the news of Osama Bin Laden's death early Monday morning May 2, 2011.
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