Thu, Dec 31, 2020
Episode 1 starts by reviewing his childhood in Saudi Arabia. In 1980, after the invasion of Aghanistan he joins many other Arab men who want to free the country from the Soviets. Setting up the 'Service Bureau' in Peshawar, Pakistan, he uses his connections to become a major fundraiser in the war effort.
Thu, Dec 31, 2020
In 1997, Bin Laden's Al-Qaeda ramping up its operations in Afghanistan. He follows this, in 1998, with his infamous fatwa calling for 'the murder of any American, anywhere on Earth'. Bomb attacks on two US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya take place only months later, prompting a missile attack on Bin Laden's training camp.