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Bin Laden lived in Sudan for most of the 1990's at the invitation of [[Hassan al-Turabi]], a powerful Sudanese political leader and terrorism supporter.  He then returned to [[Afghanistan]], where he had fought against the Soviets in the 1980's.  He was protected by the [[Taliban]] until the American liberation of [[Afghanistan]] following [[9/11]].

Bin Laden lived in Sudan for most of the 1990's at the invitation of [[Hassan al-Turabi]], a powerful Sudanese political leader and terrorism supporter.  He then returned to [[Afghanistan]], where he had fought against the Soviets in the 1980's.  He was protected by the [[Taliban]] until the American liberation of [[Afghanistan]] following [[9/11]].

During the 1980s insurgency against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan the CIA helped to train and arm anti-Soviet Islamic militants.  Bin Laden had his own source of funding, though, and would have shunned influence by America.<!--Citation: 9/11 Commission Report. I don't remember the exact page, though. If anybody finds it, we can put it here.-->

During the 1980s insurgency against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan the CIA helped to train and arm anti-Soviet Islamic militants.  Bin Laden had his own source of funding, though, and would have shunned influence by America.<ref>http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2005/Jan/24-318760.html</ref>

He remains at large to this day.

He remains at large to this day.