Osama bin Laden1990
After speaking publicly against the Saudi Government for harboring American troops, he was banished and forced to live in exile in Sudan
Saudi Arabia · Politics / Al-Qaeda. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
After speaking publicly against the Saudi Government for harboring American troops, he was banished and forced to live in exile in Sudan
The Al-Qaeda move to Sudan follows an Islamist coup in Sudan, led by Colonel Omar al-Bashir, who professed a commitment to reordering Muslim political values. From around 1992 to 1996, al-Qaeda and bin Laden based themselves in Sudan at the invitation of Islamist theoretician Hassan al Turabi
Due to bin Ladens continuous verbal assault on King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, on 5 March 1994 Fahd sent an emissary to Sudan demanding bin Ladens passport; bin Ladens Saudi citizenship was also revoked
An attempt to assassinate Egyptian president Mubarak led to the expulsion of bin Laden, by the Sudanese Government
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