UNITED NATIONS The United Nations has finally removed Osama bin Laden from the list of al Qaeda members subject to U.N. sanctions, nearly two years after he was killed by U.S. commandos in Pakistan.
voted unanimously to treat al Qaeda and the Taliban separately when it comes to U.N. sanctions, a move aimed at supporting the Afghan government’s reconciliation efforts and more effectively fighting global terrorism.
Bin Laden’s designation on the sanctions list gave his name as Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden with 13 “good quality” aliases and two “low quality” aliases. It gave four specific dates and two years, 1956 and 1957, for his birth date and noted that his Saudi citizenship was withdrawn and that the Taliban gave him Afghan nationality.
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