The War on Terror People

George W. Bush (1946- ) was the 43rd president of the United States.  He was president during the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and launched America’s war in Afghanistan and Iraq in...

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-80) was the Shah of Iran from 1941-1979. He was born in Tehran and sent to school in Switzerland as a child.  He completed his education at a Tehran military s...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini (1902-1989) was the religious leader of the 1979 Iranian revolution.  He was born into a family of religious scholars and did not engage in any political ac...

Saddam Hussein (1937-2006) was the president of Iraq from 1979 to 2006.  He was born to a peasant family near Tikrit in north-central Iraq but was educated in Baghdad.  At age 20, he join...

Osama Bin Laden (1957- 2011) was the leader of Al Qaeda and the mastermind behind the terrorist bombings of 11 September 2001. Born into a wealthy family in Saudi Arabia, he studied engineering bef...