Omar bin osama bin mohammed bin awad bin laden better known as omar bin laden, is one of the sons of osama bin laden and his first. Snowden says the cia orchestrated the fake death of the former leader of al qaeda, while he was actually transported with his family to. Possibly the most compelling passages from this book are those which paint a picture of an osama bin laden uninhibited by political objectives. Osama bin laden was an international terrorist, religious extremist, and founder of the radical jihad organization al qaeda. Mohammed bin laden divorced hamida soon after osama bin laden was born. Seals book on bin laden raid, woodward book on obama due sept. A great deal of the book is devoted to the authors entry into the seals, seal training, and missions in iraq and afghanistan prior to the raid of osama bin ladens compound. Osamas wife and son take us inside their secret world is a 2009 book based on interviews with a wife and son of osama bin laden. Family tells of the dramatic last moments in the life of. Osama bin laden was born osama bin mohammed bin awad bin laden on march 10, 1957, in riyadh, saudi arabia, to construction billionaire mohammed awad bin laden.
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