Posted on 10/12/2009 10:00:13 AM PDT by Steelfish
Living With Osama bin Laden: First Wife Tells of Husband's Bid To Train His Sons As Suicide Bombers
Daily Mail Reporter 12th October 2009
Osama bin Laden was a tyrant who trained his own children to be suicide bombers and murdered their pets, his first wife has revealed.
In a new book about her time living with bin Laden, Najwa Ghanem has told how she gave birth to 11 of his 14 children because bin Laden said that Islam needed many warriors. And millionaire bin Laden would not allow any modern appliances in his home, even refusing his son medicine to treat his asthma, she reveals.
On one occasion Najwa remembers how, in the 1990s, bin Laden took his family of four wives and 14 children on a camping trip to the desert of Sudan.
After finding an isolated spot, bin Laden ordered his sons to dig a ditches in the sand and all of the children, even one and two-year-olds, were forced to climb in.
The ordeal was supposed to be training for a future war between the West and Muslims.
‘You must be gallant,’ he warned. ‘Do not think about foxes or snakes. Challenging trials are coming to us.’
When the children complained that they were cold bin Laden simply told them to cover themselves with dirt and said that they would be ‘warm under what nature provides.’
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
You first, Dad!
Be happy the Duggars are not Muslim extremists
OBL has nothing on my old man. We tromped around the swamps of Michigan though, makes the desert downright inviting....
‘Do not think about foxes or snakes or tempting camels, or beckoning sheep waggling their inviting nether-regions, no..! Never do that..! Never lust for wide-eyed desert boys..!!!”
What a nut. He had his own little hitler youth going.
When the children complained that they were cold bin Laden simply told them to cover themselves with dirt and said that they would be ‘warm under what nature provides.’
AH! The dirt nap!
Feel very sorry for the kids. Every kid is born innocent and poor parenting is responsible for many (maybe not all) of the mental ills we get as adults.
Poor poor kids. All a kid wants is love from his parents. God Bless those kids. If any of them turned out normal despite having UBL as a dad, that is living proof of the Love of God...
re: Train His Sons As Suicide Bombers
I wonder what constitutes ‘training’ for a suicide bomber? It seems pretty straightforward to me, strap it on and move to the desired location.
Remember the joke years ago about who Billie Jean King’s new sponsor was?
“Osama bin Laden: sunflower enthusiast with a passion for fast cars”
By Ben Farmer in Kabul
Published: 8:43PM BST 16 Oct 2009
SNIPPET: “He also banned the use of electrical appliances in his home and tried to toughen up his sons by making them climb desert mountains without water.
Details from the home life of the founder of al Qaeda have emerged in the book Najwa has written with his fourth son Omar.”
SNIPPET: “Najwa married her cousin Bin Laden when he was 17 and she was 15 and went on to bear him seven sons, including Omar, and four daughters.
He went on to take a total of six wives and kept them in seclusion in spartan homes in Saudi Arabia and Sudan where they were not allowed to use electrical appliances, according to the book to be published in Britain in November.”
SNIPPET: “The young couple travelled to the United States soon after the 1979 Iranian revolution, where Bin Laden met Abdullah Azzam, the radical Palestinian cleric regarded as his ideological mentor.
Soon after he began journeying to Pakistan to support the anti-Soviet resistance.”
“...had at least one gold-coloured Mercedes and once bought a speedboat.”
SNIPPET: “However in lighter moments his sons admired his horsemanship and he liked to show off his mathematical ability by challenging people to beat his arithmetic with a calculator.”
"The young couple travelled to the United States soon after the 1979 Iranian revolution, where Bin Laden met Abdullah Azzam, the radical Palestinian cleric regarded as his ideological mentor.
Soon after he began journeying to Pakistan to support the anti-Soviet resistance."
SNIPPETS from the link in post no. 1:
SNIPPET: "Even the children’s pets were not safe from bin Laden’s particular brand of total religious fanaticism.
He ordered a much-loved pet monkey to be run over because it ‘was not a monkey at all, but was a Jewish person turned into a monkey by the hand of God.’
And a litter of puppies the boys adopted was gassed by al Qaeda fighters to see how long it would take them to die."
SNIPPET: "Bin Laden did not hesitate in training his sons to be suicide bombers as they grew older."
SNIPPET: "While she remains married to him Najwa says she has not spoken to Osama since the 9/11 attacks and does not know where he is. She now lives in a secret location in the Middle East with her son Omar."
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=Bin_Laden&language=english
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Most Wanted Terrorists: “USAMA BIN LADEN”
Posted here for archival purposes.
Stepping back in time to August 21, 1998:
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/fs_bin_ladin.html
Fact Sheet: Usama bin Ladin
Released by the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
August 21, 1998
On August 20, 1998, the U.S. military struck a number of facilities of the terrorist network associated with Usama bin Ladin. Today bin Ladin’s network leads, funds and inspires a wide range of Islamic extremist groups that perpetrate acts of terrorism around the world.
The bin Ladin network is multi-national and has established a worldwide presence. Senior figures in the network are also senior leaders in other Islamic terrorist networks, including those designated by the Department of State as foreign terrorist groups, such as the Egyptian al-Gama’At al-Islamiyya and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bin Ladin and his network seek to provoke a war between Islam and the West and the overthrow of existing Muslim governments, such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Our decision to attack facilities belonging to Usama bin Ladin’s network is the result of convincing intelligence that his group, working with other terrorist groups, was behind the heinous attacks of August 7 against the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Elements of bin Ladin’s network were also involved last week in a plot to attack other U.S. embassies.
Moreover, on August 19, an Islamic front created by the bin Ladin network, and calling itself the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders, praised the bombings of our embassies and warned that, “America will face a black fate...strikes will continue from everywhere, and Islamic groups will appear one after the other to fight American interests.”
Bin Ladin’s network has publicly and repeatedly articulated a clear and violent anti-U.S. agenda:
In August 1996, bin Ladin issued a “declaration of war” against the United States.
In February 1998, bin Ladin stated “If someone can kill an American soldier, it is better than wasting time on other matters.”
In February of this year, the bin Ladin network’s World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders declared its intention to attack Americans and our allies, including civilians, anywhere in the world.
In May of this year, bin Ladin stated at a press conference in Afghanistan that we would see the results of his threats “in a few weeks.”
Bin Ladin’s Network
Bin Ladin’s goal in his own words is to “unite all Muslims and establish a government which follows the rule of the caliphs,” which he believes he can accomplish only by overthrowing nearly all Muslim governments, driving Western influence from those countries and eventually to abolishing state boundaries.
The bin Ladin network supports terrorists in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Tajikistan, Somalia, Yemen, and now Kosovo. It also trains members of terrorist networks from such diverse countries as the Philippines, Algeria and Eritrea.
Additional Background
Bin Ladin, the youngest son of a wealthy Saudi businessman, developed a worldwide organization in the 1970s to recruit Muslim terrorists for the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. In 1988, he formed a network devoted to terror and subversion. He returned to his home in Saudi Arabia in 1989, but the Government of Saudi Arabia expelled him the following year for his continued support of terrorist groups.
Bin Ladin then went to Sudan from which he carried on his support for terrorist operations. At the urging of the United States, and following the attempted assassination of President Mubarak of Egypt, in which bin Ladin was involved and in which the Sudanese Government was complicit, the Government of Sudan expelled bin Ladin in 1996. However, he has maintained considerable business interests and facilities in Sudan.
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ON THE INTERNET:
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "SUICIDE BOMBERS TARGET IRAQI MINISTRIES, KILL 132" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "A pair of suicide bombers driving trucks packed with explosives detonated...") (October 25, 2009, 2:19 pm)
DAILY TIMES.com.pk: Peshawar: "48 KILLED IN PESHAWAR SUICIDE BOMBING" by Manzoor Ali Shah (SNIPPET: "A suicide attack at Khyber Bazaar on Friday killed 48 people and injured more than 148, officials and hospital sources have said. An official at the Lady Reading Hospital said four people had succumbed to their injuries at hospital. The blast occurred at 12:15pm after a white car rammed into a public transport bus, Cantt Superintendent of Police Nisar Marwat told reporters. He said the car was packed with 100 kilogrammes of explosives. Bomb Disposal Squad chief Shafqat Malik confirmed that a suicide attacker was responsible, adding the device was planted in the door panels of the vehicle and included machinegun ammunition, designed to inflict maximum casualties, AFP reported.") (October 10, 2009)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "FIVE KILLED IN SUICIDE ATTACK AT UN OFFICE IN ISLAMABAD" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "A suicide bomber killed five United Nations workers in an attack at an office in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad. The suicide bomber penetrated security at the World Food Program offices and detonated inside the building, killing four Pakistanis and an Iraqi national.") (October 5, 2009, 10:25 am)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "WHIT3Y PRESENTS...Taliban Suicide Bomber Academy" (SNIPPET: How much you want to bet that "Umar Studio" is really LEE Media?" (September 20, 2009)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 22 BORDER GUARDS AT TORKHAM CROSSING IN PAKISTAN" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: ""The guards were about to break their fast when a teenaged boy carrying a bottle of Pepsi walked toward them and blew himself up," a witness to the attack told Reuters.") (August 27, 2009, 1:27 pm)
COLOMBIA REPORTS.com: "FARC USE HOMELESS WOMAN AS HUMAN BOMB: AUTHORITIES" (SNIPPET: "According to police sources, the bomb was given to the woman by guerrillas of the FARC's 'Mariscal Sucre front' who activated the bomb when the woman arrived at the target.") July 29, 2009, 09:06)
DAWN.com: Mingora - "BOYS TRAINED FOR SUICIDE BOMBING ARRESTED" SNIPPET: "The 14 vehicles prepared for suicide attacks, 35,000kgs of explosives, 50 computers, hundreds of guns, over 100 pistols, thousands of rounds and electronic goods seized from militants and their hideouts were displayed at the press briefing. -APP" (July 27, 2009, 5:10 am PST)
TIMES ONLINE.co.uk: "'I was groomed for jihad in Britain'" by Kevin Dowling (SNIPPET: "A TEENAGER has revealed how he was recruited by Al-Qaeda-inspired extremists and groomed to carry out suicide attacks in Britain.") (May 17, 2009)
Network.NATIONAL POST.com - blog - Johnathan Kay: "MOMMY BLOWS UP WITH TODDLER -- THIS HAS GOT BE A NEW LOW FOR MILITANT ISLAM" by Johnathan Kay (SNIPPET: "Having spent this morning catching up on my weekend reading, I came across this Page 4 article from Friday's New York Times. Here's the lead paragraph: "BAGHDAD -- At least 80 people died and 120 others were injured Thursday in three bombings, one by a female suicide bomber in Baghdad who, Iraqi officials said, held a young child's hand as she set off her explosives among a group of women and children receiving emergency food aid."") (April 28, 2009, 12:33 pm)
DAILY MAIL.co.uk: "'300 TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBERS ON WAY TO ISLAMABAD,' CLAIM PAKISTAN OFFICIALS" (SNIPPET: '300 suicide bombers are on their way to Islamabad, Pakistan and plan to attack the capital and certain local officials of foreign embassies there, Interior Ministry sources said.") (Last updated April 26, 2009, 1:37 pm)
OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (REUTERS): "SOMALIA-TRAINED SUICIDE BOMBER BLAMED FOR YEMEN ATTACK" (SNIPPET: "They say his name was Abdel Rahman Mehdi al-Aajbari, and that he trained in Somalia before heading back to Yemen to do the deed.") (March 23, 2009)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE): "SHE HAD THEN RAPED AND THEN TURNED THEM INTO SUICIDE BOMBERS SO THEY COULD ESCAPE SHAME" (Snippet: "Iraqi woman had 80 women raped then recruited as suicide bombers...") (February 4, 2009)
Video: "INTERVIEWING SUICIDE BOMBERS" (SNIPPET: "Yoram Schweitzer interviews failed male and female suicide bombers and their dispatchers, currently incarcerated in Israel.") (December 20, 2008)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Release No. 20081203-05: Mosul, Iraq - "PUSH CART EXPLODES NEAR SCHOOL" (SNIPPET: "The insurgents allegedly used a push cart loaded with explosives.") (December 3, 2008)
JIHAD WATCH.org (KSTP.com): "'TWIN CITIES MAN' BLEW HIMSELF UP IN SOMALIA SUICIDE BOMBING" (SNIPPET: "The FBI and Homeland Security are investigating whether Shirwa Ahmed had developed a terrorist recruiting network in the area.") (November 25, 2008)
JIHAD WATCH.org (MyFoxTwinCities): "SOMALIS LEAVING MINNESOTA, RETURNING HOME TO WAGE JIHAD?" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "They're known in the Somali community simply at The Missing. More than 20 young Somali men, between the ages of 17 and 22, who have left the Twin Cities in the last few months, without a single word to their families.") (November 25, 2008)
CNS NEWS.com: Jerusalem - "IN IRAN, A CALL FOR SUICIDE BOMBERS TO ATTACK THE U.S." by Julie Stahl (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Fliers calling for young people to sign up for Hezbollah suicide attacks against the U.S. were distributed recently in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran.") (November 4, 2008)
CNN.com: "FEMALE BOMBER KILLS 16 NEAR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "More than 20 female suicide bombers have carried out attacks in Iraq this year, a number much higher than in previous years. According to the U.S. military, women carried out eight bombings in 2007. Authorities said that al Qaeda in Iraq is recruiting women and that increasing numbers of women are volunteering for missions.") (Updated June 22, 2008, 1927 GMT)
ADNKRONOS.com (AKI): Baghdad - "IRAQ: CHILD TERRORISTS BEHIND GROWING NUMBER OF ATTACKS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Iraqi army has noted a rise in attacks carried out by children or women from 2007 to 2008. In the last year they are believed to have carried out at least 16 suicide attacks and 200 other bomb attacks.") (June 13, 2008)
KUNA.net.kw: Islamabad - "POLICE IN ISLAMABAD ARRESTS OVER 75 SUSPECTS AFTER REPORTS OF SUICIDE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Syed Kalim Imam, Senior Superintendent Police (SSP), while talking to media said that security has been given a red alert and an operation has been launched to arrest eight teenaged suicide bombers. He added that so far more than 75 suspects have been arrested and that the operation was still underway.") (March 23, 2008, 5:56 pm)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Release No. 20080223-05: Mosul, Iraq - "COALITION FORCES DISCOVER DISGUISED TRUCK-BOMB" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "Coalition forces discovered a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device disguised as a Red Crescent food relief truck in southeastern Mosul Feb. 15. The truck was labeled with hospital markings but contained eight 55-gallon drums with more than 5,000 pounds of unknown bulk explosives.") (February 23, 2008)
DAWN.com (Peshawar, December 26, 2007): "YOUTH WITH DYNAMITE HELD NEAR RALLY VENUE" by Ali Hazrat Bacha (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reliable sources said the 19-year-old suspect, who identified himself as Raham Islam of Matani, had dynamite strapped to his body and he was trying to enter the stadium when he was stopped by security personnel. The suspect said that he had come here from a wedding party and could not find time to dispose of the explosive material.") (December 27, 2007) (Read More...)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Hurriyet, Yeni Safak, Turkey, December 25, 2007"): Turkey - "SUBWAY BOMBER ARRESTED IN ISTANBUL" (BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: "Turkish media reported on the arrest in Istanbul of a PKK operative before he caused bloodshed. The terrorist was carrying with him 3.2 kg of A-4 plastic explosives when the police caught him yesterday, buying a ticket in an Istanbul subway station.") (December 25, 2007) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Istanbul - "POLICE IN ISTANBUL FOIL BOMB-ATTACK PLOT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police thwarted a bomb attack in Istanbul yesterday, arresting a 25-year-old man with explosives in his backpack outside a subway station, the city's governor said.") (December 25, 2007) (Read More...)
DAWN.com (Peshawar, December 26, 2007): "YOUTH WITH DYNAMITE HELD NEAR RALLY VENUE" by Ali Hazrat Bacha (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reliable sources said the 19-year-old suspect, who identified himself as Raham Islam of Matani, had dynamite strapped to his body and he was trying to enter the stadium when he was stopped by security personnel. The suspect said that he had come here from a wedding party and could not find time to dispose of the explosive material.") (December 27, 2007)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Release No. 20071116-02: Cob Speicher, Iraq - "SUICIDE CAR BOMB KILLS 2 CHILDREN, DAMAGES SCHOOL" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "A suicide car bomb attack killed two children, injured 11 more, and damaged an Iraqi school Nov. 15 in the city of Kirkuk. Additionally, the suicide car bomb killed an Iraqi teacher, two Iraqi policemen, and an unidentified Iraqi citizen.") (November 16, 2007)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC): SNIPPET: "Osama Hamdan, the Hamas representative in Lebanon, told Iranian television that suicide bombing attacks against Israel were justified, especially attacks in buses. He rejected the historical Jewish connection to the Land of Israel and stated that Hamas' avowed intention was to wipe Israel off the face of the map." (August 21, 2007)
BBC NEWS: "IRAQI SUICIDE BOMBING 'KILLS 15'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In another incident, Iraqi police said they shot dead a suspected suicide bomber as she tried to detonate her bomb at a Baghdad recruitment centre. The shots triggered her explosive belt, police said. Three police recruits received minor wounds from the explosion. The woman died.") (Last updated June 5, 2007, 17:34 GMT, 18:34 UK)
WTOP.com (AP): London - "STUDY SAYS IRAN TEXTBOOKS URGE MARTYRDOM" by Thomas Wagner, AP (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Textbooks used in Iran's schools are instilling students with hatred toward the West, especially the United States, and urging them to become "martyrs" in a global holy war against countries perceived to be enemies of Islam, a new study says. An Iranian human rights activist, Ghazal Omid, praised the findings, saying they prove hard-liners in Iran are using the books to turn children into "ticking bombs."") (February 8, 2007, 2:09 pm)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1111: Palestinian Legislative Council Member 'Umm Nidal' on Saudi Iqra TV: A Muslim Mother Should Raise Her Children for Jihad Interviewer Iqra TV Director-General Critical of Arab TV Channels That Don't Support Martyrdom Operations" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with Palestinian Legislative Council member "Umm Nidal" Farhat, aired on Saudi Iqra TV, on February 19, 2006. TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1066" (March 10, 2006)
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CONVERTS TO TERROR" by Daniel Pipes (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Islamist terror organizations particularly prize converts. They know the local culture and blend in.") (December 6, 2005)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series No. 1032: "REFORMIST SAUDI AUTHOR: RELIGIOUS CASSETTES ADVOCATED JIHAD BY EMPHASIZING MARTYR'S SEXUAL REWARDS" (November 23, 2005)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 983: "COMMANDER OF HAMAS MILITARY WING WOMEN'S UNIT: 'Our Members Yearn for Martyrdom'" (September 9, 2005)
CORRIERE.IT/english: Turin - "TURIN IMAM DEPORTED -- "HE'S DANGEROUS" Accused of praising Bin Laden. Como-based Tunisian activist also expelled." (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The ten children taking part in the ring-o'-roses protest beneath the market clock in Porta Palazzo were all wearing suicide bomber belts. The year was 1997, and that was the first time Bouriqi Bouchta, whose idea it was, attracted Italy’s attention.") (September 7, 2005)
MEMRITV.org/Transcript - Video Clip No. 838 - 8/31/2005: " 8/31/2005 Clip No. 838: "Sheik of Al-Azhar Muhammad Tantawi Explains on Al-Hurra TV When a Suicide Bomber Becomes a Martyr and When He Is Not" (TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET: "Following are excerpts from an interview with Sheik of Al-Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, which aired on Al-Hurra TV on August 31, 2005")
MEMRI TV.org - Clip No. 843 - Transcript: "SAUDI IQRA TV RAISES MONEY FOR PALESTINIAN INTIFADA" (TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET: "Caption: The Saudi committee for support of the Al-Quds Intifada. Account number 98, a joint account in all Saudi banks.") (August 29, 2005)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 909: "BAHRAINI AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST: THE PROPONENTS OF THE SUICIDE IDEOLOGY HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In an article that appeared in the Saudi daily Al-Yawm, titled "The Globalization of Islamic Suicide" author and journalist Sawsan Al-Sha'er wrote that the extremist Islamist groups are taking advantage of global communications to recruit suicide bombers, and predicted the spread of the suicide bomber phenomenon to Britain as well.") (May 17, 2005)
MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Special Report - No.32: "MEMRI TV Project Special Report: Arab and Iranian TV Clips in Support of Suicide Bombing" (September 1, 2004)
JIHAD WATCH.org: "RATIONAL, EDUCATED AND PROSPEROUS: JUST YOUR AVERAGE SUICIDE BOMBER" (May 15, 2004)
SAAG.org - SOUTH ASIA ANALYSIS GROUP: "SUICIDE & SUICIDAL TERRORISM" by B. Raman (March 12, 2004)
JIHAD WATCH.org (HAARETZ): "10 SUICIDE BOMBINGS FOILED OVER PASSOVER HOLIDAY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of two Tanzim activists caught at the end of March told interrogators the group that sent them had planned a series of other attacks, including one with a device to which blood infected with AIDS would be attached.") (April 13, 2004)FrontPageMagazine.com: "AFFLUENT GENOCIDE" by Robert Spencer (October 14, 2003)
WorldNetDaily.com: "HAMAS LAUNCHES WEBZINE FOR KIDS Journal praises martyrs, encourages children to follow example" by Jon Dougherty (November 5, 2002)
NEW SCIENTIST.com: "SUICIDE BOMBERS MAY SPREAD DISEASE" (July 24, 2002)
WTVT.com - FOX13 Investigative: "JIHAD FOR KIDS" (February 4, 2002)
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