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Did you know that Bin Laden is married to the daughter of the main Taliban Leader?
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Posted on 09/20/2001 12:18:01 AM PDT by hawaiian

Did you know that Bin Laden is married to the daughter of the main Taliban Leader? There's no way this homer is going to turn over is son-in-law!


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1 posted on 09/20/2001 12:18:01 AM PDT by hawaiian
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To: hawaiian
Mohammed Omar is his name.
2 posted on 09/20/2001 12:19:01 AM PDT by hawaiian
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To: hawaiian
And this would be wife number....?

Regards, Ivan
3 posted on 09/20/2001 12:20:37 AM PDT by MadIvan
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To: hawaiian
How many wives does he have? Does anyone know?
4 posted on 09/20/2001 12:21:02 AM PDT by alaskanfan
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To: MadIvan
4, I believe....?
5 posted on 09/20/2001 12:21:21 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: hawaiian
he's got a few wives I've heard,,
6 posted on 09/20/2001 12:21:23 AM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: hawaiian
I understand that its even worse...She is his cousin as well as his wife...go figure? Sound like something that would happen here in Arkansas....
7 posted on 09/20/2001 12:22:56 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: hawaiian
I heard 4 wives.

There is no question that the Taliban must be removed.

8 posted on 09/20/2001 12:23:38 AM PDT by tallhappy
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To: wirestripper
If she's his cousin as you say she is, then that means the Taliban leader is Bin Laden's Uncle, which would make the uncle the brother of Saudi's wealthy construction magnate, Bin Laden's father!

Somehow, I doubt the Saudi's are supporting Taliban?! who knows though, this world is getting nutty.
9 posted on 09/20/2001 12:41:32 AM PDT by RightlySo
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To: hawaiian
Did you know that Bin Laden is married to the daughter of the main Taliban Leader?

My wife claims she is 13 years old, but I don't know what her source was, or whether it is just the start of a new urban legend.

10 posted on 09/20/2001 12:46:26 AM PDT by Jolly Rodgers
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To: hawaiian
Yes.
11 posted on 09/20/2001 12:49:21 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
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To: hawaiian
Osama took wife number 4 last year, the daughter of Mohammed Omar. Four wives is the Muslim limit. I have read that wife #4 is eighteen.

Osama is married to a Syrian, two Saudi's and wife #4, a Yemeni.

12 posted on 09/20/2001 12:50:19 AM PDT by onyx
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To: hawaiian
I forgot to add that all four will soon be widows, unless they decide to go to their Allah with him.
13 posted on 09/20/2001 12:51:08 AM PDT by onyx
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To: RightlySo
I believe its the Sirian one.(probably screwed the spelling}
14 posted on 09/20/2001 12:54:45 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: hawaiian
Yep.
15 posted on 09/20/2001 1:07:35 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: hawaiian
Did you know OBL did not do NYC? Did you know the buildings were imploded? Did you see the video? Do you believe that a plane could bring down a 100 St. building? Did you really believe that such an event could happen twice in the same day, on the same morning and almost at the same time? Do you believe in fairy tales?
16 posted on 09/20/2001 1:17:47 AM PDT by GREYGOST
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To: hawaiian
NEW YORK POST
BACKGROUND CHECKS

By PHILIP RECCHIA

September 19, 2001 -- LONG before the dust settled at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, New Yorkers were snapping up books on the World Trade Center and Osama bin Laden - the man accused of masterminding its destruction - at a frantic pace.

Readers reached for four titles in particular - "Twin Towers," "Divided We Stand," "The New Jackals" and "Bin Laden." Each was previously published from a small imprint, so bookstores could not keep up with demand.

Rich in detail, the first two go far beyond nostalgic, thumbnail sketches of New York City's monuments to capitalism, while the latter bring to life a man who has rapidly emerged as the most reviled political figure since Adolf Hitler.

All rose to top spots on Amazon.com's best-seller list within a day of the suicide attacks. Now, not a single copy of any of the books can be found in New York.

Here's a look just some of the content that's made for such compelling reading.

* "Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Centers" by Angus Kress Gillespie (Rutgers University Press, 1999).

Among the archaeological relics unearthed during construction of the World Trade Center were ship anchors, cannon balls and a time capsule from 1884.

Eight men died while building the complex.

As part of the political wrangling that allowed it to be built in Manhattan rather than New Jersey, WTC owner Port Authority agreed to take over the bankrupt Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, which was renamed PATH, for Port-Authority Trans-Hudson.

At peak periods each day, the Twin Towers' cooling system used more than 100 million gallons of water from the Hudson River.

Sculptures and tapestries displayed in the WTC's public areas included works by renowned artists Alexander Calder, Joan Miro and Fritz Koenig. About $10 million worth of art was lost when the towers collapsed.

* "Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York's World Trade Center" by Eric Darton (Basic Books, 1999).

In 1741, on a site adjacent to the WTC, 14 slaves were buried alive by city authorities who suspected them of an rising up against their masters.

Chartered in 1921, the Port Authority was first run by a man with the curiously appropriate name of Eugenius Outerbridge, for whom the Outerbridge Crossing, which links Staten Island with Perth Amboy, N.J., was named.

Previously occupying the WTC site was an area known as Radio Row, named after such tenants as RCA, Zenith and General Electric.

In the early 1960s, then-New York City assemblyman David Dinkins led a campaign to move the WTC project from Lower Manhattan to Harlem.

Port Authority executive director Austin Tobin selected architect Minoru Yamasaki for the WTC project over such far more noted architects as Philip Johnson and I.M. Pei.

Yamasaki "engineered his towers to withstand the force of a 747 shearing into them."

a drunken womaniser in his youth. that bin Laden has been advised to have plastic surgery and hide from pursuing that Yousef, who liked to portray himself as a pious Muslim, was a wife-beater and a womaniser.

* "The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism" by Simon Reeve (Northeastern University Press, 1999).

In a 1998 speech, bin Laden said, "We don't consider it a crime if we try to have nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. If I have indeed acquired these weapons, then I thank God for enabling me to do so."

Bin Laden's underground organization is "Al Qaeda," which is Arabic for "the base."

Bin Laden associate Ramzi Yousef, who was convicted in the 1993 WTC bombing, wanted to incorporate atomic material in those bombs.

Yousef also wanted to fly a chemical-laden plane into CIA headquarters and, while on the run after the 1993 WTC bombing, planned to assassinate then President Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul.

On a personal note, Reeve reveals that both bin Laden and Yousef, despite their pious postering, were womanizers. Bin Laden, he says, was also a heavy drinker as a young man, and Yousef beat his wife.

* "Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America" by Yossef Bodansky (Prima Publishing, 1999).

One of 54 children, Osama bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, probably in 1957.

His father was a small-time builder and contractor from Yemen who eventually become one of the richest men in Saudi Arabia.

Bin Laden graduated from college after studying management and economics.

He has four wives and more than 15 children.

In November 1999, bin Laden sent a note to an Islamic conference in Pakistan that read, "It is obligatory for all Muslims to continue . . . sacrificing their wealth and life as long as their holy places are not liberated from the subjugation of Jews and Christians. This freedom is not possible until we sacrifice . . . our lives."

17 posted on 09/20/2001 1:20:46 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: GREYGOST
Sure they were imploded...By a fuel/air bomb flown by nuts! and full of our good people......
18 posted on 09/20/2001 1:22:43 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: wirestripper
Who Is Osama bin Laden?
Wealthy Saudi exile is a suspected terrorist mastermind

by David Johnson

Considered the world's foremost terrorist, Osama bin Laden is a leading suspect in the horrific Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center. He has, however, denied involvement in the attack, but through an aide called it "punishment from Allah."

Bin Laden has been implicated in a string of deadly attacks on the United States and its allies: the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; the 1998 bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 200; and the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen. Bin Laden also claims responsibility for a 1993 gunfight that killed 18 U.S. troops in Somalia and the 1996 bombing of the Khobar military complex in Saudi Arabia that left 19 U.S. soldiers dead.

Born with a silver spoon
Bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia around 1957 to a family of Yemeni origins. His father, Mohammed bin Laden, founded a construction company, and with royal patronage, became a billionaire. The company's connections won it such important commissions as rebuilding mosques in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

Mohammed bin Laden took many wives and fathered about 50 children. Osama was the 17th son, born to a later wife. In a society where status within a family is highly important, bin Laden would therefore have been of relatively low rank within the huge family.

Bin Laden studied management and economics at King Abdul Aziz University in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, coming under the influence of religious teachers who introduced him to the wider world of Islamic politics.

The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan galvanized bin Laden. He supported the Afghan resistance, which became a jihad, or holy war. Ironically, the U.S. became a major supporter of the Afghan resistance, or mujahideen, working with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to set up Islamic schools in Pakistan for Afghan refugees. These schools later evolved into virtual training centers for Islamic radicals. Some analysts have said that bin Laden even received CIA training.

By the mid-1980s, bin Laden had moved to Afghanistan, where he established an organization, Maktab al-Khidimat (MAK), to recruit Islamic soldiers from around the world who later form the basis of an international network. The MAK maintained recruiting offices in Detroit and Brooklyn in the 1980s.

An International Network
After the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia and worked in his family's construction business. He founded an organization to help veterans of the Afghan war, many of whom went on to fight in Bosnia, Chechnya, Somalia, and the Philippines. Scholars have suggested these loosely connected bands of seasoned soldiers, ready to fight for Islamic causes, form the basis of bin Laden's current support.

In 1990, in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Saudi government allowed American troops to be stationed in Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden was incensed that non-believers (American soldiers), were allowed to pollute the birthplace of Islam. He also charged the Saudi regime with deviating from true Islam.

Bin Laden was expelled from Saudi Arabia in 1991 because of his anti-government activities. He eventually wound up in Sudan, where he worked with Egyptian radical groups in exile.

Anti-U.S. Attacks
In 1992 bin Laden claimed responsibility for attempting to bomb U.S. soldiers in Yemen and for attacking U.S. troops in Somalia the following year. In 1994, pressure from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia prompted Sudan to expel bin Laden, and he returned to Afghanistan.

In 1998 bin Laden called for all Americans and Jews, including children, to be killed. He has since been accused of increasing his terrorist activities, including the 1998 bombings at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which left 226 dead, including 12 Americans. The date, Aug. 7, was the anniversary of the deployment of U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia.

U.S. cruise missile attacks against targets in the Sudan and Afghanistan in Aug. 1998 are not believed to have seriously hampered bin Laden's network. Bin Laden continues to call for the destruction of the U.S., Israel, and the Saudi monarchy, stating that with these obstacles removed, Islam's three holiest sites, Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem, would then be liberated.

International terrorist network
Yet, even as he is reviled in the West, bin Laden is a hero in parts of the Islamic world, according to intelligence reports. His organization is called Al Qaeda, "the Base," and has an estimated 3,000 followers, which he funds with his estimated $250 million fortune. Experts have said bin Laden could represent a new trend in terrorism—privatization. Until his emergence, most large-scale terrorist organizations are believed to have been connected to governments. However, with his money and disciplined followers, bin Laden is believed to have the ability to launch even more devastating terrorist attacks. He has not denied that he is seeking nuclear or chemical weapons, saying that it is a religious duty to defend Islam.

Bin Laden has been disowned by most of his family, including a brother, Sheik Bakr Mohammed bin Laden, who has established scholarship funds at Harvard Law School, and the Harvard School of Design. In 1991 his Saudi citizenship was revoked.

19 posted on 09/20/2001 1:31:37 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: hawaiian
Your right about Bin Laden here's a recent article on him from over at Forbes.Com that talks about him being married to Taliban leader Mullah Omars 13 year old daughter.

http://www.forbes.com/2001/09/14/0914ladenmoney.html

Here is a second very interesting article on Bin Laden as well.

http://www.forbes.com/2001/09/14/0914whoisobl.html

20 posted on 09/20/2001 1:32:53 AM PDT by Freedomsfriend
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