Osama Bin Laden: Political Life Chronology

From: Atlanta Inquirer | Date: September 22, 2001 | Copyright information


Atlanta Inquirer

09-22-2001

Osama Bin Laden: Political Life Chronology

THE BEGINNINGS

Born 1957 for Syrian mother, Osama bin Laden was the seventh son among
fifty brothers and sisters.

BIN LADEN THE FATHER

His father Mohammed Awad bin Laden came to the kingdom from Hadramout
(South Yemen) sometime around 1930. The father started his life as a very
poor laborer (porter in Jeddah port), to end up as owner of the biggest
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