The Psyche of a Bin Laden From: The Washington Post | Date: October 28, 2001| Author: David Ignatius | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Because his last known address was a cave in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden often appears in Western press accounts as a brutal but primitive fanatic -- a sort of 21st century throwback to the hashish- crazed Muslim sect of "assassins" in ancient times.

Would that bin Laden were such an atavistic and simple-minded enemy. That would make things much easier for the United States and its allies. But he is a far trickier adversary. He may be in revolt against what he views as the corrupting ...

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