The enemy: Osama bin Laden From: Human Events | Date: September 17, 2001| Author: D'Agostino, Joseph A | Copyright Human Events Publishing, Inc. Sep 17, 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

BORN

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, probably in 1957.

PARENTAGE

Muhammad bin Laden, his father, was a modest building contractor from Yemen who later became a billionaire during the Saudi Arabian oil boom of the 1970s. The elder bin Laden had several wives and more than 50 children, of which bin Laden was the 17th. The Saudi royal family hired Muhammad bin Laden's company to restore the mosques in Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest sites.

EDUCATION

He graduated f...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	'Business Icon' Grew Along With Albuquerque Albuquerque Journal ; Harold Gardenswartz moved to Albuquerque in 1939, back when the city's population was some 35,000 and Downtown was its bustling retail center. The Denver native opened H. Cook Sporting Goods on Sixth and Central that year, expanded to Nob Hill in the 1950s, then to Winrock the following decade, not
	Water Loophole May Dry Up ; Board to discuss penalties for thirsty residential users tonight Albuquerque Journal ; The city-county water board tonight could close a loophole that lets some high water users escape penalties for hogging water in the summer months. The board will take up an amendment that would affect the top 1 percent of residential water users in Albuquerque, who officials say account for 5
	DWI Files Should Be Public ; A Letter to the Honorable Jeff Aragon Los Lunas Municipal Court Albuquerque Journal ; ... rights and their rights under the state's public-records and open-meetings laws. You might think all of FOG's supporters would be news folks like me, but that's not so. They include business, government and community leaders. They get it. Those words of Franchini ...
	Is Gov. Still In Mix For Veep? ; CNN Pundits, Other Media Plug Richardson Albuquerque Journal ; WASHINGTON -- Democratic "veepstakes" speculation reached a fevered pitch Tuesday as commentators who often prefaced their remarks by admitting they didn't have a clue shared insights about who they thought might be tapped as Barack Obama's No. 2. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is by most accounts
	Governor's Proposals Cut, But Passed ; Rebates, health plan approved; special session adjourns Albuquerque Journal ; SANTA FE -- Diminished, but delivered. That was the fate of a handful of Gov. Bill Richardson's proposals -- including a tax rebate and increased health care coverage for children -- as the Legislature adjourned a five-day special session early Tuesday evening. Mindful of plunging surplus revenue

See all results.