Osama (extreme right) at oxford
Salem bin Laden was a playboy who loved western women.
"His work... was to procure pleasure for the Saudi ruling princes... rustling up call girls." (Rebranding Osama bin Laden's family)
In 1979 there was an 'Islamist' attempt to take over the grand Mosque in Mecca, which the bin Laden family had helped to re-design.
Salem helped the military against the 'Islamists'. He shared the Mosque's blueprints with the army.
When Salem died in 1988 in a plane crash, Bakr bin Laden became head of the family.
In June 2000 Prince Charles met Osama bin Laden's brother, Bakr bin Laden, at an art exhibition in London.
'What's your brother up to these days?' Charles asked Bakr. (Rebranding Osama bin Laden's family)
On the morning of 11 September 2001, Shafiq bin Laden was in Washington DC for an investors' meeting of the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, linked to George W Bush and family.
aangirfan: The bin Laden Family
aangirfan: Bush, Bin Laden, Drugs....
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