Obama bin laden biography

Reportedly the architect of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden accused the US of waging a war against Muslims and called for the overthrow of autocratic Arab regimes.

This is his story: 

Divorced parents

Born to a billionaire father in Saudi Arabia, 1979 was the turning point when Osama went from being a business administration student to becoming a fighter in Afghanistan.

• Childhood: Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1957, Osama was the 17th child born to Mohammed bin Laden, a Yemeni immigrant who owned the largest construction company in Saudi.

• Osama’s mother, Alia Ghanem, was from Syria and was briefly Mohammed’s fourth wife before divorcing when Osama was four.

• Osama was raised in Jeddah as a step son in his mother’s new household, as Osama’s father died in a helicopter crash.

  Osama was 11 years old at the time.

• Politics: As Osama pursued a bachelor’s degree in business administration at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, shocking news