Bin Laden's son rises in al-Qaeda

[ConcernedCanuk]

. . Bin Laden's son rises in al-Qaeda
From correspondents in Washington
October 14, 2003

ONE of Osama bin Laden's eldest sons has risen to the top ranks of al-Qaeda and is helping run the terror network from Iran, the Washington Post reported.

Saad bin Laden, believed to be 24, and other top al-Qaeda operatives are operating inside Iran near Afghan border protected by an elite Iranian unit linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to the Post.

The newspaper cites US, European and Arab officials as its sources.

Saad has been linked to both the May 12 suicide bombing in Riyadh that killed 35, and the May 16 bombings that killed 45 people in Casablanca, Morocco, according to the Post.

[NNN0LHI]

1. Wonder if this guy was one of the bin Ladens that Junior allowed...

...to fly out of the US right after 9/11?

Don

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Now that would be a stake in the heart, wouldn't it?

*

[PsychoDad]

3. ??

Wonder how we could find out?

[Drifter]

4. Since he has ...

something like 40 children, I doubt it. I'm sure this one has been involved with terrorism for a long time.

It would be damning if it were though.

Cheers
Drifter

[NNN0LHI]

7. Boston a Home for Bin Ladens

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/la-091701clan.story

Several siblings have settled in area; family has given $2 million to Harvard.September 17, 2001


BOSTON -- One brother is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Another owns swanky condos on the waterfront here. Another is an accused international terrorist--and one of the most reviled men on Earth.

With 54 siblings and an enormous fortune, it is little wonder that the Bin Laden family has a global reach. But Boston is where Tuesday's terror began. And the Bin Laden ties here turn out to be tight.

A $1-million gift "from the generosity of the Bin Laden family" promotes the study of Islamic law at Harvard Law School. At Harvard's Graduate School of Design, another $1-million donation from the Bin Ladens endows students and professors who pursue the field of Islamic art and architecture.

Abdullah M. Binladen, a 1994 graduate of Harvard Law School, has offices in Cambridge, though he did not respond to telephone requests for comment. Another brother, Mohammed M. bin Laden, owns six units in the luxurious Flagship Wharf complex in Charlestown, close to where the Constitution is docked. The management of the building--where apartments range from $300,000 to $2 million--would not discuss any of the residents. The family surname apparently is rendered in different ways in English.

The endowments to Harvard, made in the early 1990s, came from the Saudi Bin Laden Group, a collection of family members in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, university spokesman Joe Wrinn said. The Bin Laden family operates Saudi Arabia's largest and richest construction company.

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[cosmicdot]

5. who are these 'correspondents'

"From correspondents in Washington"

"The newspaper cites US, European and Arab officials as its sources."

"Intelligence officials are split"

I guess in this era I'm skeptical about such vague sources.

"Saad - who is fluent in English and is computer-literate - was in Afghanistan in the mid-1980s when his father Osama first formed al-Qaeda, the Post reported."

So, "Saad" is 'believed to be 24' in 2003 ... was in Afghanistan in the mid-1980s ... so, he would have been there, according to somebody ... at age 6-7 years old???

[Patriot_Spear]

6. Is this the same Bin Laden son Bush* let leave the U.S. on 911?

...wouldn't that be a pip.

[Patriot_Spear]

11. Thanks!

It's a starting point...!

[Aidoneus]

13. doubtful

he's probably been near his father and not as some conspiratorial arm of "BFEE". Also very doubtful that he's based in Iran now.

[Bridget Burke]

15. Probably not...

The original story about the Bin Ladin family exodus after September 11th appeared in The New Yorker. It's not online but I may still have my copy.

Generally, the article reviewed the Bin Ladin family history, including those who lived in the US. At the time, we'd been told that the Bin Ladins had totally disinherited Osama. It wasn't that simple. Polygamy produces very large extended families, who do not always agree with each other. (Not that other families always agree!) Some of the conservative types--mostly still in Saudi Arabia--had never really lost track of their boy. The ones living here were generally more Westernized & may well have been appalled at what happened.

The main sticking point was that--after the Bin Ladin relatives had been rounded up here, before they left for Saudi Arabia--they were not questioned at all. You didn't get the idea that they were co-conspirators, but that they might have offered information about other, suspect family members. However, they were shut up--violating SOP for investigations of mass murders--& shipped out.

{taking allergy pill before diving into pile of dusty magazines}

[bif]

8. It's most likely this one

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/1110108.stm

[ze_dscherman]

9. Now, isn't that convenient?

Let's go and invade Iran! They got weapons of mass murder, they support turrrsts, they hate the western world ...

[NNN0LHI]

12. Axis Of Evil. Don't forget Axis of Evil. Very important n/t

[lumpy]

10. Bushco has created many

Osama sons by immaculate conception using phallic missles.

[mumon]

14. Well, hell, folks...

It doesn't take a village to raise the next generation of bin Ladens...

They are a fucking village!

And that's just his children, nephews & nieces!

That alone is a- lot of pissed off Muslims!

Good thing we didn't do something stupid like invade Iraq...uh oh...