The Guardian: The 10 key myths about Osama bin Laden

[alp227]

Jason Burke, South Asia correspondent for The Guardian, compiled these ten common misconceptions about Oasma:

1. Osama bin Laden was 'created' by the CIA
2. He had a huge personal fortune
3. He was responsible for 1993 bombing of World Trade Centre
4. He got money from drug running
5. He never exposed himself to any danger
6. He spent a lot of time in caves
7. He was a tearaway teenager who partied in Beirut before becoming religious.
8. He was near to dying of a kidney disease.
9. He hid in Kashmir, was the leader of Chechen groups, was responsible for violence in the Philippines and in Indonesia, organised the Madrid 2004 attack and had an extensive network in Paraguay, sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa.
10. Bin Laden was an Arsenal fan (Arsenal is a soccer team in London)

[damntexdem]

1. Where are these "common." Yes, some are; but others?

Others appear to me to simply be little-known fallacies.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Next they'll tell us he didn't really like the B52's.