Osama bin Laden: A timeline of terror

Osama bin Laden: A timeline of terrorOSAMA bin Laden's life from a wealthy and well-educated young Saudi to the world's most wanted terrorist followed a path of destruction.  Osama bin Laden in a 2001 video / AP - 1957: Osama Bin Laden is born to a Syrian mother, reportedly the seventeenth son among 52 brothers and sisters. His father Mohammed Awad bin Laden owns the biggest construction company in the kingdom of South Yemen. He is raised as a devout Wahabbi muslim.-1970: Osama Bin Laden's father dies.- 1974: Bin Laden marries, aged 17 for the first time, to a Syrian girl Najwa Ghanem, who is also Bin Laden’s first...

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Islamic Scholars Question Bin Laden's Sea Burial

Islamic Scholars Question Bin Laden's Sea BurialCAIRO -- Muslim clerics said Monday that Usama bin Laden's burial at sea was a violation of Islamic tradition that may further provoke militant calls for revenge attacks against American targets.Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial -- as with many issues within the faith -- a wide range of senior Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard Muslim practice of placing the body in a grave with the head pointed toward the holy city of Mecca.Sea burials can be allowed, they said, but only in special cases where the death occurred aboard...

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Bush-Era Interrogations Provided Key Details on Bin Laden's Location

Bush-Era Interrogations Provided Key Details on Bin Laden's Location Gitmo Played Role in Bin Laden Death Years of intelligence gathering, including details gleaned from controversial interrogations of Al Qaeda members during the Bush administration, ultimately led the Navy SEALs who killed Usama bin Laden to his compound in Pakistan.The initial threads of intelligence began surfacing in 2003 and came in the form of information about a trusted bin Laden courier, a senior U.S. official told Fox News on condition of anonymity. Bin Laden had cut off all traditional lines of communication with his network by this time because the Al Qaeda...

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