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Osama bin Laden, one of 20 sons of a billionaire construction magnate, arrived in Afghanistan to join the jihad in 1980. An austere religious fanatic and business tycoon, bin Laden specialised in recruiting, financing and training the estimated 35,000 non-Afghan mercenaries who joined the mujaheddin.
The bin Laden family is a prominent pillar of the Saudi Arabian ruling class, with close personal, financial and political ties to that country's pro-US royal family.
Bin Laden senior was appointed Saudi Arabia's minister of public works as a favour by King Faisal. The new minister awarded his own construction companies lucrative contracts to rebuild Islam's holiest mosques in Mecca and Medina. In the process, the bin Laden family company in 1966 became the world's largest private construction company.
Osama bin Laden's father died in 1968. Until 1994, he had access to the dividends from this ill-gotten business empire.
Osama's military and business adventures in Afghanistan had the blessing of the bin Laden dynasty and the reactionary Saudi Arabian regime. His close working relationship with MAK also meant that the CIA was fully aware of his activities.
In 1986, bin Laden brought heavy construction equipment from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan. Using his extensive knowledge of construction techniques (he has a degree in civil engineering), he built �training camps�, some dug deep into the sides of mountains, and built roads to reach them.
These camps, now dubbed �terrorist universities� by Washington, were built in collaboration with the ISI and the CIA. The Afghan contra fighters, including the tens of thousands of mercenaries recruited and paid for by bin Laden, were armed by the CIA. Pakistan, the US and Britain provided military trainers.
Tom Carew, a former British SAS soldier who secretly fought for the mujaheddin told the August 13, 2000, British Observer, �The Americans were keen to teach the Afghans the techniques of urban terrorism � car bombing and so on � so that they could strike at the Russians in major towns ... Many of them are now using their knowledge and expertise to wage war on everything they hate.�
Bin Laden only became a �terrorist� in US eyes when he fell out with the Saudi royal family over its decision to allow more than 540,000 US troops to be stationed on Saudi soil following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
Today, bin Laden's private army of non-Afghan religious fanatics is a key prop of the Taliban regime.
Prior to the devastating September 11 attack on the twin towers of World Trade Center, US ruling-class figures remained unrepentant about the consequences of their dirty deals with the likes of bin Laden, Hekmatyar and the Taliban. Since the awful attack, they have been downright hypocritical.
Originally posted by mOjOm
As you can see, the elite rub elbows with the elite, regardless of what their social habits or private lives may be. Corruption, lies and evil are at the top of all governments and ruling classes. They've all sold their souls for Money and Power in one form or another and the other 99% of the human population is being dragged down into hell right along with them. It's time everyone wakes up to realize who the real enemies are and why they exist. That includes the enemy over seas and the one right here in our own backyard!
Originally posted by Condorcet
If Osama was a real terrorist wouldn't the US have detained his family members for questioning immediately after 9-11 instead of letting them fly out of the country? Is it gross negligence on the part of our security agencies, or is the official story a fraud?
[Edited on 8-3-2004 by Condorcet]
Originally posted by cheshire cat
Originally posted by Condorcet
If Osama was a real terrorist wouldn't the US have detained his family members for questioning immediately after 9-11 instead of letting them fly out of the country? Is it gross negligence on the part of our security agencies, or is the official story a fraud?
[Edited on 8-3-2004 by Condorcet]
Thank you, you're helping prove my point. So many things just do not add up. Wouldn't they have put a freeze on "his" businesses/stocks here in the US?
Originally posted by Scat
hes real, his family ownan airport by my house, and yes, the government IS keeping tabs on them. the only family member osama had any real connection with was his mom, who the gov. is checking on extra close. no contact yet.
Originally posted by StarChild
It's hard to say whether or not he really does exist, considering everything we know about him is from the media (like a lot of other things). I don't know, to be honest. Maybe it is all a conspiracy. So, what else is new?