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  Bin Laden family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohammed bin Laden was a native of the Chafeite (Sunni) Hadhramaut coast in southern Yemen and emigrated to Saudi Arabia prior to World War I.
The bin Laden connection with the House of Saud was severely strained in 1979, when pro-Iranian Islamist insurgents briefly took control of the mosque at Mecca.
^ "THE HOUSE OF BIN LADEN", The New Yorker, 2001-11-05.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bin_Laden_family   (1938 words)

  
 Salem bin Laden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of the eldest of the bin Laden brothers (a half-brother and cousin of Osama bin Laden), he acted as the patriarch of the bin Laden family after the 1967 death of his father Mohammed bin Laden.
Salem managed the family's extensive investment portfolio (thought to be valued at around $16 billion).
Salem bin Laden was, through James R. Bath, an investor in Arbusto Energy, a small 1970s oil company run by Bath's close friend, George W. Bush.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salem_bin_Laden   (160 words)

  
 frontline: hunting bin laden: who is bin laden?: about the bin laden family | PBS
The relationship between the bin Ladens and the Saudi royal family is quite exceptional in that it not simply one of business ties: it is also a relationship of trust, of friendship and of shared secrets.
Salem bin Laden was piloting a light aircraft, not a BAC 1-11, when he crashed.
It is partly through the bin Ladens' influence that the Fluor group was one of the major recipients of reconstruction contracts in Kuwait.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/family.html   (3210 words)

  
 Meet The Bin Ladens: Osama's Road to Riches and Terror - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
During that time, Osama bin Laden, known as "OBL" in CIA parlance, was primarily interested in "preserving the spirit of jihad" that had developed during the successful Afghanistan campaign -- a fight which saw an international group of Muslim fighters stand up to the mighty Soviet army.
Mohammed bin Laden had no quarrels with either the preachers or the princes; his only goal was to make it to the top, and the construction business was the ideal launching pad.
Salem bin Laden established the company's ties to the American political elite when, according to French intelligence sources, he helped the Reagan administration circumvent the US Senate and funnel $34 million to the right-wing Contra rebels operating in Nicaragua.
www.spiegel.de /international/spiegel/0,1518,359690,00.html   (2617 words)

  
 Bin Laden's Family Link to Bush
Learning that the Bin Ladens, originally from Saudi Arabia, were staying at the Astoria Hotel, a local photographer asked the unusual visitors to pose.
'Salem was the head of the Bin Laden family as the oldest of all the brothers and sisters.
Bin Laden's younger brother Mohammed, who is said to have moved back to Saudi Arabia with his wife and children several years ago, owns a ten-bedroom mansion in nearby Wayland.
prisonplanet.com /bin_laden_family_link_to_bush.html   (929 words)

  
 The Strange Death Of bin Laden's Brother In Texas
What we do know is that Salem bin Laden, 42, and the oldest of Saudi Arabia's bin Laden brothers, was on one of his frequent visits to Texas when he and friends went out for a Sunday afternoon of fun - flying low-power ultralight aircraft at an air park north of San Antonio.
Salem bin Laden was not wearing a helmet and died of head injuries from the fall, the Bexar County medical examiner concluded.
Now armed with the PBS misreport, some conspiracy writers think Osama bin Laden blames the United States for the death of his oldest brother, the family's leader throughout most of the 1970s and '80s after their father's death in 1967.
www.rense.com /general14/brother.htm   (666 words)

  
 Osama bin Laden
Although bin Laden has become an enemy of the Saudi state, he is nonetheless too popular for his role with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan to be easily imprisoned or killed.
Bin Laden wants the plane to transport Stinger missiles, and apparently it is used in to transport some kind of missile from Pakistan that kill US Special Forces in Somalia in 1993.
Bin Laden is initially based in Jalalabad, which is free of Taliban control, but after the deal he moves his base to Kandahar, which is the center of Taliban power.
www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=osama_bin_laden   (8753 words)

  
 The Neil Rogers Show - News - Bush & Bin Laden - George W. Bush Had Ties to Billionaire bin Laden Brood - The ...
When the family patriarch, Sheik Mohammed bin Laden, died in 1968, he left an industrial and financial empire and a progeny of 54 sons and daughters, the fruit of a number of wives.
The story of the Bush involvement with bin Laden and the BCCI scandal involves "trails that branched, crossed one another, or came to unexpected dead ends," according to The Outlaw Bank.
Salem bin Laden came to an "unexpected dead end" in a Texas pasture, 11 years after investing in Arbusto, when the ultralight aircraft he was flying crashed into power lines near San Antonio on Memorial Day, 1988.
news.neilrogers.com /news/articles/2004060919.html   (1577 words)

  
 The New Yorker : fact : content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Al-Fagih said that the son, Abdullah Osama bin Laden, who is in his early twenties and works for the family business, is one of some fifteen children that Osama has had with three or four wives.
Salem was reportedly one of the two closest friends of the King, and was frequently sought out by American diplomats and businessmen.
Bin Laden has cast himself as a messianic religious authority, but his degrees are in civil engineering and economics.
www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?011112fa_FACT3   (4300 words)

  
 INGLES GRANMA INTERNACIONAL DIGITAL, CUBA
In 1978, Salem bin Laden and George W. Bush established the Arbust Energy Oil Company in Texas, according to the British daily.
Salem bin Laden, the oldest of 57 siblings, invested a large part of his inheritance from his father – a Saudi construction magnate – in several companies, among them Arbust.
Bin Laden’s relatiOves, who maintain close ties with the Saudi royal family, broke with Osama several years ago.
www.granma.cu /ingles/septiem4/40negoci-i.html   (198 words)

  
 Genesis Bush & Laden
Salem bin Laden, Osama’s older brother, was an investor in Arbusto Energy, the Texas oil company started by George W. Bush.
Salem bin Laden died in an airplane crash in Texas in 1988.
When Salem bin Laden, Osama’ brother, died in 1988, his interest in the Houston Gulf Airport was transferred to bin Mahfouz.
darrendixon.supanet.com /bush&laden.htm   (2266 words)

  
 QUESTIONABLE TIES
At the time, Bath was the sole U.S. business representative for Salem bin Laden, head of the wealthy Saudi Arabian family and a brother (one of 17) to Osama bin Laden.
When Salem bin Laden died in 1988, powerful Saudi Arabian banker and BCCI principal Khalid bin Mahfouz inherited his interests in Houston.
The ties between bin Laden and the White House may be much closer than he is willing to acknowledge.
geocities.com /notowaroniraq/binbush   (663 words)

  
 The Bush - Bin Laden Connection - Part 1
While this argument creates a moral firewall for anyone dealing with the other bin Ladens, the firewall is undermined by circumstantial evidence to the contrary.
The U.S.-led effort to freeze Osama-linked assets reportedly is probing financial transactions of the wider bin Laden clan, which is closely tied to the Saudi royal family.
Like George W. Bush, the fortune of Osama bin Laden is rooted in oil and his family’s government connections.
expage.com /notowaroniraq15   (408 words)

  
 The Bushes And The Bin Ladens
Their official line is that the Bin Ladens are above suspicion - apart from Osama, the fl sheep, who they say hijacked the family name.
But Newsnight has obtained evidence that the FBI was on the trail of other members of the] Bin Laden family for links to terrorist organisations before and after September 11th.
The summary goes on to note that the FBI had been investigating Bin Laden family activities in the U.S. prior to Sept. 11.
www.bushwatch.com /binladens.htm   (2554 words)

  
 Al Jazeera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
A BBC programme once made a startling revelation that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents probing relatives of Osama bin Laden were told to go slow soon after George W Bush became the president of the United States.
The programme said it had obtained evidence that the FBI was on the trail of bin Laden family members living in United States before, as well as after, the terrorist attacks.
In 1972, Salem bin Laden, the eldest son, took over the estate as his father's successor, with the assistance of several brothers.
www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/conspiracy_theory/fullstory.asp?id=139   (1306 words)

  
 bush_binladen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
I guess the Saudis concern, from their point of view, was there could be retaliation, there could be anger and even violence directed at these Saudis given the publicity that was then coming out, that so many of the hijackers were Saudis.
Even bin Mahfouz's subsequent financing of the Houston skyscraper for James Baker's family bank or the Saudi bailout of Harken Energy that helped George W. Bush make his fortune were small potatoes compared with what had happened since.
Widely known as the Arab Gatsby, with his trimmed goatee and tailored double-breasted suits, the 52-year-old Bandar was the very embodiment of the contradictions inherent in being a modern, jet-setting, Western-leaning member of the royal House of Saud.
www.oldamericancentury.org /bushco/bush_binladen.htm   (4308 words)

  
 The Bush - Bin Laden Connection
Salem bin Laden named Houston investment broker James R. Bath as his business representative in Texas, right after George W. BushÕs father became CIA director in 1976.
Bin Laden's role has not just been as a practitioner of terrorist acts but as a trainer and supplier of terrorist organizations around the world.
Included in bin Laden's coterie are terrorist groups linked to the Balkans, Albania, the KLA (a U.S. ally), and rebel groups leading the insurrection against Russia in Chechnya.
mysite.verizon.net /ress3yvb/id86.html   (7263 words)

  
 Worldandnation: The bin Laden business empire
The founder: Mohammed Awad bin Laden emigrated from South Yemen to Saudi Arabia and in 1931 founded a construction company.
One of 20 sons was Osama bin Laden.
The board: Bakr bin Laden and 11 relatives now make up the board of the business, which is called the Saudi Binladin Group.
www.sptimes.com /News/092301/Worldandnation/The_bin_Laden_busines.shtml   (371 words)

  
 Part XIX APPENDIX: The Origins of the bin Laden Family
Laden brothers, and we are told that his household language is French.
Laden, doubtless an indication that the lawyer is top-notch in his
Ladens decided that it was necessary to break publicly with the Shakarshis.
webfairy.org /constantine/part19a.htm   (3157 words)

  
 Bin Laden's family link to Bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Why over two and a half years since this information was made public has George W.Bush still not come clean about his and his families links to the Bin Laden clan.
As the world knows to its cost, Osama embraced Islamic fundamentalism and 30 years later was named the world's most wanted man...
Bush was not long out of Harvard Business School when he started the company in 1978.
expage.com /notowar2dcba   (607 words)

  
 Bush's Former Oil Company Linked To bin Laden Family
Doing business with the bin Laden empire, therefore, is only the latest extension of the Bush family's financial ties to unsavory individuals and organizations.
Salem bin Laden, Osama's older brother, was an investor in Arbusto Energy.
About a dozen brothers manage Bin Laden Brothers Construction - one of the largest construction firms in the Middle East.
www.rense.com /general14/bushsformer.htm   (2203 words)

  
 Was Salem bin Laden an embarrassing witness
Bin Laden is believed to have established an Albanian operation in 1994 after telling the government he headed a wealthy Saudi humanitarian agency wanting to help Albania, the newspaper reported.
Apparent confirmation of Bin Laden's activities came earlier this month during the murder trial of Claude Kader, 27, a French national who said he was a member of Bin Laden's Albanian network, the newspaper said.
There is also evidence that bin Laden may had been connected to the February 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City that killed six.
radiobergen.org /terrorism/binladen/binladen_8.htm   (3288 words)

  
 Bush Money
"Bin Laden is a member of a big family.
"The way bin Laden family money is structured is very complicated because there is the big company and there are many small companies of few brothers together, and there are many individuals with their personal investment.
To make the matter even more complex it is very well known that bin Laden family money is intimately mixed with the royal family money in a very complex way.
www.bushwatch.com /bushmoney.htm   (3667 words)

  
 Bush & Bin Laden - George W. Bush Had Ties to Billionaire bin Laden Brood
Bush & Bin Laden - George W. Bush Had Ties to Billionaire bin Laden Brood
The unexplained death of Salem, Osama bin Laden's oldest brother, in 1988, brought to an abrupt end a long and intriguing relationship between President Bush and the head of the bin Laden family fortune.
There was also a political aspect to Salem bin Laden's financial activities, which played a role in U.S. operations in the Middle East and Central America during the 1980s,
www.mafhoum.com /press2/65Safp.htm   (1570 words)

  
 Osama bin Laden
AKA Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden
Despite the best efforts of the United States government, Osama bin Laden is still at large.
So far, the man has managed to elude the likes of Cofer Black, Jerry Boykin, Jack Idema, and former FBI counterterrorism expert John P. O'Neill (ironically killed in the World Trade Center attack).
www.nndb.com /people/669/000023600   (98 words)

  
 Why War? Analysis: Bush Oil Deal has Murky Ties to Saudis, bin Laden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Analysis: Bush Oil Deal has Murky Ties to Saudis, bin Laden
Wayne Madsen, an investigative journalist based in Washington, is the author of Genocide and Covert Operations in Africa 1993ñ1999.
Transcript: Bin Ladin's Former 'Bodyguard' Interviewed on Al-Qa'ida Strategies
www.why-war.com /news/2001/10/22/bushoild.html   (860 words)

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