The Bin Ladens Read online

  Agaty, Yahia El

  agriculture; in Saudi Arabia; in Sudan

  Ahmed, prince of Saudi Arabia

  aircraft leasing

  airplanes; of Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim; of Al-Saud; Bin Laden accidents in

  airplanes; of Bin Ladens; hijacking of; in post-9/11 return of Bin Ladens; royal family’s borrowing of; Salem’s phone use in; in September 11 attacks; ultralights

  airport project, at Port Sudan

  Airworks Inc.

  AK-47 assault rifles

  Akerblad, Christina

  AlamoArrow ultralights

  Alawites

  Al-Azraqi

  Al-Bahra

  alcohol; Faisal’s abstention from; Salem’s use of; Saudi ban on; Saud’s use of; Suleiman and

  Al-Faisaliah Center

  Al-Ghanem family. See Ghanem family

  Algosaibi, Ghazi

  Al-Hijra Construction

  Ali, Anwar

  Ali, Muhammad

  Ali Abrahim Company

  Ali-Khan, Musarrat

  Alim, Bassim

  Alireza, Mohamed

  Alireza family

  Al-Jazeera

  Al-Jihad, 256

  Al-Jihad faction

  Al-Kharj

  Al-Khozam

  Allouni, Taysir

  Al-Madudi family

  Al-Medina, 501Al-Mihdhar family

  Al-Murabba (The Square)

  Al-Murasim

  Al-Nadwa

  Al Qaeda; in Africa; air courier of; birth of; financial crisis of; funding of; myths about; 9/11 and; NSC work on; Osama’s indispensable contributions to; in Philippines; Saudi attacks of; U.S. knowledge of; USS Cole and

  Al Qaeda al Askariya (The Military Base)

  Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 400

  Al-Sahab (The Clouds)

  Al-Saud family: assumptions of; Bakr’s relations with; bayah ceremonies and; Bin Laden partnership with; cars of; debauchery of; debts of; expenditures of; factionalism and rivalry in; fears about Western consultants in; as guardians of Islam’s birthplace; hunting of; Muslim Brotherhood and; 9/11 and; in Orlando; Osama’s conflicts with; Osama’s protectiveness toward; pamphlets against; post-9/11 return to Saudi Arabia of; power as conceived by; purity of bloodline of; succession issues in; telephones and; violent revolts against; vulnerability to Islamic revolution of; Yeslam’s relations with

  Al-Shamal Bank

  Al-Sharif family

  Al-Shaykh family

  Al-Thaghr Model School; after-school; Islamic study group at; description of; Faisal’s modernization and; as hotbed of debate; Osama’s half-brothers at

  Al-Yamamah deal

  Al-Yamamah Hotel

  Amarco (American Arabian Company)

  Ameen, Mike

  Ameri, Khalid

  America in Motion Corporation

  American Airlines Flight

  American Express

  ammunition

  Amr (Faisal’s grandson)

  Anas, Abdullah

  Angawi, Sami

  Anna from Germany

  “Antenuptial Agreement Submitting Marriage to Islamic Law,”

  anti-Americanism: Al-Kharj and; of Osama

  anti-communism, Saudi Arabia and

  anti-Semitism; of Osama

  anti-Zionism; of Faisal; of Osama

  aphrodisiacs

  Arab boycott

  Arabia; see also specific places Arabian American Oil Company. See Aramco Arab-Israeli war (1967)

  Arab-Israeli war (1973)

  Arab nationalism; Nasser and

  Arab revolt (1917)

  Arab volunteers, in Afghan war

  Arafat plain

  Aramco (Arabian American Oil Company); asphalt of; Bin Laden Brothers and; natural gas and; palace projects and; payrolls of; road building of; Saud and; Saudi payments from

  Arbusto drilling fund

  architecture, Islamic; Wahhabi view of

  Armenians

  Armitage, Rupert; Bin Laden Telecommunications and; on Copford Glebe; on

  Mahrouz; as musician; on Osama

  Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.

  Arthur Andersen

  Ashkar, Joe

  Ashmawi, Mohamed

  Asir province; Mohamed’s death in; Saudi government projects in; September 11 hijackers from

  asphalt, of Aramco

  Atef, Mohamed

  Attas, Mohamed Al-

  Attas, Sheikha Al-; childbirths of; divorce of; Gail Freeman’s meeting of; Jeddah home of

  Auerbach, Anthony

  Auerbach, Gerald; on Mohamed; in Peshawar flight; Salem’s death and; at Sara’s wedding

  Austin, Mo

  Austria

  automobiles; of Abdulaziz; of Hassan; of Ibrahim; of Mohamed; of Osama; of Salem; Saudi women’s use of; in United States; of Yeslam

  Avino, Joaquin

  Awda, Salman Al-

  Azzam, Abdullah; death of; financial dependence of; Osama compared with; Osama’s disagreements with; as Osama’s mentor; on Saudi funding; Services Office of; wife of

  B

  Baathism

  Badeeb, Ahmed; Afghan war and; on Osama’s contacts with Saudi government; Osama urged to leave Pakistan by

  Badeeb, Saeed

  Baer, Robert

  BAE Systems

  Baghdad

  Bahamas

  Bahareth, Fatimah Ahmed Mohsen

  Bahareth, Mohamed

  Bahri, Nasir Al-

  Baily, Jan

  Baker, James A.

  Baker Botts

  Balaban, Michael

  Bandar Bin Sultan, prince; Clinton’s relations with; September 11 and; Walters’s report and

  Banjshiri, Abu Ubaidah Al-

  Bank of America

  Bank Al-Taqwa

  Banna, Hassan Al-

  Banque Indosuez

  Barger, Tim

  Barkley, Mary Martha

  Bashir, Omar

  Ba Surras

  Batarfi, Khaled; on invasion of Kuwait; Osama’s scolding of; on Osama’s travels; on toughness

  Bath, Jim; as alleged CIA operative

  Bath, Sandra

  bayah (fealty)

  Bayma, Isabel. See Bin Laden, Isabel Bayma Bayma, Regina. See Frisaura, Regina Bayma Bayoun, Nur

  Bay Point, FL

  Bazz, Renee

  BBC

  Bearden, Milton

  Bearman, Peri

  Bechtel, Stephen

  Bechtel Corporation

  Bedouin; battles of; manual labor disdained by; royal campers and; Salem’s relations with; succession and; worship practices of

  Beirut; Hard Rock Cafe in; Bell, Alexander Graham

  Bell Canada

  Bennett, Terry

  Bentsen, Lan

  Bentsen, Lloyd

  Bernstein, Bob

  Berra, Yogi

  Beverly Hills, CA

  Bexar County Medical Examiner

  Beydoun, Nour

  Biheiri, Soliman

  Bilad Al-Saudiyah, Al

  bin Abdulaziz, Talal

  Binar, Inc. (formerly Binladin International Inc.)

  Bin Baz, Sheikh

  Binco Investments, N.V.

  BIN Corporation

  Bin Laden, Abdulaziz (Mohamed’s son)

  Bin Laden, Abdulaziz Bin Bakr

  Bin Laden, Abdullah (Mohamed’s son); FBI and; 9/11 and; Walters and

  Bin Laden, Abdullah (Osama’s son); Fame Advertising and; medical treatment of

  Bin Laden, Abdullah Aziz

  Bin Laden, Abdullah Bin Awadh (Mohamed’s brother); in Jeddah; Mohamed’s death and; semi-retirement of; Sudan mission of

  Bin Laden, Abdullah Bin Awadh (Osama’s nephew)

  Bin Laden, Abdul Rahman

  Bin Laden, Aboud

  Bin Laden, Ahmed (nineteenth-century relative)

  Bin Laden, Ahmed Mohamed (Osama’s stepbrother)

  Bin Laden, Ali (Mohamed’s son); business training of; father’s death and; Salem’s death a
nd; Salem’s struggles with; separation from family company by

  Bin Laden, Ali (nineteenth-century relative); Bin Laden, Ali (Osama’s son)

  Bin Laden, Awadh Aboud; death threat against; wife of

  Bin Laden, Aysha

  Bin Laden, Bakr; Al-Saud relations with; appearance of; automobiles of; Baby Elephant as guardian of; in Bin Laden Brothers; Caroline’s second marriage and; corporate reorganization of; as devout Muslim; divorces of; education of; as family leader; as father; FBI and; flying of; Ghalib’s relationship with; as health nut; inheritance issues cleaned up by; Iridium and; lawsuits against; majlis of; marriages of; Medina and Mecca projects and; in New York; 9/11 and; offshore companies and; Osama’s expulsion from business and; Osama’s relationship with; Osama’s Saudi departure and; in Pakistan; political interests of; Prince Charles’s relationship with; Riyadh car bombing and; Salem’s death and; in Saudi Bin Laden Group; as sheikh; university donations by; U.S. embassy bombings and; Yeslam’s tensions with

  Bin Laden, Carmen; divorce of; Haifa’s friendship with; on Mahrouz’s family; on Mohamed’s wives; on Osama; on Osama’s wife and children; suicide threats of

  Bin Laden, Caroline Carey (Carrie); conversion of; second marriage of

  Bin Laden, Fawzia

  Bin Laden, Firas

  Bin Laden, Fowziyah

  Bin Laden, Ghalib; Al-Taqwa Bank and; in Bin Laden Brothers; education of; flying of; Osama’s divested shares assigned to; Peshawar visited by; Salem’s death and; wife of

  Bin Laden, Haider

  Bin Laden, Haifa Nabulsi; Bin Laden, Hamzah

  Bin Laden, Hassan; FBI and; international portfolio of

  Bin Laden, Hoda

  Bin Laden, Huda

  Bin Laden, Ibrahim; audit of; custody struggle of; devoutness of; divorce of; education of; financial ignorance claimed by; inheritance of; marriage of; 9/11 and; prenuptial contract of

  Bin Laden, Iman

  Bin Laden, Isabel Bayma

  Bin Laden, Issa

  Bin Laden, Khaled

  Bin Laden, Khalid (Mohamed’s son)

  Bin Laden, Khalid (Osama’s son)

  Bin Laden, Khalifa

  Bin Laden, Khalil; education of; legal entanglements of; marriage of 9/11 and; real estate investments of

  Bin Laden, Ladin

  Bin Laden, Layla

  Bin Laden, Mahrouz; Islamic devotion of; Mecca siege and; Salem’s death and

  Bin Laden, Mansour

  Bin Laden, Mariam

  Bin Laden, Mohamed; Abdullah’s separation from; Al-Kharj and; alliance building of; anxiety of; appearance of; Aramco and; automobiles of; background of; backlash against; Bin Laden, Mohamed, Bakr compared with; Bin Mahfouz as banker of; birth year of; Buraimi dispute and; company reorganized by; construction company of; courtesy of; death of; desert camps of; divorces of; drive and ambition of; emigration from Jeddah of; emigration from Rabat of; eye accident of; Faisal’s conflicts with; Faisal’s relationship with; as father; flying of; foundation established by; graft of; Hejaz Railway and; as hustler; Ibrahim’s views on; “illness” of; in Jeddah; Jerusalem project and; leadership style of; as legend; majlis of; marriages of; Mecca project of; Medina project of; as Muslim; named Saudi state minister; near illiteracy of; Osama compared with; Osama’s relationship with; overstrained finances of; palace projects of; political risks of; rehabilitation of; road building of; Royal Orders and; Salem compared with; Saudi social identity of; Saud’s relationship with; as sheikh; slaves released by; sons’ education and; speeches of; Suleiman’s relationship with; values of; wealth of; will of

  Bin Laden, Mohamed bin Mohamed

  Bin Laden, Mohamed Osama; wedding of

  Bin Laden, Mona

  Bin Laden, Najiah; Bin Laden, Najwa

  Bin Laden, Nawaf

  Bin Laden, Nur

  Bin Laden, Omar (Mohamed’s son); Bin Laden Brothers; education of; in Geneva; invasion of Kuwait and; lawsuits against; offshore companies and; Port Sudan airport and

  Bin Laden, Omar (Osama’s son); Bin Laden, Omar Awadh

  Bin Laden, Osama; in Afghanistan, see subheadings under Afghanistan; in after-school Islamic study group; airplanes of; Al-Aziziyah apartment building of; ambition of; anti-Americanism of; anti-Semitism of; appearance of; arms requests and purchases of; in assassination plots; birth of; brothers introduced to; business and land investments of; charitable and humanitarian work of; childhood of; CIA tracking of; conversion experience of; Crown Prince Abdullah and; domestic problems of; driving of; education of; emotional complexity of family position of; essays and sermons of; European and U.S. travels of; exile of; extremism and violence of; Faisal’s campaign and; false photographic attribution for; family’s distancing of, see Bin Laden family, Osama’s problematic relations with; as father; father’s death and; father’s work sites and; financial problems of; first World Trade Center attack and; foresight and political analysis limited in; funding of; guilt of; half-siblings’ relations with; honesty of; hypocrisy of; income and wealth of; inheritance of; Islamic devotion of; leadership style of; legend of; legitimacy of; marriages of; Mecca siege and; media office biography of; media projects of; in Mohamed Bin Laden Company; in Muslim Brotherhood; 9/11 and; obedience of; in Pakistan, see Pakistan, Osama i ranch of; reading of; recruitment by; return to Saudi Arabia of; Salem’s death and; Salem’s relationship with; in Saudi Bin Laden Group; Saudi citizenship lost by; Saudi conflicts with; Shafiq compared with; shyness and reticence of; on sins; sources of identity abandoned by; speaking style of; sports interests of; in Sudan; Swiss accounts of; telephones and; toughening up preached by; TV watching of; will of; Yeslam’s views on

  Bin Laden, Rabab

  Bin Laden, Raedah

  Bin Laden, Rafah

  Bin Laden, Raja

  Bin Laden, Rajia

  Bin Laden, Randa; Baths’ estrangement from; birthday party for; flying lessons of; marriage of; medical education of; shopping of

  Bin Laden, Sa’ad

  Bin Laden, Salah

  Bin Laden, Saleh

  Bin Laden, Saleha. See Piccirillo, Saleha Bin Laden

  Bin Laden, Salem (Khaled’s son)

  Bin Laden, Salem (Mohamed’s son) Afghan war and; Ali’s struggles with; appearance of; Arabian decorum and; Bakr compared with; Bakr’s relationship with; birth year of; British estate of; business strategy of; business training of; in Cairo; cautiousness of; charity of; companies started by, see Bin Laden Brothers for Contracting and Industry; Salian International; constant companionship needed by; death of; at desert camps; divorce of; drinking of; education of; exhibitionism of; Fahd’s relationship with; as family intermediary; family’s first contact with Pakistan and Afghanistan due to; family travel organized by; family vulnerability and; father’s death and; financial struggles of; flight interests of; in Florida; Bin Laden, Salem (Mohamed’s son) (cont.); freedom of; gambling of; girlfriends of; global lifestyle of; guileless quality of; hemorrhoid surgery of; hunting of; lack of exercise of; in London; made managing director; marital dream and fantasy of; marriages of; Mecca siege and; medical ambition of; Munro’s relationship with; as Muslim; naming of; near flying accidents of; nocturnal schedule of; offshore companies of; Osama compared with; Osama’s arms request and; Osama’s relationship with; out-of-financial-system dealings of; in Pakistan; parties of; past-due bills collected by; as patriarch; performing of; personal estate of; pranks of; Randa’s relationship with; real estate ventures of; restlessness of; road building and; shopping of; siblings’ education and; snobs mocked by; spheres of intrigue of; spiritual side of; in Sweden; telephone habits of; in Washington, D.C.; Yeslam compared with; Yeslam’s tensions with

  Bin Laden, Salha

  Bin Laden, Salman

  Bin Laden, Sama

  Bin Laden, Sanaa

  Bin Laden, Sara; wedding of

  Bin Laden, Sayf

  Bin Laden, Shafiq; birth of; education of; FBI and; international investment and; 9/11 and; Salem’s relationship with<
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  Bin Laden, Sheikha. See Khalifa, Sheikha Bin Laden

  Bin Laden, Sibba; custody struggle over

  Bin Laden, Suaad

  Bin Laden, Sultan

  Bin Laden, Syed

  Bin Laden, Tareq; in Khartoum; lawsuits against; offshore companies and

  Bin Laden, Turki

  Bin Laden, Wafah. See Daufour, Wafah Bin Laden, Yahya; in Bin Laden Brothers; education of; wife of

  Bin Laden, Yasser

  Bin Laden, Yehia

  Bin Laden, Yeslam; anxiety and panic attacks of; birth of; breaking away of; divorce of; education of; on father; flying of; in Geneva; Ibrahim’s purchase of mansion and; on inheritance; lawsuits against; marriage of; Mecca siege and; 9/11 and; offshore companies and; race-car driving of; real estate investment and; salary of; Salem’s death and; Salem’s tensions with; SICO and; stock and

  Bin Laden, Zaid

  Bin Laden, Zeenat

  Bin Laden brand

  Bin Laden Brothers for Contracting and Industry; Aramco profile of; British division of; Jeddah office of; Osama at

  Binladen BSB Landscaping v. M.V. Nedlloyd

  Bin Laden family: Al-Saud partnership with, see Al-Saud family, Bin Laden partnership with; communal property of; diffuse authority in; diplomatic passports of; FBI interviews with; FBI investigation of; financial fears of; first U.S. mention of; foundation of; four branches of; globalization and; in Kenda tribe; legacy of; Osama’s creation of value for; Osama’s problematic relations with; post-9/11 returns to Saudi Arabia by; public repudiations of; rewards of employees of; U.S. investments of; vault of; vulnerability to revolution of; Walters and; wealth of; Yemini origins of

  Bin Laden Island

  Bin Laden London

  Bin Laden Telecommunications

  Binladin Overseas (Pvt. Ltd.)

  Bin Mahfouz, Khalid; Afghan war and; aircraft and; Amarco and; Bath’s business dealings with; credit of; real estate of; Salem’s death and

  Bin Mahfouz, Mohamed

  Bin Mahfouz, Salem; charitable work of

  Bin Mahfouz family

  Bin Sumait, Alawi Abdullah

  Birgen, Mehmet (Baby Elephant)

  birth records, lack of

  Black Watch regiment

  Blessed Relief

  Blum, Jason

  Blum, Peter

  boats and yachts

  Boeing Corporation

  Boeing

  Boeing

  bonds, bond market

  Borges, Elizabeth

  Bosnia

  Boston, MA; FBI in

  Bowman, Shirley

  Brand, Juerg

  Brazil

  Bremer, Paul

  Brennan, John