The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century PDF
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THE BIN LADENS ALSO BY STEVE COLL Ghost Wars On the Grand Trunk Road Eagle on the Street (with David A. Vise) The Taking of Getty Oil The Deal of the Century THE BIN LADENS AN ARABIAN FAMILY IN THE AMERICAN CENTURY STEVE COLL T P P HE ENGUIN RESS New York 2008 THE PENGUIN PRESS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA • Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3, (a division of Pearson Canada Inc.) • Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England • Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) • Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) • Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi–110 017, India • Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) • Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England First published in 2008 by The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Copyright © Steve Coll, 2008 All rights reserved LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Coll, Steve. The Bin Ladens: an Arabian family in the American century/Steve Coll. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 978-1-1012-0272-2 1. Bin Laden family. 2. Saudi Arabia—History—20th century. I. Title. CS1129.B552 2008 2007042748 953.805'2—dc22 Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrightable materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. CONTENTS AUTHOR’S NOTE FAMILY TREE A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION Prologue: “We All Worship the Same God” October 1984 to February 1985 PART ONE: PATRIARCHS 1900 to September 1967 1. In Exile 2. The Royal Garage 3. Silent Partners 4. The Glory of His Reign 5. For Jerusalem 6. The Backlash 7. A Modern Man 8. Crosswind PART TWO: SONS AND DAUGHTERS September 1967 to May 1988 9. The Guardians 10. Young Osama 11. Realm of Conspiracy 12. The Rising Son 13. Discovering America 14. The Convert’s Zeal 15. Wired 16. The Amusement Park 17. In the King’s Service 18. Anxiety Disorder 19. The Grinder 20. The Arms Bazaar 21. Off the Books 22. The Proposal 23. Kitty Hawk Field of Dreams PART THREE: THE GLOBAL FAMILY June 1988 to September 2001 24. Writer-Director-Producer 25. Lump Sums 26. America in Motion 27. The Swiss Accounts 28. A Rolls-Royce in the Rain 29. The Construction of Exile 30. Hedge Funds 31. A Trojan Desk 32. The Aesthetics of Worship 33. One Phone, One World 34. Lawyers, Guns, and Money 35. Bin Laden Island PART FOUR: LEGACIES September 2001 to September 2007 36. The Name 37. Public Relations 38. Brands 39. So What? 40. In Exile ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX AUTHOR’S NOTE T now on the staff of the Washington Post made extraordinary WO JOURNALISTS contributions to the research for this book. Robin Shulman conducted interviews and dug up documents in Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Spain, France, and the United States. Her persistence, empathy, and eye for detail have made the book immeasurably stronger. After I drafted the manuscript, Julie Tate recontacted my interview subjects to deepen the research and recheck facts and interpretations. Her attention to detail and nuance, her passion for the subject matter, and her astonishing work ethic made an enormous difference. B L THE IN ADENS Born from mid-1940s to 1950: S : Salem, Ali, Thabit, Mahrous, Hassan, Omar, Bakr, Khaled, Yeslam, Ghalib, ONS Yahya, Abdulaziz, Issa, Tareq D : Aysha, Fatima, Sheikha, Su’add, Tayyeba, Wafa, Nour AUGHTERS Born from 1951 to 1959: S : Ahmad, Ibrahim, Shafiq, Osama, Khalil, Saleh, Haider ONS D : Salma, Zeenat, Ruqqueiya, Randa, Zubaida, Najiah, Samiah, Muna, AUGHTERS Saleha, Mariam, Fowziyah, Raja, Huda, Seema Born from 1959 to 1967: S : Saad, Abdullah, Yasir, Mohammad ONS D : Raedah, Eman, Aetedal, Sahar, Ilham, Sana’a, Malak, Muneera AUGHTERS
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