[ExI] bin Laden's background

[Lee Corbin]

An excellent source praised from writers across the entire
political spectrum is "The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and
the Road to 9/11" by Lawrence Wright. His mini-biographies
of Bin Laden, Mohammed bin Laden (his father), and the
whole rather remarkable family are very thorough.

I was quite touched by the story of Qutb, who came to
America in 1948 to learn about it, lived in the small town
of Greeley, Colorado, and thought it paradise except for
the appalling behavior of the Americans who, though
very kind and polite, were so profane and sacrilegious
from his point of view. (And that was mid-west America
in the 1940s!)  Then he returned home, and wrote books
that started the whole thing off.

Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joost Rekveld" <lists at lumen.nu>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] bin Laden's background


> it is often forgotten that Bin Laden was once actively supported by
> the Saudi government and even the cia:
>
> <http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?
> item=a1980sosamacia&scale=0#a1980sosamacia>
> <http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?
> item=a1979600million&scale=0#a1979600million>
> <http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?
> item=a86kifahcenter&scale=0#a86kifahcenter>
> <http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?
> item=a1980ssayyafafghan&scale=0#a1980ssayyafafghan>
> <http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?
> item=a89sniperrifles&scale=0#a89sniperrifles>
>
> ciao,
>
> Joost.
>
> On  12 Apr, 2008, at 5:05 AM, Damien Broderick wrote:
>> Crashed planes and family members... hmmm... J. G. Ballard could have
>> invented this guy.
>>
>> <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
>> 0,25197,23524543-5001986,00.html>
>>
>>
>
>
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