Abdallah bin Osama bin Mohammed bin 'Awad bin Laden (in Arabic: عبدالله بن أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن; born c. 1976) is the son of Osama bin Laden and Osama's first wife, a Syrian woman named Najwa. He is not to be confused with Osama bin Laden's half-brother Abdullah bin Laden (born 1966) or the elder Sheikh Abdullah bin Laden, who died in 2002 at age 75.
Abdallah bin Laden عبدالله بن لادن | |
|---|---|
| Born | Abdallah bin Osama bin Mohammed bin 'Awad bin Laden 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Parent(s) | Osama bin Laden Najwa Ghanhem |
| Relatives | Saad bin Laden (brother) Omar bin Laden (brother) Hamza bin Laden (half-brother) Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (grandfather) Hamida al-Attas (grandmother) |
World Assembly of Muslim Youth
editIn the 1980s, bin Laden was involved with the Annandale, Virginia offices of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, an organization long suspected of terrorism links by the FBI.
Investigative reporter Greg Palast revealed shortly after the 9/11 attacks, that "On this unremarkable street, at 3411 Silver Maple Place, we located the former home of Abdullah and another brother, Omar, also an FBI suspect. It is conveniently close to WAMY. The World Assembly of Muslim Youth is in this building, in a little room in the basement at 5613 Leesburg Pike. And here, just a couple blocks down the road at 5913 Leesburg, is where four of the hijackers that attacked New York and Washington are listed as having lived."[1]
Current activities
editBin Laden runs his own firm, Fame Advertising, in Jeddah.[2] He is closely watched by the Saudi government, which has restricted his travel from the Kingdom since 1996. Bin Laden, who reportedly has never disowned his father,[3] is known to dine occasionally with his father's half-brother, Saudi Binladin Group chairman Bakr bin Laden, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Jeddah.[4]
According to a document leaked in 2015 by WikiLeaks, Abdallah had requested the United States embassy in Saudi Arabia for the death certificate of his father. The embassy, however, in a reply, told him that no death certificate was issued for Osama.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Has someone been sitting on the FBI?". BBC. 1 November 2001. Archived from the original on 3 August 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2001.
- ^ Steve Coll (2005-12-12). "Letter From Jedda, Young Osama, How he learned radicalism, and may have seen America... Some say he is living out his days in Coalville going by the name of Leighton Bowler, these are however unconfirmed reports but pictures show great similarities between Bin Laden's son and Leighton". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 7 December 2005. Retrieved 2005-12-05.
- ^ "The House of bin Laden". The New Yorker. 2001-11-05. Archived from the original on 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2006-06-20.
- ^ Georg Mascolo and Erich Follath (2005-06-06). "Osama's Road to Riches and Terror". Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
- ^ "Osama bin Laden's son asked the U.S. Government for his father's death certificate. The U.S. Said no. - the Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
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