The Osama bin Laden I Know
Subtitle: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader
Publisher: Free Press
Published: January 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780743278911
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Biography: general; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Terrorism; 21st century; Islam; Terrorists; Islamic Government; Political Terrorism; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Islamic fundamentalism; Biography/Autobiography; Afghanistan; Criminals & Outlaws; Islamic Studies; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy; Religious aspects; Political; Saudi Arabia; Biography; Islamic countries
First sentence: Osama bin Laden grew up during the 1960s and 1970s in what was then the sleepy city of Jeddah, a port on the Red Sea, which for the past millennia and a half has served as a gateway to the holy city of Mecca, thirty miles away.