HISTORY 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Hadhramaut, Al-Qaeda
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Usama bin landen - born 1957: son of muhammad bin laden, family originally hadramawt, now yemen, george h w bush - frugal management of finances, saudi arabia is still an absolute monarchy. Still exists still gets big contracts the kids grew up going to parties with princes of the royal family - not really exclusive cause there are so many. Syrian intellectuals are more cosmopolital than that of saudi arabia. 5: wider horizon for osama becaus he was well traveled and had connections in many different places. Constructed roads and buildings worth 11 billion at death. Bin laden believed the world was coming to an end soon. 1969 bin laden corp repairs dome of rock. Bin laden raisedwith saudi princes engineering-abd al-aziz at the university of jedda wasn"t very interested in engineering, was interested in religious politics. Studied with brother of abdullah azzam (later jihad leader in afghanistan) From 1980: bin laden chief saudi fundraiser for mujahidin against soviets.
