Kuwait was a turning point, say Osama bin Laden experts
(NEWSER) - Long before Osama bin Laden was America's most reviled terrorist, he was the quiet boy of a rich Saudi family, "a gentle, enthusiastic young man of few words who didn't raise his voice while talking," according to a former Saudi intelligence chief. Born in 1954, bin Laden was one of 54 children and grew up in mansions littered with crystal chandeliers, gold statues, and Italian tapestries, reports the LA Times . As a 10-year-old, he reportedly inherited $300 million after his father died in a plane crash. Bin Laden was a tireless reader of Islamic literature whose path to militant Islam began as a teen in the 1970s, when he got caught up in the fundamentalist movement then sweeping Saudi Arabia, reports the AP . More»
