Bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1975. He was the 17th of 52 children born to Mohammed Bin Laden who owned the largest construction company in Saudi Kingdom. Bin Laden’s father was extremely strict. Enforcing rules that all of his children should live under one roof, follow all of the principles of religion, and be treated as men when they were children (the boys). However Osama didn’t get to know his father that well because his parents …show more content…
In order to be in the Al-Qaeda group you need to have the following requirements: listen, have good manners, obedience, and their pledge to follow their superiors. Before 2001, Al-Qaeda was responsible for multiple deaths around the Middle East including a bombing in Egypt. In the 90’s Al-Qaeda was preparing a plan to start a war with the U.S.; they succeeded. On September 11, 2001 they had suicide bomber fly into the World Trade Center towers a.k.a The Twin Towers. There was another bombing in Virginia at the The Pentagon in Arlington and in Pennsylvania. As President Bush was campaigning for his re-election in 2004 Osama sent a out a video confirming that he was responsible the attacks in New York, Virginia, and