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Osama Bin Laden obituary
In the space of a decade, this former Saudi businessman went from being a close CIA ally to becoming the United States’ public enemy number one.
He tirelessly taunted the world’s greatest power from his hide-outs in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Nothing predestined young Osama for a career in international terrorism.
Born in 1957 to a wealthy Yemeni family with close links to the monarchy, he was working for the family business when the Saudi secret services asked him to recruit Mujahideen volunteers to fight Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
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