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Encyclopedia > Bakr bin Laden

Bakr bin Laden is the chairman of the Jeddah-based Saudi Binladin Group, and a half-brother of FBI Most Wanted Terrorist Osama Bin Laden. This article is about the Saudi Arabian city. ... Saudi Binladin group offices, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ...


A major power broker in the Saudi business capital, Bakr tends to keep a low profile: "We have a mayor and all kinds of political heavyweights. But the truly ruler of Jeddah is Bakr bin Laden," says an informer for a recent piece in Der Spiegel who agreed to speak only under condition of anonymity. "But Bakr is never seen in public, and when he does occasionally go to the Intercontinental Hotel for dinner -- usually with Osama's son Abdullah[1]-- he has the entire restaurant closed."[2] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Abdallah bin Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden[1] (born c. ...


See also

Office building of the bin Laden family. ...

References

  1. ^ The name of son referred to, Abdallah Osama bin Laden, is variously spelled as Abdullah
  2. ^ Georg Mascolo and Erich Follath (June 6, 2005). Osama's Road to Riches and Terror.


 

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