Other Side of Bin Laden Family

Before he died at the hands of the elite U.S. Navy Seal, Sunday, May 1, 2011, Osama bin Laden could not stop calling for jihad against Western countries. That is why, States of America appreciate the head of Osama U.S. $ 50 million.

But, not all family members follow the advice of Osama Bin Laden to "jihad" against the West with acts of terror. Some members of the Bin Laden clan actually embrace the Western way of life.

One of 23 sons of Osama bin Laden, Omar Osama bin Laden, 29, took a different path than his father. He even wants to be 'ambassador of peace' between the Islamic world and the West. Omar married a British woman who was nearly two times of old. "I tried to say to my father, looking for other ways to achieve goals. bomb, a weapon, its impact is not good for anyone."

According to some information, Omar grew up in camp for jihad in Sudan and Afghanistan, along with the fighters who had tested chemical weapons on a number of puppies.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 2010, Omar claimed to want to work at the United Nations, met President Barack Obama, and Clinton, Hillary Clinton. In the interview, he even compared himself to Hollywood actor, Mel Gibson.

Not only Omar. Osama's niece, Wafah Dufour, went even further. Graduated from Columbia University Law Faculty is determined to pose nearly naked on the cover of GQ men's magazine in 2005. Her body was covered only by camel fur.

Like Omar, he dreamed of a Hollywood star, singer or movie star. "Although relatives, I had nothing to do with him (Osama). But, because of him, the Western world hates me. On the contrary, because I chose to apply Western values​​, the people of Saudi Arabia hates me," said Wafah Dufour.

Even Osama's mother had refused his son's way of thinking. "I had nothing to do with Al Qaeda,"he told the Saudi Newspaper. "I'm just worried about my child and preaching about him." Telegraph had reported, as a mother, who ever Osama like, still she loves him much. "I prayed, God shows him the right path, away from the wrong thoughts. I am his mother who suffer most."

Meanwhile, other children of Osama, following his father's steps. Osama third child, Saad, reportedly active in Al Qaeda, although not as a key figure. July 2009, Saad reportedly killed in U.S. attack in Pakistan.

Osama's youngest son, Hamza Bin Laden was reported by a number of media in Pakistan as the leader of a team who sent to kill Benazir Bhutto, and died in December 2007.

One poem was written by Hamza in 2008 to commemorate the July 7, 2005, bombings in London that killed 52 people. In the poem, he calls himself 'the Crown Prince of Terror', called for the destruction of the United States, Britain, France and Denmark. These countries were targeted, one of them let the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published.

Osama bin Laden was born from the richest clan in Saudi Arabia. He has 54 siblings. His father Mohammed Awad bin Laden was married a lot. Awad is a migrant from Yemen and settled in Saudi Arabia. This clan became rich after trusted by kingdom working on several projects.

Initially, Awad contracting company founded in 1931. His first project from the kingdom was the renovation of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina in 1950. After the success of the first project, King Abdul Aziz asked Awad again to renovate the Grand Mosque in Mecca. This great work started in 1955. Because the project is successful, then in 1964, Awad had another project of the king, namely re-unification of Jerusalem stone dome, the third holy city for Muslims.

In 1967, Mohammed Awad bin Laden died in a plane crash. After Mohammed died, his business was passed on to Salem bin Laden, his eldest son. During the leadership of Salem, the company received from Taif road construction projects to Jizan with 750 kilometers long.

This project is very difficult due to pass through a number of desert and mountains of the Hijaz. The project was successfully completed in 1984 at a cost of more than 1 billion riyals. Along the 585 kilometer road network plays an important role for the Arab kingdom, because it connects the city Sharoura to Najran.

He died in 1988. Sticks handed over leadership to his younger brother, Bakr bin Laden. he made a big change. He made a 11-member business council relatives. Then they formed a company Saudi Bin ladin Group (SBG) in 1989. Its headquarters are in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

According to St. Petersburg Times, in 2001, Bin Laden family business conglomerate could reach revenues of U.S. $ 5 billion per year by the number of employees reached 50 thousand people around the world. The company includes construction, engineering, telecommunications, publishing books, as well as vehicle manufacturing and electric lights. Business partners include General Electric, Nortel, Snapple, Motorola, and Citibank.

Bin laden Group has played an important role in building the infrastructure of Saudi Arabia. Bin laden has built more than five thousand kilometers of roads throughout the Arab, one of them, Al Qassim Express. Al Qassim road connecting with Medina, Yanbu, and Thuwal in this Red Sea spend 5 billion riyals.

The company has also built bridges and tunnels. Until 2006, the total achievement in this sector covers 5500 kilometers of toll roads, 8.4 kilometers of tunnel, 3.4 kilometers underpass, 5460 square meters of underground parking, and water storage capacity of 100 thousand cubic meters. Bin laden has also been working on bridges and overpasses with a total length of 26 thousand meters.

In 2003, Bin laden has built nearly 25 airports in some regions and other countries, including Malaysia, Syria, and Egypt. Bin laden also build a jumbo jet hangars in Riyadh.

By 2007, won the contract to build Bin laden Hajj terminal at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, and Blaise Diangne, the international airport in Dakar, Senegal.

Recent projects are Jamart Bridge in Mina, Noura Alameera University campus development, and the King Abdullah Financial District. This last project is the largest project ever undertaken Bin laden. (Source: Daily Mail, The Age, St. Petersburg Times, Telegraph).