Question

What was the history and identity of Osama bin Laden when he was recruited with U.S approval and support to fight the U.S cause?

Answer 1

Osama Bin Laden was the 17 the child of the 52 children born to Muhammad Bin Laden ,a wealthy business man of Saudi Arabia.Osama is known to an intelligent yet shy student during his school days.His strict disciplines regarding religion and faith at home created a religious inclination early in childhood itself and made him a devout Sunni Muslim in his later life. While studying at " Abdulaziz University" he studied the interpretation of Quran and Jihad.He joined the pan Islamist Muslim Brotherhood that supported Jihad.During 1979,when Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan , Osama supported the rebels Mujahideens of Afghanistan financially and also encouraged men from middle East to join and help the rebels against Soviet Russia,and this is where America sought the help of Osama.