GROWING UP BIN LADEN: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden and Jean Sasson
St. Martin's
ISBN 978 0 312 56016 4
334 pages
$25.99
Reviewed by Thomas W. Lippman
For readers who have been living on another planet for the past decade or so, here is the news: Osama bin Laden is a monster, a priapic zealot who was as cruel and arrogant in family life as he has been in his bloodstained public career. Not only is he a mass murderer, he is committed to inflicting death on as many people as possible. He lives to kill, the pursuit of violent jihad overpowering even the most basic human feelings and paternal concerns. He was a tyrannical and selfish father who deprived his many children of education, ...
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