by his dad, Muhammad bin Laden (Waller 32-33). Muhammad bin.
Laden was a wealthy Saudi construction worker who made millions.
during his lifetime. With his dad being so wealthy, Osama was.
privileged to have a good education. He completed his education by.
graduating from Riyadh University with a management and economics.
degree (Shahar 1). .
Osama was very lucky to have such a successful father because.
he inherited many millions from the wealthy Saudi constructor. .
Having inherited this much money can sometimes go to the brain, and.
in this instance it did. Osama bin Laden is the prototype of a new.
breed of terrorists, the private entrepreneur who puts the modern.
enterprise at the service of a world-wide network of terrorists (Shahar .
1). In other words bin Laden uses his money that he inherited from.
his dad to train, house, and protect young Muslim radicals. He funds.
terrorist acts from Afghan hideouts (Hosenball 52). He is teaching.
them how Allah, the Muslim God, called for the total destruction of.
Christians and Jews and that anyone opposing the Islam religion is.
the enemy.
It all started in the year 1979. The Soviet Union, united and.
ready for battle, invaded their neighbor to the south Afghanistan. .
This was known as the Mujahedin War. Looking at a map, one would.
see that the Soviet Union is close to five times as big as Afghanistan,.
so the word that might protrude in one's head might be massacre. .
The size of the Soviet Union meant nothing to young Osama. The.
minute he heard about the invasion, he began to brainstorm on how.
to rid the enemy. Osama came to the conclusion that Afghanistan.
lacked infrastructure and manpower to fight a protracted conflict.
(Shahar 1). He took the task of getting men to fight for Afghanistan.
first. He advertised all over the Arab world - which includes Saudi.
Arabia, Israel, Jerusalem, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, etc. - for young Muslims.
to come and help fight for the Islam religion.
