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Over a long period of time his body simply drifts away and eventually finds itself in the waters of japan. The al qaeda leader osama bin laden, killed in pakistan by u. Trumps january 2000 book, the america we deserve, mentioned bin laden once, but it did not call for bin laden to be killed or warn that he would perpetrate a major attack if he. David letterman elisabeth hasselbeck of the view is writing a childrens book about osama bin ladens death. Since 11 september 2001, a day etched in the memories of all americans, usama bin laden has replaced saddam hussein as public enemy number one. Osama bin mohammed bin awad bin laden was born in riyadh, saudi arabia, a son of yemeni mohammed bin awad bin laden, a millionaire construction magnate with close ties to the saudi royal family, and mohammed bin laden s tenth wife, syrian hamida alattas then called alia ghanem.
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