The Bin Ladens

19. Badeeb’s role in Sada camp: Interview with Badeeb, op. cit. That it was open by 1984: Hutaifa Azzam in The Osama Bin Laden I Know, op. cit. p. 28. “They would…conquer Kabul”: “The Story of the Arab Afghans,” Anonymous, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, December 12, 2004.

20. Quoted in Bergen and Cruickshank, “How the Idea of Al Qaeda Was Conceived,” 2006.

21. Between $200,000 and $300,000: Anna Kasupski, “Rand: Early History of Al Qaeda Working Group, 2006.” Construction engineer from the Bin Laden firm: Abdullah Anas, in The Osama Bin Laden I Know, op. cit., p. 29, identifies this engineer as Abdullah Saadi and says he was there “to guide the bulldozers. Osama borrowed him from the company.” Azzam at the Bin Laden home in Mecca; “The entire…take people” quoted in The Osama Bin Laden I Know, ibid., p. 31. The 1985 document: See note 5.

22. “When the Sheikh…same boat”: Messages to the World, op. cit., p. 77. “As for repelling…against him”: Ibid., p. 202.

23. Ibid., p. 239, from Bin Laden’s statement of October 29, 2004.

24. “Lucky him…in heaven”: “Early Al Qaeda Working Group,” op. cit. First four committees: Gunaratna, “Al Qaeda: Its Organizational Strengths and Weaknesses with a Special Focus on the Pre-1996 Phase,” 2006.

25. See the prologue.

26. Surah 4, verse 127.

27. “a mass movement…compassionate and patient”: Interview with Khashoggi, March 17, 2006. “Financial jihad…who don’t”: Messages to the World, op. cit., p. 203.

28. Interview with Bengt Johansson, October 3, 2006.

29. Ibrahim’s Mayfair apartment: Interview with Wayne Fagan, former Dee Howard Company general counsel, May 10, 2005. That he bought a Gulfstream and DC-8: Interview with a Bin Laden employee involved in the transactions. On Ibrahim and Fahd, also see the prologue.

30. “He and I…a favor”: Interview with Dee Howard, March 16, 2005.

31. “Your Majesty…another one”: Interview with Howard, ibid.

32. “Some people…away with it”: Interview with a Bin Laden employee who was present. Arduous negotiations: Interview with the Bin Laden employee. Howard and Fagan declined to comment about Ibrahim’s specific demands. Several published newspaper accounts place the final value of the contract at $92 million, although Howard recalled that his initial bid was closer to $70 million, and that the price rose through additional changes and orders.

33. Cleveland Clinic and operating theater: Interviews with Howard, Fagan, and the Bin Laden employee, op. cit. Raytheon provided defenses against heat-seeking missles: Dee Howard’s 1993 testimony in Ian Munro v. The Dee Howard Co., Bexar County, Texas, 91-CI-00928.

34. Money wired, some increments of more than $10 million: Testimony of Wayne Fagan in Ian Munro v. The Dee Howard Co., ibid. “He was very interested”: Interview with Howard, op. cit.

18. ANXIETY DISORDER

1. Tennis parties, Yeslam and his brothers: Interview with Carmen Bin Laden, August 6, 2004, and interview with Terry Bennett, December 2005 (RS). Alcohol and steak: Bin Laden, Inside the Kingdom, p. 99.

2. Yeslam’s cars: “Justified Statement of Claims” for Carmen Bin Laden, September 8, 2000, Court of the First Instance of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, Case No. 19750/94-11, translated from the original French and filed in Carmen Binladin v. Yeslam and Ibrahim Binladin, Los Angeles County Superior Court, BC212648. Ibrahim’s Rolls-Royce: Ibrahim Bin Ladin v. Paul Andrew Richey, Los Angeles County Superior Court, WEC114264. Fatal brain damage, Formula One incident: Inside the Kingdom, op. cit., p. 154.

3. Interview with Carmen Bin Laden, op. cit.; Inside the Kingdom, op. cit., pp. 109 and 115.

4. Yeslam’s compensation in 1976 and 1978: “Respondent’s statement of defense and pleas,” Court of First Instance, Geneva, translated and filed in Los Angeles C212648, op. cit.

5. Genthod property and purchase price: “Respondent’s statement,” ibid. Jewelry inventory: “Complaint for Declaratory Relief,” June 28, 1999, Los Angeles C212648, op. cit. “I admit” and cash box: Inside the Kingdom, op. cit., p. 150.

6. In his divorce application in Geneva, Yeslam’s lawyers describe him as “a very emotional man who is prone to anxiety.” Yeslam’s own statement in the case refers to his falling “ill” and seeking “medical treatment,” but does not further specify his condition. The specific reference to “panic attacks” is from Carmen’s filings in that case.

7. “hid himself…this mania”: From “Replies to Yeslam’s numbered paragraphs,” Court of First Instance, Geneva, translated and filed in Los Angeles C212648, op. cit. See also Inside the Kingdom, pp. 124 and 129.

8. “His wife seemed…into a tree”: Divorce Application, “As to Fact,” Court of First Instance, Geneva, translated and filed in Los Angeles C212648, op. cit. “everything she could…his business”: “Replies to Yeslam’s numbered paragraphs,” ibid. Six weeks in Los Angeles, condition improved: “Declaration of Yeslam Mohammed Binladin,” November 22, 1999, ibid.

9. “To dispose…make money”: From “Saudi Investment Company (SICO): An Emerging Financial Service Center,” circa 1983, filed in In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 03 MDL 1570.

10. Falken-owned Saudi Investment Company: “Reply Memorandum In Support of Defendant Yeslam Binladin’s Motion,” In Re Terrorist Attacks, ibid. Construction work in Sudan: In an affidavit submitted in In Re Terrorist Attacks, Omar Bin Laden described the formation “in the Jersey Channel Islands in the late 1980’s” of a company called “Binladin Overseas (Pvt. Ltd.),” which was “awarded a contract for the construction of the Port Sudan airport in the Sudan.” Saudi Investment Company Panama Corp.: Panamanian filing supplied to author by Douglas Farah and Nine/Eleven Finding Answers Foundation. The incorporation papers are dated October 28, 1983. “Mohamed Binladin Organization Inc.” of Panama: Farah and NEFA documents, ibid. The company filed incorporation papers on March 21, 1984.

11. “hundreds of marketing…our customers”: From “Saudi Investment…Emerging Financial Service Center,” op. cit. Stock holdings and turnover by the end of 1983, ibid.

12. Ibid.

13. DLJ introduced Yeslam to Tickle: Telephone interview with Charles Tickle, February 16, 2006. Saudi Investors, Inc., formed in Panama: NEFA documents, op. cit., and a prospectus for Saudi Investors filed in In Re Terrorist Attacks, op. cit. “Mohamed Binladin Family” and Richmond, Houston, project details: Saudi Investors prospectus, ibid. “A unique concept…purchasing power”: “Saudi Investment… Emerging Financial Service Center,” op. cit.

14. “always very professional…cared less”: Interview with Tickle, op. cit.

15. “now, in effect…the princes”: Inside the Kingdom, op. cit., pp. 111–12. “disagreements”: Interview with Yeslam published in V.S.B. magazine, Geneva, December 2005, translated and filed in In Re Terrorist Attacks, op. cit.

16. Majid: Inside the Kingdom, op. cit., p. 113; Mishal: Ibid., p. 187.

17. Purchase price of Old Geneva building, including renovations: “Respondent’s statement of defense and pleas,” Court of First Instance, Geneva, translated and filed in Los Angeles C212648, op. cit. March 11 letter: Filed in Christine Binladin v. Ibrahim Binladin, Los Angeles County Superior Court, BD058156.

18. “he went through…intolerant and dogmatic”: “Respondent’s statement of defense and pleas,” Court of First Instance, Geneva, translated and filed in Los Angeles C212648, op. cit. “taking him for a ride…any longer”: Yeslam’s “Divorce Application…As to Fact,” ibid.

19. “They wanted…invest globally”: Telephone interview with Auguste George James Sauter, July 15,