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6. Interview with an individual who discussed the issues with Yahya and who asked to not be identified.

7. House of Saud, coproduced by Martin Smith and Chris Durrance for Frontline, 2005.

8. “The B.A.E. files,” by David Leigh and Rob Evans, Guardian (London), June 7, 2007.

9. “under…to Al Qaeda”: from “First Amended Complaint” (the insurers’ complaint), In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 03 MDL 1570. Legal bills exceeded $10 million: Interview with a Saudi official who asked to not be identified.

10. Interviews with three people in the Orlando area who made inquiries about the property.

11. Abdulaziz Bin Bakr: Gulf News, November 18, 2006.

12. Interview with Anwar Hassan, October 13, 2005, and written materials provided by Hassan.

13. “were furious…themselves”: Ibid.

14. Worldwide Projects, Inc., July 1, 2003.

15. Economic City plans: Al-Bawaba (Saudi Arabia), December 21, 2005. “could either make…huge in scope”: Interview with a Bin Laden executive who asked to not be identified.

16. Washington Post, October 14, 2005.

17. Worldwide Projects, Inc., April 1, 2006.

40. IN EXILE

1. Author’s visit, December 2005.

2. Brochure quotations from Fame materials obtained by the author. Abdullah’s business and lifestyle: Interviews with four colleagues and acquaintances in Jeddah, who asked to not be identified. See also “Bin Laden’s Eldest Son Speaks…” Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, October 21, 2001.

3. At least twenty-three children: Associated Press, November 4, 2002. Arranged for at least one wife’s departure: “Bin Laden’s Wife Interviewed…” Al-Majallah, March 10, 2002. Yemeni wife home by December: Al-Quds Al-Arabi, December 29, 2001. Her return was confirmed by several Yemeni journalists during the author’s visit to the country in March 2007.

4. “Saudi Interior Minister on Bin Laden’s Sons…” Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, July 3, 2004.

5. “Osama did…the family”: Quoted in Bergen, The Osama Bin Laden I Know, p. 384.

6. “Omar is wary…misses his father”: Times (London), July 11, 2007. “Polygamy…she was forty”: Express (London), July 16, 2007. Sun (London), September 20, 2007.

7. All quotations from “Al-Majallah Obtains Bin Laden’s Will…” Al- Majallah, October 27, 2002, FBIS translation.

8. All quotations, ibid.

9. All quotations from Bergen, op. cit., p. 371.

10. “I am…whole world”: Lawrence (ed.), Messages to the World, p. 208.

11. “a rare…world infidelity”: “FBIS Report in Arabic,” May 6, 2004.

12. Reward scheme: Ibid. “It is true…foreign one”: Messages to the World, op. cit., p. 255.

13. “shows that…Islamic world”: “FBIS Report,” op. cit.

14. “The Americans…intellects”: Messages to the World, op. cit., pp. 126–27.

15. “Some American…from you?’: Ibid., pp. 161–62.

16. All quotations, Ibid., pp. 162–68.

17. “The swimmer…rain”: BBC Monitoring, January 19, 2006.

18. “The freedom…America”: Messages to the World, op. cit., p. 169.

19. “America…Zionist lobby”: Ibid., p. 110. “the idiots…from a lion”: “Bin Laden Calls Saudi Initiative ‘High Treason’…” Al-Quds Al-Arabi, March 28, 2002.

20. “I miss…wolves”: Messages to the World, op. cit., p. 248.

21. “that when…evil”: Ibid., pp. 254–55.

22. “demonstrate…ugliness”: Ibid., p. 194.

23. “underline…God Almighty”: Ibid., p. 183. “war winners”: Scheuer (as “Anonymous”), Through Our Enemies’ Eyes, p. 66.

24. All quotations, BBC Monitoring, op. cit.

25. All quotations, ABC News transcript, abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/transcript2.pdf.

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