Osama Bin Laden's Dysfunctional Family Life

Osama Bin Laden's Dysfunctional Family Life

As the expression goes, behind every great man stands a great woman. Osama bin Laden showed himself to be something else, reversing the formula during the raid that killed him Monday night, ignominiously hiding behind one of his wives as Navy SEALs stormed the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where he was hiding, according to the White House.

The gesture was futile--both she and her husband were killed--but it brings bin Laden's personal life into focus. Although Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan announced that the woman, one of five people killed and the only woman to die, was bin Laden's wife, he did not name her. Meanwhile, regional news sources reported that two other wives and six of his children were among the 17 people captured during the early-morning raid.

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