Osama and his wacky brothers

Drudge links to the article 'Exclusive: U.S. has al Qaida backers' list'. Some of this information is old, like the Batterjee link.

However, this part appears to be new:

one donation made by the "bin Laden brothers," according to the court document.

The bin Laden family controls a huge conglomerate of corporate interests ranging from real estate to heavy construction and is considered one of the wealthiest and most prestigious families in Saudi Arabia. The family claims to have disowned Osama bin Laden in the early 1990s...

Oops! I guess there's a brother or two more they forgot to disown. File this under Our Friends the Saudis.

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http://www.ablabla.org has some more insight into the origin of Osama.