by Steve Coll
Agaty, Yahia El
agriculture; in Saudi Arabia; in Sudan
Ahmed, prince of Saudi Arabia
aircraft leasing
airplanes; of Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim; of Al-Saud; Bin Laden accidents in
airplanes; of Bin Ladens; hijacking of; in post-9/11 return of Bin Ladens; royal family’s borrowing of; Salem’s phone use in; in September 11 attacks; ultralights
airport project, at Port Sudan
Airworks Inc.
AK-47 assault rifles
Akerblad, Christina
AlamoArrow ultralights
Alawites
Al-Azraqi
Al-Bahra
alcohol; Faisal’s abstention from; Salem’s use of; Saudi ban on; Saud’s use of; Suleiman and
Al-Faisaliah Center
Al-Ghanem family. See Ghanem family
Algosaibi, Ghazi
Al-Hijra Construction
Ali, Anwar
Ali, Muhammad
Ali Abrahim Company
Ali-Khan, Musarrat
Alim, Bassim
Alireza, Mohamed
Alireza family
Al-Jazeera
Al-Jihad, 256
Al-Jihad faction
Al-Kharj
Al-Khozam
Allouni, Taysir
Al-Madudi family
Al-Medina, 501Al-Mihdhar family
Al-Murabba (The Square)
Al-Murasim
Al-Nadwa
Al Qaeda; in Africa; air courier of; birth of; financial crisis of; funding of; myths about; 9/11 and; NSC work on; Osama’s indispensable contributions to; in Philippines; Saudi attacks of; U.S. knowledge of; USS Cole and
Al Qaeda al Askariya (The Military Base)
Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 400
Al-Sahab (The Clouds)
Al-Saud family: assumptions of; Bakr’s relations with; bayah ceremonies and; Bin Laden partnership with; cars of; debauchery of; debts of; expenditures of; factionalism and rivalry in; fears about Western consultants in; as guardians of Islam’s birthplace; hunting of; Muslim Brotherhood and; 9/11 and; in Orlando; Osama’s conflicts with; Osama’s protectiveness toward; pamphlets against; post-9/11 return to Saudi Arabia of; power as conceived by; purity of bloodline of; succession issues in; telephones and; violent revolts against; vulnerability to Islamic revolution of; Yeslam’s relations with
Al-Shamal Bank
Al-Sharif family
Al-Shaykh family
Al-Thaghr Model School; after-school; Islamic study group at; description of; Faisal’s modernization and; as hotbed of debate; Osama’s half-brothers at
Al-Yamamah deal
Al-Yamamah Hotel
Amarco (American Arabian Company)
Ameen, Mike
Ameri, Khalid
America in Motion Corporation
American Airlines Flight
American Express
ammunition
Amr (Faisal’s grandson)
Anas, Abdullah
Angawi, Sami
Anna from Germany
“Antenuptial Agreement Submitting Marriage to Islamic Law,”
anti-Americanism: Al-Kharj and; of Osama
anti-communism, Saudi Arabia and
anti-Semitism; of Osama
anti-Zionism; of Faisal; of Osama
aphrodisiacs
Arab boycott
Arabia; see also specific places Arabian American Oil Company. See Aramco Arab-Israeli war (1967)
Arab-Israeli war (1973)
Arab nationalism; Nasser and
Arab revolt (1917)
Arab volunteers, in Afghan war
Arafat plain
Aramco (Arabian American Oil Company); asphalt of; Bin Laden Brothers and; natural gas and; palace projects and; payrolls of; road building of; Saud and; Saudi payments from
Arbusto drilling fund
architecture, Islamic; Wahhabi view of
Armenians
Armitage, Rupert; Bin Laden Telecommunications and; on Copford Glebe; on
Mahrouz; as musician; on Osama
Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.
Arthur Andersen
Ashkar, Joe
Ashmawi, Mohamed
Asir province; Mohamed’s death in; Saudi government projects in; September 11 hijackers from
asphalt, of Aramco
Atef, Mohamed
Attas, Mohamed Al-
Attas, Sheikha Al-; childbirths of; divorce of; Gail Freeman’s meeting of; Jeddah home of
Auerbach, Anthony
Auerbach, Gerald; on Mohamed; in Peshawar flight; Salem’s death and; at Sara’s wedding
Austin, Mo
Austria
automobiles; of Abdulaziz; of Hassan; of Ibrahim; of Mohamed; of Osama; of Salem; Saudi women’s use of; in United States; of Yeslam
Avino, Joaquin
Awda, Salman Al-
Azzam, Abdullah; death of; financial dependence of; Osama compared with; Osama’s disagreements with; as Osama’s mentor; on Saudi funding; Services Office of; wife of
B
Baathism
Badeeb, Ahmed; Afghan war and; on Osama’s contacts with Saudi government; Osama urged to leave Pakistan by
Badeeb, Saeed
Baer, Robert
BAE Systems
Baghdad
Bahamas
Bahareth, Fatimah Ahmed Mohsen
Bahareth, Mohamed
Bahri, Nasir Al-
Baily, Jan
Baker, James A.
Baker Botts
Balaban, Michael
Bandar Bin Sultan, prince; Clinton’s relations with; September 11 and; Walters’s report and
Banjshiri, Abu Ubaidah Al-
Bank of America
Bank Al-Taqwa
Banna, Hassan Al-
Banque Indosuez
Barger, Tim
Barkley, Mary Martha
Bashir, Omar
Ba Surras
Batarfi, Khaled; on invasion of Kuwait; Osama’s scolding of; on Osama’s travels; on toughness
Bath, Jim; as alleged CIA operative
Bath, Sandra
bayah (fealty)
Bayma, Isabel. See Bin Laden, Isabel Bayma Bayma, Regina. See Frisaura, Regina Bayma Bayoun, Nur
Bay Point, FL
Bazz, Renee
BBC
Bearden, Milton
Bearman, Peri
Bechtel, Stephen
Bechtel Corporation
Bedouin; battles of; manual labor disdained by; royal campers and; Salem’s relations with; succession and; worship practices of
Beirut; Hard Rock Cafe in; Bell, Alexander Graham
Bell Canada
Bennett, Terry
Bentsen, Lan
Bentsen, Lloyd
Bernstein, Bob
Berra, Yogi
Beverly Hills, CA
Bexar County Medical Examiner
Beydoun, Nour
Biheiri, Soliman
Bilad Al-Saudiyah, Al
bin Abdulaziz, Talal
Binar, Inc. (formerly Binladin International Inc.)
Bin Baz, Sheikh
Binco Investments, N.V.
BIN Corporation
Bin Laden, Abdulaziz (Mohamed’s son)
Bin Laden, Abdulaziz Bin Bakr
Bin Laden, Abdullah (Mohamed’s son); FBI and; 9/11 and; Walters and
Bin Laden, Abdullah (Osama’s son); Fame Advertising and; medical treatment of
Bin Laden, Abdullah Aziz
Bin Laden, Abdullah Bin Awadh (Mohamed’s brother); in Jeddah; Mohamed’s death and; semi-retirement of; Sudan mission of
Bin Laden, Abdullah Bin Awadh (Osama’s nephew)
Bin Laden, Abdul Rahman
Bin Laden, Aboud
Bin Laden, Ahmed (nineteenth-century relative)
Bin Laden, Ahmed Mohamed (Osama’s stepbrother)
Bin Laden, Ali (Mohamed’s son); business training of; father’s death and; Salem’s death a
nd; Salem’s struggles with; separation from family company by
Bin Laden, Ali (nineteenth-century relative); Bin Laden, Ali (Osama’s son)
Bin Laden, Awadh Aboud; death threat against; wife of
Bin Laden, Aysha
Bin Laden, Bakr; Al-Saud relations with; appearance of; automobiles of; Baby Elephant as guardian of; in Bin Laden Brothers; Caroline’s second marriage and; corporate reorganization of; as devout Muslim; divorces of; education of; as family leader; as father; FBI and; flying of; Ghalib’s relationship with; as health nut; inheritance issues cleaned up by; Iridium and; lawsuits against; majlis of; marriages of; Medina and Mecca projects and; in New York; 9/11 and; offshore companies and; Osama’s expulsion from business and; Osama’s relationship with; Osama’s Saudi departure and; in Pakistan; political interests of; Prince Charles’s relationship with; Riyadh car bombing and; Salem’s death and; in Saudi Bin Laden Group; as sheikh; university donations by; U.S. embassy bombings and; Yeslam’s tensions with
Bin Laden, Carmen; divorce of; Haifa’s friendship with; on Mahrouz’s family; on Mohamed’s wives; on Osama; on Osama’s wife and children; suicide threats of
Bin Laden, Caroline Carey (Carrie); conversion of; second marriage of
Bin Laden, Fawzia
Bin Laden, Firas
Bin Laden, Fowziyah
Bin Laden, Ghalib; Al-Taqwa Bank and; in Bin Laden Brothers; education of; flying of; Osama’s divested shares assigned to; Peshawar visited by; Salem’s death and; wife of
Bin Laden, Haider
Bin Laden, Haifa Nabulsi; Bin Laden, Hamzah
Bin Laden, Hassan; FBI and; international portfolio of
Bin Laden, Hoda
Bin Laden, Huda
Bin Laden, Ibrahim; audit of; custody struggle of; devoutness of; divorce of; education of; financial ignorance claimed by; inheritance of; marriage of; 9/11 and; prenuptial contract of
Bin Laden, Iman
Bin Laden, Isabel Bayma
Bin Laden, Issa
Bin Laden, Khaled
Bin Laden, Khalid (Mohamed’s son)
Bin Laden, Khalid (Osama’s son)
Bin Laden, Khalifa
Bin Laden, Khalil; education of; legal entanglements of; marriage of 9/11 and; real estate investments of
Bin Laden, Ladin
Bin Laden, Layla
Bin Laden, Mahrouz; Islamic devotion of; Mecca siege and; Salem’s death and
Bin Laden, Mansour
Bin Laden, Mariam
Bin Laden, Mohamed; Abdullah’s separation from; Al-Kharj and; alliance building of; anxiety of; appearance of; Aramco and; automobiles of; background of; backlash against; Bin Laden, Mohamed, Bakr compared with; Bin Mahfouz as banker of; birth year of; Buraimi dispute and; company reorganized by; construction company of; courtesy of; death of; desert camps of; divorces of; drive and ambition of; emigration from Jeddah of; emigration from Rabat of; eye accident of; Faisal’s conflicts with; Faisal’s relationship with; as father; flying of; foundation established by; graft of; Hejaz Railway and; as hustler; Ibrahim’s views on; “illness” of; in Jeddah; Jerusalem project and; leadership style of; as legend; majlis of; marriages of; Mecca project of; Medina project of; as Muslim; named Saudi state minister; near illiteracy of; Osama compared with; Osama’s relationship with; overstrained finances of; palace projects of; political risks of; rehabilitation of; road building of; Royal Orders and; Salem compared with; Saudi social identity of; Saud’s relationship with; as sheikh; slaves released by; sons’ education and; speeches of; Suleiman’s relationship with; values of; wealth of; will of
Bin Laden, Mohamed bin Mohamed
Bin Laden, Mohamed Osama; wedding of
Bin Laden, Mona
Bin Laden, Najiah; Bin Laden, Najwa
Bin Laden, Nawaf
Bin Laden, Nur
Bin Laden, Omar (Mohamed’s son); Bin Laden Brothers; education of; in Geneva; invasion of Kuwait and; lawsuits against; offshore companies and; Port Sudan airport and
Bin Laden, Omar (Osama’s son); Bin Laden, Omar Awadh
Bin Laden, Osama; in Afghanistan, see subheadings under Afghanistan; in after-school Islamic study group; airplanes of; Al-Aziziyah apartment building of; ambition of; anti-Americanism of; anti-Semitism of; appearance of; arms requests and purchases of; in assassination plots; birth of; brothers introduced to; business and land investments of; charitable and humanitarian work of; childhood of; CIA tracking of; conversion experience of; Crown Prince Abdullah and; domestic problems of; driving of; education of; emotional complexity of family position of; essays and sermons of; European and U.S. travels of; exile of; extremism and violence of; Faisal’s campaign and; false photographic attribution for; family’s distancing of, see Bin Laden family, Osama’s problematic relations with; as father; father’s death and; father’s work sites and; financial problems of; first World Trade Center attack and; foresight and political analysis limited in; funding of; guilt of; half-siblings’ relations with; honesty of; hypocrisy of; income and wealth of; inheritance of; Islamic devotion of; leadership style of; legend of; legitimacy of; marriages of; Mecca siege and; media office biography of; media projects of; in Mohamed Bin Laden Company; in Muslim Brotherhood; 9/11 and; obedience of; in Pakistan, see Pakistan, Osama i ranch of; reading of; recruitment by; return to Saudi Arabia of; Salem’s death and; Salem’s relationship with; in Saudi Bin Laden Group; Saudi citizenship lost by; Saudi conflicts with; Shafiq compared with; shyness and reticence of; on sins; sources of identity abandoned by; speaking style of; sports interests of; in Sudan; Swiss accounts of; telephones and; toughening up preached by; TV watching of; will of; Yeslam’s views on
Bin Laden, Rabab
Bin Laden, Raedah
Bin Laden, Rafah
Bin Laden, Raja
Bin Laden, Rajia
Bin Laden, Randa; Baths’ estrangement from; birthday party for; flying lessons of; marriage of; medical education of; shopping of
Bin Laden, Sa’ad
Bin Laden, Salah
Bin Laden, Saleh
Bin Laden, Saleha. See Piccirillo, Saleha Bin Laden
Bin Laden, Salem (Khaled’s son)
Bin Laden, Salem (Mohamed’s son) Afghan war and; Ali’s struggles with; appearance of; Arabian decorum and; Bakr compared with; Bakr’s relationship with; birth year of; British estate of; business strategy of; business training of; in Cairo; cautiousness of; charity of; companies started by, see Bin Laden Brothers for Contracting and Industry; Salian International; constant companionship needed by; death of; at desert camps; divorce of; drinking of; education of; exhibitionism of; Fahd’s relationship with; as family intermediary; family’s first contact with Pakistan and Afghanistan due to; family travel organized by; family vulnerability and; father’s death and; financial struggles of; flight interests of; in Florida; Bin Laden, Salem (Mohamed’s son) (cont.); freedom of; gambling of; girlfriends of; global lifestyle of; guileless quality of; hemorrhoid surgery of; hunting of; lack of exercise of; in London; made managing director; marital dream and fantasy of; marriages of; Mecca siege and; medical ambition of; Munro’s relationship with; as Muslim; naming of; near flying accidents of; nocturnal schedule of; offshore companies of; Osama compared with; Osama’s arms request and; Osama’s relationship with; out-of-financial-system dealings of; in Pakistan; parties of; past-due bills collected by; as patriarch; performing of; personal estate of; pranks of; Randa’s relationship with; real estate ventures of; restlessness of; road building and; shopping of; siblings’ education and; snobs mocked by; spheres of intrigue of; spiritual side of; in Sweden; telephone habits of; in Washington, D.C.; Yeslam compared with; Yeslam’s tensions with
Bin Laden, Salha
Bin Laden, Salman
Bin Laden, Sama
Bin Laden, Sanaa
Bin Laden, Sara; wedding of
Bin Laden, Sayf
Bin Laden, Shafiq; birth of; education of; FBI and; international investment and; 9/11 and; Salem’s relationship with<
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Bin Laden, Sheikha. See Khalifa, Sheikha Bin Laden
Bin Laden, Sibba; custody struggle over
Bin Laden, Suaad
Bin Laden, Sultan
Bin Laden, Syed
Bin Laden, Tareq; in Khartoum; lawsuits against; offshore companies and
Bin Laden, Turki
Bin Laden, Wafah. See Daufour, Wafah Bin Laden, Yahya; in Bin Laden Brothers; education of; wife of
Bin Laden, Yasser
Bin Laden, Yehia
Bin Laden, Yeslam; anxiety and panic attacks of; birth of; breaking away of; divorce of; education of; on father; flying of; in Geneva; Ibrahim’s purchase of mansion and; on inheritance; lawsuits against; marriage of; Mecca siege and; 9/11 and; offshore companies and; race-car driving of; real estate investment and; salary of; Salem’s death and; Salem’s tensions with; SICO and; stock and
Bin Laden, Zaid
Bin Laden, Zeenat
Bin Laden brand
Bin Laden Brothers for Contracting and Industry; Aramco profile of; British division of; Jeddah office of; Osama at
Binladen BSB Landscaping v. M.V. Nedlloyd
Bin Laden family: Al-Saud partnership with, see Al-Saud family, Bin Laden partnership with; communal property of; diffuse authority in; diplomatic passports of; FBI interviews with; FBI investigation of; financial fears of; first U.S. mention of; foundation of; four branches of; globalization and; in Kenda tribe; legacy of; Osama’s creation of value for; Osama’s problematic relations with; post-9/11 returns to Saudi Arabia by; public repudiations of; rewards of employees of; U.S. investments of; vault of; vulnerability to revolution of; Walters and; wealth of; Yemini origins of
Bin Laden Island
Bin Laden London
Bin Laden Telecommunications
Binladin Overseas (Pvt. Ltd.)
Bin Mahfouz, Khalid; Afghan war and; aircraft and; Amarco and; Bath’s business dealings with; credit of; real estate of; Salem’s death and
Bin Mahfouz, Mohamed
Bin Mahfouz, Salem; charitable work of
Bin Mahfouz family
Bin Sumait, Alawi Abdullah
Birgen, Mehmet (Baby Elephant)
birth records, lack of
Black Watch regiment
Blessed Relief
Blum, Jason
Blum, Peter
boats and yachts
Boeing Corporation
Boeing
Boeing
bonds, bond market
Borges, Elizabeth
Bosnia
Boston, MA; FBI in
Bowman, Shirley
Brand, Juerg
Brazil
Bremer, Paul
Brennan, John
