The Real Housewives of Abbottabad, bin Laden edition...

[Grace62]

Whatever these ladies have to say, it should be interesting.
I hope that someone will write a great, well-researched book on them. I understand that they are products of the culture in which they were raised, but you have to wonder...what drew them to this man, and why were they willing to live with their children like prisoners when they themselves did nothing? (we assume.)


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/0...?tag=stack

[hal]

I once passed a car on the freeway that had the bumper sticker: "there's nothing like lipstick on your dipstick"

there was a woman in the passenger seat - 'why', I asked myself...

[cbelt3]

Grace-

You're assuming they had choice in the matter. I would expect that some of them did not have a choice. And in a culture which essentially DOES imprison women from birth to death, living in a big house with a 'great man' quite probably seems like living like a queen.

[$tevie]

hal wrote:
I once passed a car on the freeway that had the bumper sticker: "there's nothing like lipstick on your dipstick"

there was a woman in the passenger seat - 'why', I asked myself...

You sure it was a woman?

[Grace62]

cbelt3 wrote:
Grace-

You're assuming they had choice in the matter. I would expect that some of them did not have a choice. And in a culture which essentially DOES imprison women from birth to death, living in a big house with a 'great man' quite probably seems like living like a queen.

Yes, I'm sure that's true. At least one of his wives appears to have been a fellow traveler who embraced his beliefs, I'd like to know more...would be interesting.

[Acer]

Were they arranged, and Bin Laden got some sort of financial consideration out of the deal?

[haikuman]

This may be helpful. There are several other links at google about these wives.

http://arabnews.com/world/article391183.ece


"Among the people that Pakistani authorities detained after the raid were three of Bin Laden’s wives, a Yemeni and two Saudis."

"The two Saudi women were highly educated, with one of them holding a doctorate in Islamic law, and it was they who taught the children, the Pakistani investigators said."


Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, may be one of the most knowledgeable people when it comes to OBL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bergen

Rudie

edit: "The Haj" by Leon Uris and "Whirlwind" by James Clavell are interesting reads that although fiction shed some light on the mindset of some people...

[SDGuy]

Same ol' story - women always go for the Bad Boys....