Did you know Osama used to be a drunk and a hell-raiser before he found religion just like Bush?

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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0789749020070907?src=090707_0815_DOUBLEFEATURE_peace_deal_offer

FACTBOX: Key facts about Osama bin Laden
Fri Sep 7, 2007 7:48AM EDT

(Reuters) - An Islamist Web site said on Friday it would soon show a new video of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- the first for nearly three years -- to mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States.

The following are some facts about bin Laden:

* Born in 1957 in Saudi Arabia, the 17th of 57 children, bin Laden made his name fighting with Arab volunteers against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s.

* Part of a family made rich by the Saudi oil boom, bin Laden gained a degree in civil engineering. Some reports say in his student days he could be found in flashy Beirut nightclubs, a free-spender and heavy drinker, fighting over dancers and bar girls.

* How he got embroiled in radical Islamic politics is unclear, though the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan appears key.

[daninthemoon]

1. Makes ya wonder if he and dumnya might have tossed back a few

[charlie]

2. Bad dresser, too

[UTUSN]

3. K&R #1 for: & Hugo CHAVEZ wants to retire with Shrub. Osama has the inside track. n/t

[whistle]

4. Just like Malcolm X also

[aquart]

5. Two spoiled, selfish, worthless rich boys destroying the world.

Another reason to tax the rich and save us all from their entitled children.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. It is a common pattern with the personality type

[tom_paine]

7. Good buddies and birds of a feather.

n/t