Episode 6: The Choice

Blindspot by The HISTORY® Channel and WNYC Studios

Oct 7, 202000:45:50Society & Culture

Osama bin Laden began his life as the son of a contractor made fabulously wealthy by the Saudi Arabian oil boom. From an early age, bin Laden shows himself to be different from his Western-leaning family. He forges a clo...

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