Monday, May 9th, 2011
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Who are the Three bin Laden Wives?

It's hard to keep track of bin Laden's wives, so we're in need of a womens' magazine to get with them all and ask them about their taste in shoes. Let's see!

Najwa Ghanem left him after 9/11, after giving birth to 11 of his 20 children; then came Khadijah Sharif, who was smart and older, and she dumped him in the 90s (yes, you read that timeline right—the marriages were willy-nilly); and then Khairiah Sabar, who may be dead; and Siham Sabar is also out of sight or missing; and there's Amal al-Sadah (or Amal Ahmed Abdullfattah) the fifth wife, who's Yemeni, and still just 27, and was the alleged "human shield." So there's three accounted for—and there's "three widows" in custody. But which ones? Here's a handy guide; here's another. Maybe this will all make sense someday?

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olmucky (#542)

None of this tells me what kind of watch Osama has on his wrist and which animated Looney Toons character is on the face of it.

zidaane (#373)

The fifth marriage that was annulled after being unconsummated for 48 hours was actually Renee Zellweger.

@zidaane al;dksfja;orsfj;lkasdjfals;dkf

Morbo (#1,288)

Next on ART: The Real CompoundWives of Abbottabad!!

cherrispryte (#444)

And for the first time, I thought to myself, "I wish I was still in grad school so I could research the hell out of this."

Tulletilsynet (#333)

After you hit 20 children, I believe the AP style sheet says you are supposed to express the share in percentage terms: "gave birth to 55% of his children." In the UK, you have to say "some 55% of his children" but the principle is the same.

cherrispryte (#444)

@Tulletilsynet Well yeah, but the girls are worth less than the boys, so the math gets SUPER complicated.

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