DEATH OF BIN LADEN: Osama bin Laden: al-Qaeda leader and family man

Intelligence services concluded after 9/11 that bin Laden had been cut off from any inheritance from his wealthy family by the mid-1990s. According to local or Arab traditions, it should be the close relatives of the dead family head, usually the brothers, who look after the bereaved spouses and children. However, this is unlikely given the rift between bin Laden and his family.