Bin laden Quote by Peter Bergen

Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.

— Salman Rushdie

Sorry Bin Laden died in a mansion and you still have roommates.

— Anonymous

“Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly…

— David Ray Griffin

Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders in al-Qaida. He…

— Peter Bergen

Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed not by a massive troop deployment but by a commando raid carried out by a few dozen highly…

— Richard Engel

Al-Qaida became the new Soviet Union, and in the process, Bin Laden became a demonic, terrifyingly powerful figure brooding in a cave while he…

— Adam Curtis

Common sense would tell you that the idea that Saudi Arabia was paying for bin Laden's expenses while he was living in Abbottabad is…

— Peter Bergen

“on December 7, 2001, Osama announced that he was leaving. “He deserted us,” remembers Al-Hubayshi bitterly. “After five weeks his people came round telling…

— Robert Lacey

What bin Laden had hoped to achieve in Afghanistan in the post-9/11 period, which was to drag the United States into a protracted guerrilla…

— Peter Bergen

Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders, he was able…

— Peter Bergen

Osama bin Laden was living in that compound with three wives. It's like he was Newt Gingrich.

— David Letterman

Bin Laden's death is just a punctuation point on a set of problems they've had for a long time. I think the prognosis for…

— Peter Bergen