Osama Bin Laden is seen watching himself on TV in this picture released by the U.S government. The al Qaeda leader is visibly older and has a greying beard. Photo from The Daily MailWhy bin Laden Was Radicalized -- Abdel Bari Atwan, CNN
(CNN) -- I spent three days with Osama bin Laden in 1996 when I traveled to the remote, mountainous Tora Bora area of Afghanistan to interview him. I found him gently spoken, humble -- even shy -- and extremely polite. It is difficult to reconcile these personal memories of the man with the fact that he presided over so much terror and destruction.
Why did he hate the Americans so much? Why did he turn to the most extreme form of radical Islam and why did he chose violence to express this hatred and this faith?
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