Bin Laden Spent Wealth On Attacks, Guests-Qaeda -- New York Times/ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden led a frugal life, spending all his personal wealth on attacks against the West and serving his guests good food, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video posted online on Sunday.
In the half-hour tape titled "Days with the imam, Part Two" a bespectacled Zawahri, who took up the reins of al Qaeda after bin Laden's killing just over a year ago, fondly recalled his predecessor's meagre comforts.
"When you entered his house you would be surprised. It was a very simple house, with some wooden beds and plastic coverings and very little furniture," said Zawahri, wearing a white turban and speaking conversationally.
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My Comment: Let's see .... having a number of wives, scores of kids, even more grand-kids, nephews, nieces, brothers and sisters, fellow supporters, supporting Al Qaeda, weapons and arms, training camps .... yup .... it's not really that hard to see where all the money went. As to him living a frugal life .... I will have to disagree. What he lived was a privileged life .... but it was his support of violence to pursue a political/religious goal that finally caught up with him. The ones who will be living a frugal life from now on will be his wives and his children.
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