Friday, November 28, 2008

Name this Family


Who can name this family? Probaby won't fit with most common conceptions.


4 comments:

Muscato said...

It is rather a surprise, when you know... I'm surprised you've had no guessers!

Anonymous said...

Bin Laden?

Undercover Dragon said...

Def. Bin Laden. I think Osama is second from the right?

Leo Americanus said...

Yup. It is the Bin Laden family, but said miscreant was not present. It was from a 1971 family trip to Sweden. The photo comes from a New York Times review of Steve Coll's new book on "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/books/01kaku.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Not what most people would picture? To me, it just goes to show that "our" conception that terrorists only come out of caves, poor slums, and other miserable backgrounds is quite far from the truth, especially when it comes to the leadership and facilitation levels, rather than the footsoldier level.