Saad bin Laden [SEP] father
Saad bin Laden
Sa'ad bin Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden (; 1979 - 2009), better known as Saad bin Laden, was one of Osama bin Laden's sons. He continued in his father's footsteps by being active in Al Qaeda, and was being groomed to be his heir apparent. He was killed in an American drone strike in 2009.
Life.
He was believed to be married to a woman from Yemen. After 9/11, Saad fled to Iran and was later detained and placed
Jeddah. She is the mother of Saad bin Laden, as well as at least 10 more children. She co-authored "Growing Up bin Laden" with her son Omar. Her children did not like life in Khartoum and even less life in Afghanistan. She left bin Laden around 2001, about the same time as his marriage to Amal al-Sadah. She returned to Syria and was last reported living in Latakia. Her father is the brother of bin Laden's mother, Hamida al-Attas (born Alia