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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Bin Laden Pops
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A possible clue as to how bin Laden was able to function satisfactorily among his three wives was the Avena syrup - a sort of natural Viagra - that was found in the compound where he died.
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He regularly applied Just For Men dye to his hair and his beard to maintain a youthful appearance.
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While publicly calling for young men to join his holy war, bin Laden was privately advising that his son decamp for the tiny, prosperous Persian Gulf kingdom of Qatar.
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He complained that Faisal Shahzad - a U.S. citizen of Pakistani heritage, who had tried to blow up an SUV in Times square on May 1, 2010 - had broken the oath of allegiance he had sworn to the U.S. He said, 'it is not permissible in Islam to betray trust and break a covenant."
Source - Time magazine
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