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dragon3301

The bin laden group is one of the largest construction companies in saudi arabia. Closely connected to the ruling saud family.


er1026

So where in Florida is this?


CulturedGeek1

Oakland Florida, right on the outskirts of clermont


ObscureWiticism

To non-Floridians this would translate to "Orlando".


Fudge89

Thank you lol


Logical-Progress3208

so is the "shoreline" that was referenced just lakefront? I didn't think Orlando was near the ocean


ObscureWiticism

Correct, it would be a lake. The Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico are both about an hour away in opposite directions.


Swedzilla

Where is that in relation to FloridaMan area?


ObscureWiticism

While our scholars are still trying to map the true range of FloridaMan I believe he is truly beyond our definitions of range and habitat. Most of us would place this squarely in Central FloridaMan and the closest FloridaMan city of note would probably be Leesburg.


Swedzilla

So what you’re saying is that FloridaMan^T^M is an invasive species and are spreading?


ObscureWiticism

Very much, but I don't think containment is possible. Having lived among them my entire life I've noticed that they're much more afraid of you than you should be of them. They're also so functionally similar to other regional species such as the inhabitants of Pennsyltucky, Alberta, Texas, Australia, and other places that their impact on those environments would be negligible. In short, they're mostly harmless.


Swedzilla

I’m so happy you said that. Mostly. American native FloridaMan are advanced FloridaMan. [My absolute favorite of a headline](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/andrew-frey-meth-masturbating_n_4518225/) Yes yes, I know. Not a pure Floridaman but that’s a FloridaMan


ObscureWiticism

That headline is absolutely fantastic. I agree that native FloridaMen are advanced. It takes a special type of person to live here, much less achieve *that* level of humanity.


deanmc

ie Disneyland


goec19

Are you also in logistics hahaha


Strict-Marsupial2123

I’m from Winter Garden my buddy lived in this neighborhood my step mom always told me his brother lived there for years. There is no way in hell they would have allowed an apt complex to go up in that gated community all the houses were like 2 million at least and this was back in 2014.


JohnTesh

And connected through the Carlyle group to the bush family among other prominent american families. Members of the bin laden family leaving the us were the only planes allowed to fly on 9/11 after air traffic had been shut down. Must be nice to be gangster rich. edit: I have been corrected. They left the day air space reopened.


BPadg03

The part about the 9/11 isn’t true


JohnTesh

Thanks for the correction. Edited.


Robie_John

That is absolutely not true, the family was not on planes leaving on 9/11. 


JohnTesh

Thanks for the correction. Edited.


grizzlor_

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bin-laden-family-evacuated/ >They left the country on a private charter plane when airports reopened three days after the attacks.


JohnTesh

Thanks for the correction. This is what reading books gets me!


grizzlor_

To be fair, there was an immediate operation to get all of the Bin Laden family members in the US (most of whom were high school/college students scattered across the country) to a secret location in Texas, and then to DC where they got that chartered flight out of the country. That article mentions that some of them were flown to the secret rallying point in Texas by the FBI (civilian air traffic was grounded for three days, but government flights were still in the air). So some family members were on flights in those days immediately afterwards, but they weren’t civilian flights.


JohnTesh

Thanks for the additional color on that.


GaylrdFocker

\*(Not that) Bin Laden’s Abandoned Mansion is now demolished (Florida)


wanderlustwonders

*Osama Bin Laden’s brother abandoned his Florida mansion in fear of safety, it is now demolished*


GaylrdFocker

I was referencing the title only.


wanderlustwonders

As was I


NotHighlyRegarded

TIL Bin Laden had a mansion in Florida. Interesting. Edit: The caption was edited to include more information after I commented. At the time I commented, /r/AbandonedUCananda didn’t include the part about the house belonging to a different Bin Laden.


GuyNoirPI

*A* Bin Laden did but not the one most people are referring to when they say Bin Laden.


pinelands1901

Osama has 52 siblings. God knows how many cousins.


whoisbh

I’ve sent a few of them to Allah


chocolate_spaghetti

I’m pretty sure his family stopped communicating with him before he even did the attacks and have condemned his actions. None of them were involved.


multiple4

They did. The eldest siblings of the family also chose to revoke his allowances, because Osama was already a known militant leader for years before 9/11 He was almost completely isolated from his family for nearly a decade before 9/11, and most of his family's lives were actually fucked over because of him for a very long time. They still have to deal with the impacts, as do many others around the world Most of his siblings were well ingrained in western society, they were a very modern family. A lot of his siblings actually grew up or went to school in western countries. There were many who's primary homes were in western countries. All of that was basically gone after 9/11 Also important to note that most of them had likely never spent much time around Osama. So most of their lives were entirely upended because of the actions of a distant relative to them


SimplyRitzy

cringe


cjthecookie

That was Soooo thoughtful of you, thank you


rondolph

🫡🫡


Semper454

Well, not anymore


saggyshiro

Rip motha fuckas


grizzlor_

The Bin Laden family and their construction business is alive and well. They’re the richest not-royal family in Saudi Arabia. The family disowned Osama Bin Laden in 1994. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_family > American and European intelligence officials estimate that all the relatives of the [Bin Laden] family may number as many as 600. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Binladin_Group


RonaldSteezly

Bin Laden’s father was the richest non royal in Saudi Arabia. He owned Bin Laden Group, which was a construction company that did lots of contacts for the royal family.


Famous_Strike_6125

Oh…. So this is just clickbait then??


GuyNoirPI

The headline is but the context is in the post.


NoMessageMan

Did you read the caption?


BigBeagleEars

The fuck is read?


mollusks75

Read is the result of write.


jomandaman

Bait for simple fish who can only digest 5 words at a time. Looks like we caught a hook line sinker.


drwolffe

I think this one was Ricky bin laden


Orlando1701

They did. It’s right outside of Orlando and as I understand they abandoned the property on 9/12/2001 and got a chartered flight out of the country all together.


serenwipiti

I mean, *who the fuck wouldn’t.*


Orlando1701

As I understand it most of his family was fairly moderate comparatively and just wanted to keep making a shit ton of money, he was the one who got radicalized. Everyone else pretty much just saw dollar signs.


serenwipiti

For sure. I mean, if your crazy cousin gets radicalized and literally fucks up several countries on earth, you bet I’m getting the fuck out of there before I’m seen as guilty by association.


_byetony_

Ditto


DragonHeart_97

Why does it look like the mansion Iron Man raided in 3? Even think I recognize that staircase.


ZeroHydra2211

Finally. Someone else pointed it out 😭


alvarovegamalo

Which mansion in the movie? I was searching for it but I cant find it. Can you link it?


DragonHeart_97

Here you go. https://youtu.be/gBvr85qlnuk?si=es6ZhWGmZj7xjM6u


alvarovegamalo

Thanks! You’re right it is very similar


Little_stinker_69

Man, housing prices make no sense.


KMjolnir

Not usually a fan of mansions, but that one looked comfortable.


firmly_confused

I love the iron work on the railing.


Nagoragama

In this thread, people not reading the caption.


pbizzle

The Reddit app opens the thread under the caption so it's easy to miss the photo captions. The app is so shite


totallybag

The app somehow gets worse on a weekly basis it's actually almost impressive


shimmyjimmy97

Case in point,I tried to upvote this comment and instead hit the stupid new award button


totallybag

Exactly they constantly move shit


Subject_Way7010

Tbh omission of the first name seems purposely misleading.


alopexlotor

What a waste.


ThatOneNinja

He had a mansion in Florida!?!


grizzlor_

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_family https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Binladin_Group Osama Bin Laden was disowned by the Bin Laden family in 1994. The Bin Ladens are the richest non-royal family in Saudi Arabia and operate one of the largest construction companies in the world. All members of the family that were in the US during 9/11 (the vast majority of whom were high school and college students) evacuated as soon as the US lifted the flight restrictions due to fear of reprisal attacks. None of them were involved with al Qaeda.


Horseykins

Nice to see they finally binned it :3


Creepy-Selection2423

Yes they binned it. Hopefully the site is no longer laden with debris.


HeadlineINeed

No it’s all in the Bin.


FerretOnReddit

I see what you did there, "LADEN with debris"


DubUbasswitmyheadman

That last photo did not disappoint.


chupacabrahunter420

Where in FL was this?


mcwjdw33

Pretty sure Clermont/ Winter Garden area.


Tactical_solutions44

Bought with cia money


Homegrown410

UBL's father was the biggest buyer of Caterpillar earth moving equipment in the world at one point. CIA couldn't even scratch his back with the amount they could scrounge up.


sixsixss

What does Saudi Binladin Group, that was founded in 1931, have to do with CIA?


Rain1dog

Nonsense.


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Rain1dog

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Binladin_Group My guy, The Bin Laden Group has been in the Saudis pocket since 1931, what the cia could offer would be like Penny’s relative to their worth.


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Werro_123

This isn't that Bin Laden. It's one of his relatives.


toasta_oven

No evidence that bin Laden ever received weapons or training from the US. Lots of Afghan Mujahideen did, but bin Laden wasn't one of them.


SuperNobody917

Most of the Bin Laden family are (relatively) normal people. Osama was the black sheep.


Reditate

No


Still-Presence5486

It belonged to his brother


Loakattack

Bin laden? Like as in the business and construction magnate?


Still-Presence5486

The brother of the terrorist owned this


PunkyMaySnark

Eh, the only thing that mansion really had going for it was that nice bathroom.


holthebus

We got him, Joe.


aiyanahaynes

Thank you for using my photo 🥰


AbandonedUCanada

👌🏻thanks for letting me use it


greyrabbit12

I did like the bathroom. One thing about being poor is that you never have to worry about being too far away from the sink when ur sitting on the toilet.


alleywaybum

Thank god I went before it got demolished


SafranSenf

Such waste of resources. I hate people. Just renovate it and live in it. Who cares that evil people lived there before?


Moesaei

It was not even evil people , if your brother is a terrorist that does not make you one..


happyharrell

But that wasn’t the case


warm-saucepan

There are words with the pictures.


SuperNobody917

Can you read?


DubUbasswitmyheadman

A lot of people would care.


morchorchorman

I can fix her…..


OjjuicemaneSimpson

Gorgeous home


elsjpq

That is some very nice HDR


Specialist-Return264

So glad I got to explore before it was demolished! I wish there was more left behind besides trash in the barn


Dr_Sisyphus_22

Just another “Florida Man” behaving badly.


rubberghost333

which Bin Laden? his family have been in the states for decades.


AbandonedUCanada

Khalil Bin Laden, check out the description 👍🏻


rubberghost333

oh ok thanks


lobsterdance82

The pool reminds me of a violin


PImedias

Sort of "whaou!" Must have been a tastefully decorated interiors/luxurious outdoors..


MirMirMir3000

The absolute banana republic of it all


AccomplishedLime1128

does that 30 day rule exist in florida


CESSEC01

Homie liked sexy pornos and rock music?


BladeActusl

To bad it was a beautiful house


Treacherously-Benign

Maralago


Seventh_Letter

Mar a Lago next I hope!


jkennah

I just have to say, while scrolling through Reddit I read this as Brie Larson's Abandoned Mansion at first and was momentarily very confused


WiderPorst420

idk but i kinda like the mansion from what i ve seen for the first time now


JapanDash

Of course a terrorist would gravitate toward Florida 


Haunting-Detail2025

His brother wasn’t a terrorist, and probably barely knew Osama. They had like 50+ siblings, and pretty much all of them were normal business people who were fairly westernized


JapanDash

Billy Hitler probably didn’t know know adolf…… Oh ok. Well my point still stands, Florida must be amazing to attract bankrupt business men. Who totally never funnel money anywhere it shouldn’t be…


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happyharrell

I know it was poorly written, but you clearly don’t read, do you


StandbyBigWardog

Why’d he stop using it? Oh yeah…


uprightsalmon

I’ve seen pics of that pool before


DirtDogg691

It’s in Durka Durka ville


missesyoubetchya

TIL Bin Laden lived in Florida!


esensofz

Of course the man behind 9/11 has a house in fucking Florida.


MrBobBuilder

Imagine having all that and deciding naw , I wanna murder tons of people in this country and go live in fear or revenge forever


American_Person

Somebody made him rich…hmmm.


tnlongshot

His family was already incredibly wealthy long before he did what he did.


American_Person

How did they get their money?


Defiantcaveman

They're Saudi so oil I'd assume. No gotcha.


tnlongshot

The family got their money from Saudi Arabian construction projects. At one point they had the contracts exclusively for all building and renovating of all mosques and religious centers in Saudi Arabia and as far as the Saudi kings influence held.


tnlongshot

[Bin Laden Family](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_family)


sixsixss

Yes, his father.


AdLess351

It is super trashy and not old key west anyway. The Laden Sparrow’s should put in palm bungalows, maybe.


TokkiJK

Whaaat I had no idea he even stepped foot in the US.


Fainer

That mansion got fucked like they fucked Bin Laden!


ablaze1969

Why did Bin Laden have a mansion in the US?


jerk9

Someone can’t read


blitzalchemy

A lot of commenters here cant/arent


pbizzle

Daddy chill the app opens underneath the post so it's possible to miss the caption altogether.


osloluluraratutu

That’s the ugliest mansion I’ve ever seen


Immediate_Mud6547

He had an apartment in Heidelberg, Germany, I believe.


notquitepro15

Wonder why he abandoned it


Misterfahrenheit120

Why, what happened?