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| − | ==September 11th Meeting==
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| − | Shafig bin Laden, half-brother of Osama, with was a guest of honour at the [[Carlyle Group]]'s Washington conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on [[September 11, 2001]], where he met [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[James Baker]].<ref name=glassman>
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| − | | url = http://www.carlyle.com/Media%20Room/Fact%20Sheet%20Files/item9959.pdf
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| − | | title = Big Deals. David Rubenstein and His Partners Have Made Billions With the Carlyle Group, the World’s Hottest Private Equity Firm. How Have They Made All That Money? Why Are They in Washington?
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| − | | publisher = [[The Washingtonian (magazine)|The Washingtonian]]
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| − | | author = James K. Glassman
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| − | | date = 2006-06
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| − | </ref><ref name=TheGuardian>
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| − | | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2002/jun/16/features.magazine57
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| − | | title = Dark heart of the American dream
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| − | | publisher = [[The Guardian]]
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| − | | author = Ed Vulliamy
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| − | | date = 2002-05-16
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| − | | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080917122104/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2002/jun/16/features.magazine57
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| − | | archivedate = 2008-09-17
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| − | | quote = On 11 September, while Al-Qaeda's planes slammed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the Carlyle Group hosted a conference at a Washington hotel. Among the guests of honour was a valued investor: Shafig bin Laden, brother to Osama.
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| − | </ref><ref name=TheEconomoist>
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| − | | url = http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1875084
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| − | | title = The Carlyle Group: C for Capitalism
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| − | | publisher = [[The Economist]]
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| − | | date = 2003-06-26
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| − | | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20051212013149/http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1875084
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| − | | archivedate = 2005-12-12
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| − | | quote = On the day Osama bin Laden's men attacked America, Shafiq bin Laden, described as an estranged brother of the terrorist, was at an investment conference in Washington, DC, along with two people who are close to President George Bush: his father, the first President Bush, and James Baker, the former secretary of state who masterminded the legal campaign that secured Dubya's move to the White House.
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| − | </ref><ref name=TheBookOnBush>
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| − | | url = http://books.google.ca/books?id=9GuVyDhlswoC&pg=PT312&lpg=PT312&dq=Shafig+OR+Shafiq+%22bin+Laden%22+George+Bush&source=bl&ots=AEDGlD8_oF&sig=Z-D26XmqzR-_i4FfKaSa4j3-83A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=990IU4POGoSoqgGawYHIDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Shafig%20OR%20Shafiq%20%22bin%20Laden%22%20George%20Bush&f=false
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| − | | title = The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America
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| − | | publisher = [[Penguin]]
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| − | | author = Eric Alterman, Mark J. Green
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| − | | date = 2004
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| − | | isbn = 9781101200810
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| − | | accessdate = 2014-02-22
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| − | | quote = The extremely influential Carlyle Group has arranged similar gatherings during the previous fourteen years, beneath the radar of most of the mass media, between former politicians like Bush, James Baker, John Major, former Worl Bank treasurer Afsaneh Masheyekhi, and interested parties looking for some extremely expensive, high-powered lobbying services. On September 11, 2001, the Group happened to be hosting a conference at a Washington hotel. Among the guest of honor: investor Shafig bin Laden, another brother to Osama.
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| − | </ref><ref name=Nsnbc>
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| − | | url = http://nsnbc.me/2013/04/30/is-kissing-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-a-terrorist-act-political-satire/
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| − | | title = Is Kissing a “State Sponsor of Terrorism” a “Terrorist Act”? Political Satire
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| − | | publisher = [[NSNBC]]
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| − | | author = Michel Chossudovsky
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| − | | date = 2013-04-13
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| − | | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130502010243/http://nsnbc.me/2013/04/30/is-kissing-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-a-terrorist-act-political-satire/
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| − | | archivedate = 2013-05-02
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| − | | accessdate = 2014-02-22
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| − | | quote = There is nothing wrong, therefore, in socializing and doing business with family members of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, including the late Salem bin Laden and Shafiq bin Laden of the Carlyle Group.
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| − | Shafig bin Laden was among the 13 members of the bin Laden family to leave the [[United States]] on September 19, 2001 aboard a 727 with tail number N521DB, "chartered frequently by the White House for the press corps traveling with [[George W Bush|President Bush]]".<ref>http://boingboing.net/2004/07/22/plane-used-often-by.html</ref>
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