“In February 1994, Bakr bin Laden, who had succeeded Salem as head of the extended bin Laden family, sought to disassociate himself, his family, and the Saudi Binladen Group from his terrorist half-brother. He sent a faxed message to the Saudi press that expressed the family’s ‘regret, denunciation, and condemnation of all acts that Osama bin Laden may have committed, which we do not condone and which we reject.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Pages 150-151