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She is mother of his son, hamza, a saudi national. and a wife, siham sabar, known as um khalid, mother of the son ha was killed in the raid. she is a saudi national who was with bin laden after 9/11. i asked peter bergen more about the two saudi wives. >> they are pretty well educated. one has a doctorate in legal law and another a degree in arabic studies. they have had a number of kids with bin laden. >> pakistani officials had previously refused to budge from that demand that they would allow...

Another wife, um khalid, was educated in religious war. another, um hamza had a degree in arabic languages. bin ladens wives knew each other and are generally described as devoted to him. and yet they also are believed to have lived apart in homes around afghanistan and elsewhere. at times seeing him only occasionally. bin laden and his wives produced close to 20 children. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> joining us back again is peter bergen. peter is one of the few western journalists who have...

Liked to have his wives with him, near him, living in the same house, and if he was indeed in this compound for around seven years, he will have wanted his wife to be there with him to look after his children to bring up his daughters, to bring up any sons that were still with him at this point. >> reporter: crookshank helped research the book "the osama bin laden i know." it includes many details of the terrorists five wives. the first was najwa ghanem whom he married in 1974. the next wife to ...

>> reporter: crookshank helped research the book "the osama bin laden i know." it includes many details of the terrorists five wives. the first was najwa ghanem whom he married in 1974. a family member called her meek, submissive, highly religious and constantly pregnant. the next wife to join the family, um ali, from saudi arabia. bin laden divorced her after she complained about his life of hardship. another wife, um khalid, was a sister of a fellow jihadist, was highly educated in religious w...

Laden liked to have his wives with him, near him, living in the same house, and if he was indeed in this compound for up to around seven years, he will have wanted his wives to be there with him to look after his children, to bring up his daughters, to bring up any sons that were still with him at that point. >> reporter: cruikshank helped to research the book "the osama i know" researched by peter bergen and it reveals details about the wives. the first was najwa ghanem, and a family member cal...