Bin Laden: The Road To 9/11S1 Ep2

This episode begins with Bin Laden returning home to Saudi Arabia from Afghanistan, an acclaimed war hero after the withdrawal of the Soviet - a military victory that he believes he helped achieve. However, 18 months after he returns, Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait prompting the anxious Saudi authorities to seek protection from the US. Horrified by what he regards as an invasion of Muslim holy lands by the American army, Bin Laden turns publicly against the Saudi royal family, and refusing to be silenced he escapes to Sudan. He reinvents himself as a large-scale agricultural producer, famous for growing giant sunflowers and watermelons.

Bin Laden: The Road To 9/11 was broadcast on SBS ONE at Sunday 11 September 2022, 12:15.