Bin Laden's real-life Big Love troubles

The terrorist ringleader lived for five years under one roof with three wives and a dozen of kids. How did he manage?

A passport photo of Osama bin Laden's fifth and youngest wife, Amal Ahmed al-Sadah
(Image credit: REHAN KHAN/epa/Corbis)

Osama bin Laden may have been the world's most wanted terrorist, but he "was also a family man," says Tim McGirk at TIME. The Pakistan compound raided by U.S. forces two weeks ago was home to bin Laden, three of his wives, and a dozen or more children — sort of like "Big Love in Abbottabad," McGirk says. Here, a guide to bin Laden's multi-dimensional home-life on the lam:

How many wives did bin Laden have?

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