article_snippet: It was small, 13 by 20 feet in Atwan's estimation, and as the new photos show, It was lined with shelves of books about the Koran and the Prophet Mohammed.
article_snippet: Bin Laden liked to use the bookshelves as a backdrop for Bin Laden videotaped edicts and interviews.
article_snippet: his cave not only offered Bin Laden a hiding place but also street credibility in the Muslim world, as the prophet is believed to have received the revelations of the Koran while camped in Bin Laden own mountain cave.
article_snippet: As seen in the photographs, Bin Laden always carried a Russian-made Kalashnikov rifle.
article_snippet: Bin Laden comrades addressed Bin Laden as "Abu Abdullah," for father of Abdullah, his eldest son.
article_snippet: Two younger sons, Saad and Ali, then in Two younger sons, Saad and Ali early teens, sometimes were at the compound.
article_snippet: Bin Laden three wives and more than a dozen children did not share Bin Laden joy in living the life of medieval peasants in the Tora Bora mountains, where the only light at night was from the moon and gas lanterns, and the only heat in a place where tremendous blizzards were common was a wood-burning metal stove.
article_snippet: Hunger was a frequent companion to the bin Laden children who lived on a subsistence diet of rice, bread, eggs and that salty cheese.
article_snippet: With Bin Laden pale skin, short red hair and beard, and green wool hat,
article_snippet: A gripping glimpse into Bin Laden decline and fall .