The US will get its chance to grill Osama bin Laden's three widows. Pakistani government officials have promised access in the near future, a US official tells ABC News. Meanwhile, the Daily Beast rounds up what we know so far about his three widows as well as his estranged and former wives:
- Najwa Ghanem: Bin Laden's estranged first wife, a Syrian cousin he married as a teenager, bore him 11 children. She fought with her husband frequently, but stayed with him until 2001 when she returned to Syria.
- Khadija Sharif, aka Umm Ali: Bin Laden married his second wife, nine years his elder and a teacher of Islam, in 1983. She found his lifestyle too trying, and bin Laden allowed a divorce though some say it hurt him deeply.
- Khairiah Sabar, aka Umm Hamza: She was apparently a child psychology professor from a wealthy family who wanted to marry a "true holy warrior." She was a favorite of bin Laden's because of her commitment to jihad.