# Was Osama bin Laden a very warm, nice, friendly looking guy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 2, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-osama-bin-laden-a-very-warm-nice-friendly-looking-guy/580486 "2011-05-02T16:27:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-osama-bin-laden-a-very-warm-nice-friendly-looking-guy/580486/41 "2011-05-09T00:33:08Z")
I’d like to know the deal with the camo’s. Was he ever in the military or has he been involved in combat? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-osama-bin-laden-a-very-warm-nice-friendly-looking-guy/580486/42 "2011-05-09T00:46:12Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I’d like to know the deal with the camo’s. Was he ever in the military or has he been involved in combat? He spent most of the 80’s with the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan fighting the Soviets or building camps to train others to do so. So not a formal military, but more or less the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-osama-bin-laden-a-very-warm-nice-friendly-looking-guy/580486/43 "2011-05-09T00:55:09Z")
Thanks. Probably worse than being in most militaries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-osama-bin-laden-a-very-warm-nice-friendly-looking-guy/580486.md?page=2)