i met osama bin laden in pakistan in 1985. reporter: prince turki al faisal was the head of saudi arabia s intelligence service. he told me that in 1990, bin laden offered up his army to drive out the communists from neighboring yemen but the saudis didn t take him seriously. later that year, when saddam hussein invaded kuwait, bin laden once again offered his troops to the saudis. he asked officials in the kingdom for the opportunity again to bring his mujahadin, as he called them, to drive out saddam hussein from kuwait. and, again, he was told that was not the right thing to do. reporter: instead, the saudis turned to the west for help. the u.s. led a multinational coalition with hundreds of thousands of american troops, in the land of the two holiest
criticized osama bin laden because he led the arab fighters into the battle for jalalabad in a very disorganized way. more than 300 of them were killed. reporter: shortly after the battle, bin laden returned home to saudi arabia. i met osama bin laden in pakistan in 1985. reporter: prince turki al faisal was the head of saudi arabia s intelligence service. he told me that in 1990, bin laden offered up his army to drive out the communists from neighboring yemen but the saudis didn t take him seriously. later that year, when saddam hussein invaded kuwait, bin laden once again offered his troops to the saudis. he asked officials in the kingdom for the opportunity again to bring his mujahadin, as he called them, to drive out saddam hussein from kuwait. and, again, he was told that was not the right thing to do.
disturbances since 1985. reporter: everyone here wants to speak to us. everyone. everyone has an opinion. as you can see, people would like to push to get their voices out. despite that, it is quite relaxed and quite friendly. the demonstrations getting much closer to one of the army posts. the gunfire we can hear rocketed through the air. the demonstrators say it s the army firing to warn them to stay away. it s long after curfew now. if the government was controlling the situation, trace of fireflying in the air. these people wouldn t be on the streets if the government was in control. reporter: there s no question after days and nights of protests here in tahrir square, this is the biggest gathering we have seen yet. reporter: let me set the