- He is President of the Republic of the Sudan and led an Islamic fundamentalist revolution in the Sudan which created an Islamic state. Bashir knew and respected bin Laden when he lived in the Sudan, but eventually asked bin Laden to leave because of US and Saudi pressure. Bashir has called for an international investigation into the US strike against the Sudan pharmaceutical plant. What was ...www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/interviews/bashir.html