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 Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:25 am Bin Laden son wants to be peace activist |
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| Quote: | Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father � except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there's the black leather biker jacket. The 26-year-old does not renounce his father, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but in an interview with The Associated Press, he said there is better way to defend Islam than militancy: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West.
Omar � one of bin Laden's 19 children � raised a tabloid storm last year when he married a 52-year-old British woman, Jane Felix-Browne, who took the name Zaina Alsabah. Now the couple say they want to be advocates, planning a 3,000-mile horse race across North Africa to draw attention to the cause of peace.
"It's about changing the ideas of the Western mind. A lot of people think Arabs � especially the bin Ladens, especially the sons of Osama � are all terrorists. This is not the truth," Omar told the AP last week at a cafe in a Cairo shopping mall. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bin_laden_s_son
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LightningBoy
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| Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:46 am |
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Good for him, seriously. I refuse to hold people accountble for the sins of their fathers.
I hate the fact that Bin Laden's family is associated with him in the minds of many. They did nothing to deserve it.
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