Posted on 08/03/2006 8:39:03 AM PDT by MikeA
August 3, 2006 -- A son of Osama bin Laden has gone from Iran to Lebanon with the mission to organize terror attacks against Israel, it was reported yesterday. Saad bin Laden, 27, one of the terror mastermind's eldest sons, was released by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard last Friday, according to the German daily Die Welt.
"From the Lebanese border, he has the task of building Islamist terror cells and preparing them to fight with Hezbollah," the paper said, quoting intelligence sources.
"Apparently, Tehran is counting on recruiting Lebanese refugees in Syria for the fight against Israel, using bin Laden's help," it added.
The young bin Laden was supposedly under house arrest in Iran.
In 2004, Iranian former foreign minister Kamal Kharrazi said the country had jailed about a dozen al Qaeda suspects and would put them on trial. Among them were bin Laden and Saif al-Adel, the terror network's security chief.
Up until this latest move, intelligence officials believed that Saad, who speaks fluent English, was part of a small cadre running al Qaeda from Iran.
"Our general view is Iran certainly does have a few al Qaeda-related figures," said a counter-terrorism official when asked about the Die Welt report. "The general perception is Iran keeps these people as a bargaining chip."
Officials don't know if Saad played a role in the 9/11 attacks, but he has allegedly provided support for other al Qaeda missions - and he is thought to be very close to Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the chief planner of the atrocities against the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Saad is also believed to have a part in the April 11, 2002, bombing of a synagogue in Tunisia that left 19 dead, most of them German tourists.
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Must have got out on good behavior.
Osama Jr.: Let me out to kill jews! Iranian Parole Board: OH! Well then,..APPROVED!! *boom* (sound of stamp hitting paper).
(you beat me by 20 seconds)
Saad was appointed head of Alqaida after the death of OBL. He may still be in his twenties.
Wouldn't it be a shame if his mode of transportation was accidentally blown up? Time for some sniper fire.
Unlike OBL, Saad could appear anywhere unrecognized. Nobody knows what he looks like. He could be the guy with the pickup truck that just moved in next door and waves every day as he goes to work.
But France just said that Iran was a stabalizing force in the region?
May an Israeli missle take him out
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