Posted on 02/05/2008 6:05:47 AM PST by NYer
Rome, 5 Feb.(AKI) - Omar bin Laden, son of the infamous al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has said he wants to meet Pope Benedict XVI and visit the Vatican.
Bin Laden, a 26-year old practising Muslim, spoke to the Italian TV network LA7 on its programme called, Nothing Personal, aired on Monday night.
" I would very much like to meet the Pope in St. Peter's, but I have been told that it is not easy," said bin Laden, who considers himself an ambassador for peace.
Bin Laden (photo) also wants to return to Italy in the future and visit the Vatican.
During the television interview, Omar also said that he did not believe his father is dead.
"I do not believe my father is dead, otherwise I would have known it; the world would have known it," said Omar.
Omar bin Laden is one of 19 children of the al-Qaeda leader, who tops US President Bush's most wanted list.
The younger bin Laden said in previous interviews that a truce between the West and al-Qaeda is possible.
He arrived in Rome from Switzerland, amid tight security, accompanied by his wife Zaina.
Zaina is a 52 year-old British divorcee and Muslim convert, previously known as Jane Felix-Browne. The couple currently lives in Cairo, Egypt.
Zaina is Omar bin Laden's second wife, as he also has a wife in Saudi Arabia.
Under Islamic law, men can have up to four wives provided the man treats them all equally.
In a previous interview recorded in Cairo by an Italian TV network, in January, bin Laden said he had not seen his father for several years.
"The last time I saw my father was in 2000, 2001. I was in Saudi Arabia and felt a terrible sorrow for all the victims," [ of the September 11 attacks] he said.
"My father has a kind heart," said Omar bin Laden.
Osama bin Laden's whereabouts remain unknown. He is accused of being behind a number of atrocities, including the 1998 bombing of two US embassies in East Africa and the mastermind of the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11 2001.
His al-Qaeda network has been linked indirectly to bombings on the island of Bali in Indonesia and its capital Jakarta, as well as suicide attacks in north Africa and Turkey.
I suggest running the boy through a CT and MRI scan before letting him within 100 yds of da Pope.
Well, I was willing to give this guy the benefit of the doubt until he said,
“”My father has a kind heart,” said Omar bin Laden.”
People who murder 3000 innocent civilians have no heart, let alone a kind one.
Surely the Pope will not allow the guy to gain international credibility as a man of “peace”.
Personally, I’d rather arrange for bin Laden to meet God.
“Bin Laden, a 26-year old practising Muslim, ... accompanied by his wife Zaina ... 52 year-old British divorcee and Muslim convert”
Is his wife older than OBL?
Could be a murder plot.
No doubt an attempt by Binnie to gain some credibility on the world stage. First, do something drastic to get attention (9/11, etc.), and then moderate your rhetoric so as to gain sympathy for your “famous” cause. If we elect a Democratic President, it just might succeed.
It wouldn’t surprise me.
Since they are allowed four wives, as per the article, he decided to spice it up by adding a cougar!
Let's rip it out and see, Omar. We can see under the macroscope that he does not have a kind head.
I’ll tell ya, I’m with you. Check all orifices. And then let him wave HI from the back of St. Peter’s courtyard, out where the taxis let you off.
Silas, our albino monk-assassin, has been activated and will be present, in secret, at any papal audience which bin Laden is granted. Any signs of suspicious activity will be met with a swift and decisive strike.
Indeed!! Check for a fuse protruding from his south end.
Put him thru the metal detector first...
Too bad it hasn't been ripped out of his chest.
The doors to eternity will be open for him by Satan.
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