...and now for our afternoon “entertainment” news:
http://thepost.com.pk/EditorialNews.aspx?dtlid=149504&catid=10
“Omar’s suggestion”
OP/ED SNIPPET: “In a breakthrough interview with the private TV Channel 5, Omar bin Laden, son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has urged the world to persuade the US to initiate talks with his father. Significantly, the eldest progeny of Osama claimed that the real conflict between US President George Bush and his father revolved around oil.”
(March 12, 2008)
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http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=429675&sid=SAS
“Its wrong to link my brother to Bhutto killing: Osama’s son”
Islamabad, March 11: Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden`s contractor son O
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Omar has said it was wrong to blame his Afghanistan-based younger brother Hamza for former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto`s assassination as he was “too young” to have done such a thing.
In her last book “Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and The West”, Bhutto wrote that she had received information last year that Hamza was the leader of one of the four suicide squads sent to target her.
But 26-year-old Omar, who was recently in news for marrying a 51-year-old British grandmother, said it was “completely wrong” to put the blame for Bhutto`s murder on his younger brother Hamza, a member of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. He also said Hamza was “too young” to kill Bhutto.
In an interview with Pakistan`s channel five in Cairo, Omar, a contractor, said the suicide bombings in the country were tragic. He said he was ready to interact with the Pakistani leadership to bring peace and stability to the country.
Omar, who has spent time in Pakistan, said he had been told that former premier Nawaz Sharif was a friend of his father. If circumstances permitted, Omar said, he would meet Sharif.
He also said he had no information about al-Qaeda`s presence in Pakistan`s tribal areas. The Pakistani government, he felt, should work towards a solution to the problems in the tribal areas.”
RECAP:
http://www.terrortracker.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2402
The following text is a quote:
Bin Laden son named al-Qaeda heir
Posted by: Neil on Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 12:02 AM
Saana, 6 Feb. (AKI) - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s youngest son Hamza is being groomed to take over from his father as leader of the terror network, says former Islamist Yemeni militant, Muhammad Sayd.
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Note: Photo included:
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1850053394
“Terrorism: Bin Laden son named al-Qaeda heir”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Saana, 6 Feb. (AKI) - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s youngest son Hamza is being groomed to take over from his father as leader of the terror network, says former Islamist Yemeni militant, Muhammad Sayd.
Sayd told the Arab satellite TV network Al-Arabiya that the 16-year old had been selected for the role.”
(February 6, 2008)
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Note: Photo included.
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5649894,00.jpg
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22396488-663,00.html
(AP, FOX NEWS SUNDAY)
“Bin Laden son Hamza rises to al-Qaida cause”
September 11, 2007 12:00am
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “ON THE sixth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, Osama bin Laden remains free — but he could now be joined in his campaign by his son, Hamza.
Militant sources say while bin Laden’s whereabouts are unknown, Hamza has recently come to the tribal belt, the al-Qaida stronghold on Pakistan and Afghanistan’s border.
The news came from a militant who was formerly in one of bin Laden’s camps before 9/11 and maintains links with groups affiliated with him.
Referring to bin Laden by his nom de guerre of “sheik,” he said: “Sheik’s own son, young Hamza, is now here and he is among friends.
“No one has any idea where bin Laden is.
“Two-and-a-half years ago he was in (Afghanistan’s eastern province of) Kunar and we do not know where he is now.”
Hamza, bin Laden’s second son and still in his mid-teens, is thought to be taking a senior role in al-Qaida’s growing guerilla network in Afghanistan.
Bin Laden is believed to have 27 children. His first son, Saad, in his late 20s, is also playing a key role in al-Qaida.”
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