Report: Afghan raids kill son of U.S.-jailed cleric (Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman of 1993 WTC attack)

Reuters | November 18, 2001

[HAL9000]

DUBAI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - U.S. bombing of Afghanistan has killed the son of an Egyptian cleric serving a life sentence in the United States on charges linked to the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, a pan-Arab newspaper said on Sunday.

Asharq al-Awsat newspaper quoted Islamist sources in London as saying Assad Abdel Rahman, 29, son of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, died in the same raid as killed Mohammed Atef or Abu Hafs al-Masri, a close aide to Osama bin Laden and suspected planner of the September 11 attacks in the United States.

There was no independent confirmation of the report and the Taliban have denied reports of Atef's death.

The United States is hunting down bin Laden for allegedly masterminding the attacks on Washington and New York that killed thousands.

Sheikh Omar was sentenced to life in prison in 1995 on charges related to a car bombing that killed six people and injured at least 1,000 others at New York's World Trade Center.

The blind cleric is the spiritual leader of the militant Egyptian Gama'a al-Islamiya (Islamic Group).

Asharq al-Awsat also quoted another son of Sheikh Omar, Abdullah, as saying that Assad and another brother Saif had been living in Afghanistan for more than 11 years. He said they had left home to join thousands of Muslim volunteers who flocked to the country to fight Soviet forces.

[eastforker]

I realy doubt that was a real letter.

[Go Gordon]

The blind cleric is the spiritual leader of the militant Egyptian Gama'a al-Islamiya (Islamic Group).

I always wondered where that famous syaing came from..."The blind leading the blind".

[Go Gordon]

Maybe prison for Osama wouldn 't be such a bad idea afterall.

[Go Gordon]

Instead, the chief prison guard, named Curling, with another man named Day...

These guards must have a great sense of humor. I can just picture the conversation when A visitor comes.

The sound of the cell door opens...

Rahman: "Who's there?"

Guard: "Let's go Santa, you've got a visitor, says his name is Rudolf"

Rahman: "Who are you and what is your name"

Guard: "Day"

Rahman: "Day? Is that your first name? What is your last name?

Guard: "Oh"

Rahman: "Okay, listen to me Day Oh, I'm am a peaceful Muslim.Why do you torture me so"

At that point, all the guards break out in song...

Dayyyyyy-Oh, Dayyyyayyyayyy-Oh
Day-Oh come and he take you away.
He take off your clothes and he spreada you legs.
Dayyyy-Oh, Dayyyyayyyayyy-Oh
Day-Oh look at your private parts.
He laugh at you cause you hung like a mouse
Dayyyyyy-Oh, Dayyyyayyyayyy-Oh

[usconservative]

They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree....

Not only should we be killing these terrorists, take out their entire families too. At least that way, there'll be no one left to seek revenge and declare one of their stupid "fatwah's" against the U.S.

[willyone]

He is blind. Means he can't see. get it? He should be made to room with a pig.

[caddie]

That is sick.

Pigs don't deserve that sort of treatment.

[NetValue]

I just wish I could be the one to pass along this glorious news to Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman while he sits in his cell.

[irish_lad]

Now don't feel too bad for Sheikh Rahman in jail in Springfield, Missouri. I'm sure his cell mate, Big Jesse, will comfort to him tonight.

Ain't payback a bitch.

[Thumper1960]

Just so the "sheik" knows, his whelp (now known as "bake") will be buried after the small creatures have had their fill of his rotted carcass. Then, he'll be 'buried' vertically-head down-with a cross inserted in the posterior to mark the grave.

That way, "bake" can be found by fellow satan worshippers.