The father of Mohammed Atta dismissed as a "forgery" a videotape in which Osama bin Laden calls his son the leader of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers. The father, Mohamed al-Amir al-Sayed Awad Atta, said that he had not seen the tape, but declared it a "farce. All this is a forgery, a fabrication!" He has said his son might have been kidnapped and his papers stolen to implicate him in the attacks. He has also claimed to have spoken to his son by telephone after Sept. 11. "America is the land of aberration and forgery," the father said, shouting "damn America!" before abruptly hanging up.
Even ruthless henchmen have parents. What's he gonna say -- "Yup, that's my boy, the crazed killer of thousands?" I'd lie, too. |