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| Binny's kid takes over the family business... |
| 2002-07-29 |
| Drudge got this first... Osama bin Laden's eldest son, Saad, has taken over the command of al-Qaeda, the Saudi pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported yesterday. Saad bin Laden has been in charge of the organisation "since the US offensive against al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan," which began in October, and al-Qaeda's pullout from its main hideouts in the country, the paper quoted "informed sources" as saying in a London-datelined dispatch. This disclosure "substantiates the theory that bin Laden was killed or seriously wounded" in the US-led military campaign, the paper said. Bin Laden's second son, 20-year-old Mohammad, had previously been expected to succeed the suspected terror mastermind in case of his death or incapacitation, Asharq Al-Awsat said, adding that Saad was "unknown" outside al-Qaeda. There was a Chinese press report back in October (picked up by NRO) that both Binny and Mullah Omar had been assassinated and that one of Binny's sons and two of Omar's also pegged out. That was three days before the Ranger landing at Kandahar. Perhaps that was when Mohammad departed the gene pool. Obviously Binny and Omar survived, one of them at least for awhile. While this would seem to be a nice, big nail in Binny's coffin, I'd still hesitate to call for embalming fluid all around. Saudi sources seem hot to have the world believing that Binny's toes up — "why would that be?" my suspicious mind asks. It could be simply that they're as interested as we are. It could also be that he feels much more comfortable without his beard and that he's enjoying life in Khobar or Medina as Abu Abdullah. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 I wouldn't be surprised to learn OBL is hiding out in Detroit. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2002-07-29 23:40:29 |
| #1 If Bin Ladin is alive and the kid is just drawing attention for Dad -- fine. Let him die while drawing attention. I'll bet the next son in line won't be in as much of a hurry to help out. |
| Posted by: Pat Phillips 2002-07-29 18:06:32 |