Where will all the bin Ladens go? - Haaretz - Israel News

Where will all the bin Ladens go? Osama's family have been under house arrest in Iran. Not everyone is happy about that
While Iran is considered a country that supports terror, this does not make much of an impression on Al-Qaida, which sees the Shi'ite state as an enemy - ideologically and practically speaking.

This week, the Al-Qaida faction in the Maghreb countries published a warning to the authorities in Tehran, demanding they immediately free members of Osama bin Laden's family, who have been in Iran since the start of the war in Afghanistan.

The bin Ladens are being held under strict house arrest and are not allowed to leave the country. The statement said they are living "under inappropriate conditions," and that Al-Qaida members are prepared "to sacrifice themselves for Osama and his family and any Muslim man or woman."

The clear threat has already drawn a response from Omar, bin Laden's fourth son, who said in a telephone conversation with the Saudi Arabian newspaper A-Sharq al-Awsat (published in London) that "violence will simply give birth to more violence, and this threat will merely harm my brothers who are in Iran. We are receiving good treatment and all six of my brothers, bin Laden's wife, Umm Hamza, and 11 of his grandchildren are very satisfied with the attitude of the Iranians."

via haaretz.com

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