Rebranding “Bin Laden” from Terrorist to Peacemaker: father vs son
Omar Bin Laden (Osama’s son):
He doesn’t consider his father to be a terrorist. When his father was fighting the Soviets, Washington considered him a hero, he said.
“Before they call it war; now they call it terrorism,” he said. He said his father believes his duty is to protect Muslims from attack.
“He believes this is his job — to help the people,” he said. “I don’t think my father is a terrorist because history tells you he’s not.”
”I don’t think 9/11 was right personally, but it happened,” he said. “I don’t think … [the war] in Vietnam was right. I don’t think what’s going on in Palestine is right. I don’t think what’s going on in Iraq is right.
“I told him I was going, and wanted to try life and see what it was like outside because, from a young age I was with my father, and I only saw and heard my father and his friends. My fMy father told me, ‘If this is what your choice — your decision — is, what can I tell you? I like you to be with me, but this is your decision.’ ”
Now, (Omar) and his wife are preparing to launch a movement far different from the one his father, Osama bin Laden, launched. They are pursuing a movement for peace.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/21/binladen.son/index.html
