Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is believed to have had more than 20 children – no one knows for sure. One of them is Omar bin Laden. The 41-year-old now lives in France and works as a painter. In an interview with the British tabloid “The Sun”, he has now reported on his childhood – and the relationship with his father, who once chose him as his successor.
Omar bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia. However, the family moved several times: to Sudan and Afghanistan. “All my life we have traveled from place to place. You could never really settle anywhere,” he told the Sun reporter. “When I was a kid, maybe 16, they taught me how to use a Kalashnikov.” He also learned how to handle old Russian tanks, the son said. of the terrorist leader killed in Afghanistan in 2011. “I think I was one of the victims of my father and the whole situation.”
Al-Qaeda showed no mercy: chemical weapons were tested on its pets. “I saw them, they tested it on my dogs,” says Omar bin Laden. The terrible experiences of his childhood haunt him to this day. “It is very difficult to be the son of someone who is called a terrorist by most of the world. They judge him for what he did and involve us in that.”
After his father’s death, he thought the hard times were over. But he was wrong there, Omar bin Laden sums up today. He had already separated from his father in April 2001, five months before al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York. “I said goodbye, he said goodbye, he wasn’t happy about it. End of story.” According to Omar bin Laden, he had had enough of his father’s world.
However, his name serves him surprisingly well today – for the sale of his photos, he explains to the British journalist. And he has arrived in the world: his favorite movie is Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven”. He thinks Freddy Mercury is the best singer in the western world. And: “I love the queen. So many people came and went and she was always there.” (cpf)
Soource :Watson
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