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Article: Osama's son wants father to give up violence.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- January 22, 2008
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Osama's son wants father to give up violence
Washington, Jan 22 (PTI) -- Elusive al Qaeda mastermind Osama-bin Laden may have terrorised the world, but his 26-year-old son Omar wants to launch "a movement of peace" and wishes his father will give up violence and find "another way" to pursue his goals.
Omar, who last saw Osama in 2000 when he decided to leave al Qaeda, said he did not think his father was a terrorist and was sure that he must have felt "very sorry" for the September 11 terror attacks.
In interviews to US news channels, Omar, who works as a contractor, however, expressed apprehensions that his father "doesn't have the power to ...