Friday, July 10, 2009
??!! / Books "Growing Up Bin Laden"
Posted by Lindy West on Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:59 PM
That's the name of the new memoir by the Predator* Osama Bin Laden's son. I have several things to say about this.
1. WOW.
2. "Omar, 28, describes weeping as a teenager when told that Al Qaeda needed his pets to conduct chemical warfare tests." His dad GASSED HIS DOGS. There's nothing better than when the real news about Osama Bin Laden being someone's dad reads like an Onion article about Osama Bin Laden being someone's dad. "After I learned the truth about the puppies, I turned even further away from my father."
3. His first name is Omar. His last name is OSAMA BIN LADEN. That's just a bummer.
*Predator joke stolen from whoever forwarded that article to my friend who then forwarded it to me.
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@2, you mean gems like "This poig isn the sone of a pig and is talking thisn shid as he must need money"?
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If I was him, I'd legally change my name to something like Captain America or Uncle Sam. Just to piss off the old man a little bit more.
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When I went to Saudi ARabia for work, one of the MDs I met introduced himself to me like this:
"I'm Osama Asawhelem, I imagine you won't have trouble remembering my name."
"I'm Osama Asawhelem, I imagine you won't have trouble remembering my name."
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I would guess that wealthy muslims can ignore the laws they don't like.
Sorta like wealthy christians and wealthy americans.
I would guess that wealthy muslims can ignore the laws they don't like.
Sorta like wealthy christians and wealthy americans.
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Next week: interviews with bin Laden's former lovers discussing how he had problems getting it up.
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Hey, there's so much interesting information in the book that I believe you'll be blown away... I'm Jean Sasson and I worked with Najwa and Omar for 15 months so that this book would come to life. I found Omar to be very quiet and sweet. His life was sheer hell when he was a child, and he was basically helpless, like all children are. He was a teenager when the family lived in Afghanistan, and the only child of his father brave enough to stand up to his father and declare his opinion that violence was not the answer. Of course, his strong-willed father paid little attention to him. Later Omar left when he was old enough to do so, and since that time has been calling for peace. While Omar loved his father, he didn't agree with him. There are sites that claim Omar knew about the 1998 Embassy attacks and 9/11 before it happened. That is not true. Omar was never a member of al-Qaeda, and in fact, he heard about the Embassy bombings on the radio! He was already away from his father and living in Saudi when 9/11 occurred. As you might imagine, he was distraught. I hope you all get to read the book -- it fills in so many gaps, so many questions we have all had since 9/11. Jean Sasson
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