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| Iran holding bin Laden family |
| 2009-12-21 |
| IRANIAN authorities are continuing to hold several members of Osama bin Laden's family. Abdul Rahman bin Laden told news network Al Jazeera today that his sister Eman, one of his stepmothers and five of his brothers have been prevented from leaving by the authorities in Tehran since 1997. He claimed Eman managed to escape several weeks ago and he then advised her to take shelter in the Saudi Arabian embassy. Abdul Rahman bin Laden told Al Jazeera that he was concerned for his sister's health. He called on Tehran to release his relatives and on the Saudi government to ensure his sister's departure from the country. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 Where's Saudia? Middle Eastern country between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Rumsfeld. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-12-21 20:21 |
| #4 Saudia = Saudi Arabia |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-21 18:16 |
| #3 Where's Saudia? Never heard of it. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-12-21 16:34 |
| #2 So, let me see. Al Qaeda is enemy of Saudia and friend of Iran. Bin Laden's family are doing (very) well in Saudia, and are prisoners in Iran. I gotta be missing something. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-21 14:16 |
| #1 So they've been doing this since the '90's? I gotta ask... is this to blackmail him into doing what they want him to do? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-12-21 13:46 |