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| Bin Laden son asked US for death certificate: WikiLeaks | |
| 2015-06-20 | |
| [Al Ahram] A son of Al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden ... who used to be alive but now he's not... asked the United States for a death certificate after US Navy SEALS killed him, said a letter released by WikiLeaks Thursday. The letter, stating it is from the US embassy in Riyadh, is among about 70,000 documents dubbed "The Saudi Cables" the whistleblower website published.
The letter is signed by Glen Keiser, the US consul general in Riyadh and addressed to Abdullah bin Laden on September 9, 2011, about four months after a US raid killed his father in Pakistain after a decade-long manhunt. "I have received your request for a death certificate for your father, Osama bin Laden," Keiser wrote. Legal experts in the State Department advised that no such document was issued, he said. "This is consistent with regular practice for individuals killed in the course of military operations." Instead, Keiser provided Abdullah bin Laden with US court records in which officials confirmed his father's death and, as a result, dropped a criminal case against him. "I hope that these US government documents are of assistance to you and your family," Keiser said. The bin Ladens are a prominent Saudi business family. The kingdom stripped Osama bin Laden of citizenship in 1994. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I'd print it off on the back of a Red Lobster menu, but that's just me. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-06-20 20:15 |
| #3 He's dead Glen. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-06-20 19:28 |
| #2 Death certificates, birth certificates...meh... |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-06-20 19:01 |
| #1 I'm guessing OBL's son was having difficulties getting his inheritance out of his uncles without paperwork. Waaaaa. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-06-20 08:37 |