bin Laden Pleas for Peace

This headline is true, but sadly the bin Laden who is pleading for peace isn't (of course) Osama, but his son, Omar.

Omar bin Laden, who works as a contractor in Cairo and is married to a British woman, is a brave man. He is speaking out because he desires an end to the violence his father has inspired, and he and his wife are launching their own movement for peace. The couple hopes to organize a multi-month horserace through North Africa in the name of peace. (I have no idea what racing horses has to do with peace or how it can inspire others, but I'm for just about any crazy idea at this point.) (Of course, one hopes the horses will be well cared for, or else this race will only bring more suffering into the world.)

Omar, who is one of Osama's 19 children and hasn't spoken to his dad since 2000, isn't merely seeking more peaceful means from his father. He has strong words for the US and others: "I don't think 9/11 was right personally, but it happened. I don't think ... [the war] in Vietnam was right. I don't think what's going on in Palestine is right. I don't think what's going on in Iraq is right. If we make what is right and not right, we will make a very big list."

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