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Osama Sons Call Father's Killing Illegal

Foregoing trial, US violated its own principles, Omar bin Laden says

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 10, 2011 5:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – The killing of Osama bin Laden broke international law and violated American principles, his sons say in a statement to the New York Times. It questioned why their father “was not arrested and tried in a court of law so that truth is revealed to the people of the world,” and faulted “the propriety of such assassination where not only international law has been blatantly violated.” The US neglected its commitment to presumption of innocence, the statement said. “We maintain that arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems."

Omar bin Laden is the only son specifically named in the statement, which was given to the newspaper by the co-writer of his memoir. Omar had long criticized his father's violence. “As he condemned our father, we now condemn the president of the United States for ordering the execution of unarmed men and women,” the statement reads. Click to read about Osama's youngest son, Hamza, who might have escaped the US raid.

This 2008 file photo shows Omar bin Laden during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt.
This 2008 file photo shows Omar bin Laden during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
Omar Bin Laden arrives to give an interview during the broadcast 'Niente di Personale' on Italian television channel 'La Sette', on February 4, 2008 in Rome, Italy.
Omar Bin Laden arrives to give an interview during the broadcast 'Niente di Personale' on Italian television channel 'La Sette', on February 4, 2008 in Rome, Italy.   (Getty Images)
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793tango
May 11, 2011 3:12 PM CDT
Yeah and the killing of over 2000 innocent people in the 9/11 attacks was also a violation of human rights and international law as well as a flagrant violation of Islamic law which prohibits the killing of women children elderly infirm and fellow muslims (many of whom were innocent workers in the TWC.). Sounds like a case of the pot calling the kettle black to me...
luvnmaggie
May 11, 2011 12:51 PM CDT
Ask the loved ones of those who died on 9/1/01 if they wanted the Navy Seals to try to handcuff Bin Laden and try to bring him back to our country? No one knows if Bin Laden could have blown up his compound with the push of a button.The Seals are trained to make quick decisions based on the situation.None of us were there so let's stop deciding what would be best for this mass murderer who killed 3,000 innocent people in the Twin Towers plus millions of others!!
rjterrill
May 11, 2011 11:35 AM CDT
Like we are supposed to care what the son of a mass murderer thinks when his rich daddy gets what is coming to him. I say KISS MY ASS bin Ladens!

 
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