From a New Yorker piece on Bin Laden:
Omar bin Laden, a younger son of Osama, left his father in Afghanistan in 1999 and later co-wrote a memoir with his mother, Najwa, a cousin whom Osama had married when he was seventeen and she was fifteen. In the book, Omar wrote that he had lost faith in his father as a young adult in war-ravaged Afghanistan when Osama suggested that he had his brothers consider taking up suicide bombing in the Taliban's cause. The boys demurred; Omar never got over the request. "My father," he wrote "hated his enemies more than he loved his sons."
That's screwy.
Two things.
1) I know some people like to keep things in the family but marrying your cousin??? Really? Cue all the Foxworthy " You might be a terrorist if your family tree doesn't fork" jokes.
3 BILLION WOMEN in the world and you're trying to pick up babes at family reunions?
Talk about not having any game....
2) "when Osama suggested that he had his brothers consider taking up suicide bombing in the Taliban's cause. The boys demurred;
Omar never got over the request."
"Son"
"Yes, father?"
"I've been thinking about your future and frankly as far as I'm concerned you don't really have one."
"Father?"
"Yeah, I've been checking with the brethren and they agree with me. You're worthless. But never fear, we DO need some more suicide bombers. You'd be making your old man proud, you would. What do you say?"
