Alia Ghanem, mother of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has described her son as a “good kid” who was “brainwashed” by fundamentalists.
Speaking from her home in Saudi Arabia, she said that it never crossed her mind that he would become a jihadist. When she learned what her son had become, she said she was “extremely upset”.
Bin Laden’s half-brother Ahmad said that when news broke of the September 11 attacks, family members knew he was behind it. “From the youngest to the eldest, we all felt ashamed of him.”
The family also revealed that Osama’s son Hamza has sworn to avenge his father’s death. Well, it is believed that Hamza is right now in Afghanistan with fundamentalists. His uncle said that he would urge Hamza not to follow in the footsteps of his father.

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