[ 2011-05-11 ]

Omar Bin Laden son of Osama Bin Laden

Statement from the family of Sheikh Osama bin Laden
I Omar Ossama Binladin and my brothers the lawful
children and heirs of the Ossama Binladin (OBL)
have noted wide coverage of the news of the death
of our father, but we are not convinced on the
available evidence in the absence of dead body,
photographs, and video evidence that our natural
father is dead. Therefore, with this press
statement, we seek such conclusive evidence to
believe the stories published in relation to 2 May
2011 operation Geronimo as declared by the
President of United States Barrack Hussein Obama
in his speech that he authorized the said
operation and killing of OBL and later confirmed
his death.

If OBL has been killed in that operation as
President of United States has claimed then we are
just in questioning as per media reports that why
an unarmed man was not arrested and tried in a
court of law so that truth is revealed to the
people of the world. If he has been summarily
executed then, we question the propriety of such
assassination where not only international law has
been blatantly violated but USA has set a very
different example whereby right to have a fair
trial, and presumption of innocence until proven
guilty by a court of law has been sacrificed on
which western society is built and is standing
when a trial of OBL was possible for any
wrongdoing as that of Iraqi President Sadam
Hussein and Serbian President Slobodan
Miloševic'. We maintain that arbitrary killing is
not a solution to political problems and crime's
adjudication as Justice must be seen to be done.

It is also unworthy of the special forces to shoot
unarmed female family members of Binladen killing
a female and that of one of his son.

Most importantly, when it is a common knowledge
that OBL's family is residing at one place outside
KSA, why they were not contacted to receive his
dead body. His sudden and un witnessed burial at
sea has deprived the family of performing
religious rights of a Muslim man.

Finally, now that the operation is concluded we
wish the Government of Pakistan to release and
hand over all minors of the family and all the
family members are reunited at one place and are
repatriated to their country of origin, especially
female members of the family to avoid further
oppression and we seek international support to
that effect.

Without agreeing to the ways of OBL as to how he
professed, believed and operated, We Omar Ossama
Binladin, and my brothers, the lawful children of
the Ossama Binladin (OBL) herewith demand an
inquiry under UNO to reach to the accuracy of the
facts as stated by United States into the
fundamental question as to why our father was not
arrested and tried but summarily executed without
a court of law. We are putting these questions to
the United Nations, OIC, President of United
States that a necessary evidence is presented to
the family in private and or public to make us
believe what they claim, and all the remaining
family members are repatriated and united after
necessary initial investigation.

In making this statement, we want to remind the
world that Omar Ossam Binladin, the fourth-born
son of our father, always disagreed with our
father regarding any violence and always sent
messages to our father, that he must change his
ways and that no civilians should be attacked
under any circumstances. Despite the difficulty of
publicly disagreeing with our father, he never
hesitated to condemn any violent attacks made by
anyone, and expressed sorrow for the victims of
any and all attacks. As he condemned our father,
we now condemn the president of the United States
for ordering the execution of unarmed men and
women.

Failure to answer these questions will force us to
go to International forum for justice such as
International Criminal Court and International
Court of Justice and UN must take notice of the
violation of international law and assist us to
have answers for which we are lawful in seeking
them. A panel of eminent British and international
lawyers is being constituted and a necessary
action may be taken if no answers are furnished
within 30 days of this statement.

Source - New York Times

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