Bin Laden’s Mother Says He Is Innocent

LONDON, Sunday – The mother of prime terror suspect Osama bin Laden said her son was innocent of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, in an interview with a British newspaper. “I don’t believe that he did the terrible deeds they say he did. I believe the evidence against him is not solid,” she told The Mail on Sunday. Khalid Batarfi, Saudi journalist and close friend of the bin Ladens, secured a world exclusive interview with Alia Ghanem, the Syrian-born fourth wife of Mohammed bin Laden, the paper said. Ghanem told the weekly that a video tape recently released by Washington in which bin Laden is seen boasting of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington had been tampered with. “I think the video they produced is doctored. Osama is too good a Muslim and too good a person to say or do what the script of the video suggests he said and did.” “I pray to Allah that he will live until the truth is revealed and the real criminals are found, she said.” AFP Ends