Bin Laden wives and children deported to Saudi Arabia

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

26 April 2012 Last updated at 22:51 GMT

Bin Laden wives and children deported to Saudi Arabia

The three widows and children of Osama Bin Laden have been deported to Saudi Arabia from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, officials say.

It follows a year in Pakistani custody since the death of the al-Qaeda leader.

The three widows, who are believed to have 11 children, left the house in a minibus amid tight security to board a special flight to the Gulf kingdom.

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Pakistani police used sheets to obscure the view as Bin Laden's wives and children got on board a minivan at their Islamabad residence.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17864058

[TrogL]

1. Interesting choice - why there?

I thought Saudi Arabia wasn't involved in 911

[Eugene]

2. Osama bin Laden's family preparing to live incognito in Saudi Arabia

Source: The Telegraph

Osama bin Laden's family preparing to live incognito in Saudi Arabia

The 14 members of Osama bin Laden's family who survived the US Navy Seal raid which killed him in May last year were on Friday preparing to live incognito - but apparently in some luxury - in Saudi Arabia after being deported from Pakistan.

By Tom Hussain in Islamabad and Adam Baron in Sanaa

7:21PM BST 27 Apr 2012

They included three of his widowed wives, ten children and one grandchild. One of his wives, Amal Ahmed al-Sadah, was deported to Saudi Arabia despite being a Yemeni, at the insistence of Yemen officials and members of her family who feared she might become a focal point for bin Laden's followers or alternatively targeted by al-Qaeda militants.

In Saudi Arabia, the family members are expected to reside with bin Laden's extended family, led by Osama's half-brother, Bakr bin Mohammed Binladin, the chairman of Saudi Binladin. The kingdom's biggest construction company, it is the foundation of the family's fortune.

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Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/9232673/Osama-bin-Ladens-family-preparing-to-live-incognito-in-Saudi-Arabia.html