Bin Ladens Son Is Poised to Unify Terrorists Worldwide

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Osama bin Laden bade farewell to three of his young sons. In the shade of an olive tree, he handed each boy a misbaha—a set of prayer beads symbolizing the 99 names of God in classical Arabic—and instructed them to keep the faith. The scene was an emotional one. “It was as if we pulled out our livers and left them there,” one of the boys would later recall in a letter to his father. Having taken his leave, bin Laden disappeared into the mountains, bound for a familiar redoubt known as the Black Cave, or Tora Bora in the local Pashto dialect.

The three boys who received the prayer beads that day would face three very different destinies. One, Bakr (also known as Ladin), would distance himself from al-Qaeda, both geographically and ideologically. Another, Khalid, would die protecting his father at their compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011. The third, Hamza, would vanish for years before reemerging in 2015 as the most likely candidate to reunite a fractured jihadi movement and lead al-Qaeda to a future still more violent than its past.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bin-laden%E2%80%99s-son-is-poised-to-unify-terrorists-worldwide/ar-AArG2D8?li=AA4Zpp&ocid=ientp

[Benny19851]

1. Funny how terrorism isn't stopped merely by killing the terrorist....

Almost sounds like killing them and creating a vacuum in a country via occupation leads to more, rather than less problems, eh?

[BigmanPigman]

2. I watched the History Channel this week about what led to 9/11.

It was pretty clear that there are complexities and lack of understanding within and between other cultures, religions, and throughout history that countries ignore and thus causes more division, anger and violence. To think an easy and quick military action is the solution to healing is the biggest misconception and is an obstacle to lasting peace.

Another obvious yet ignored issue is that over 90% of those involved in conflicts are men (in most countries including our own). This is a fact and has been for thousands of years. Why is this never addressed? Is it too obvious or too complex to confront realistically? Are our "modern" societies and leaders unwilling to confront this issue due to the fear of loss of power and the loss of control by patriarchal religions and cultures?

[yurbud]

3. this sounds like really shitty propaganda--or a bad movie sequel.