Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Omar bin Laden with His Wife, Jane Felix-Browne, in Rome, Hoping for a Meeting with Pope Benedict XVI

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Photo of Omar bin Laden and Jane Felix-Browne in Rome courtesy of the Daily Mail

DAILY MAIL: Wearing matching leather jackets and jeans, and with dark hair flowing over their shoulders, they stroll hand-in-hand through Rome.

No, not a couple of ageing rockers. This is Osama bin Laden's son and his British wife on their self-proclaimed mission to promote world peace.

Omar bin Laden, who at 27 is barely half the age of six-times-married Cheshire grandmother Jane Felix-Browne, looked ill at ease as they took in the tourist sights.

After having their photograph taken at the Colosseum and shopping at designer boutiques, the unlikely couple were interviewed on Italian television about their role as "peace ambassadors".

Omar, who claims to have had no contact with his infamous father since before the September 11 attacks, believes the Al Qaeda chief is still alive.

"I do not believe my father is dead, otherwise I would have known it - the world would have known it," he said.

A practising Muslim, he also spoke of his desire to meet Pope Benedict XVI. "But I have been told that it is not easy." Mr and Mrs Bin Laden: Rockers in Rome hoping for peace and a meeting with the Pope >>> By James Tozer

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