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ISLAMABAD -- Osama Bin Laden's three wives and their children will be released from imprisonment in Pakistan Tuesday, after completing a 45-day sentence for staying illegally in Pakistan.
"They will complete their sentence today and will be deported to Saudi Arabia after midnight," Aamir Khalil, lawyer for bin Laden's youngest wife Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al-Sada, told NBC News in Islamabad Tuesday.
"Their travel documents have been completed by the Yemen and Saudi Embassies in Islamabad," he said.
A Pakistani court has sentenced Osama bin Laden's three wives, and two of his daughters to 45 days in prison, for violating immigration laws. His youngest wife, who was with bin Laden when U.S. forces raided his compound last May, has provided the Pakistani Intelligence with a detailed account of the al-Qaida mastermind's life on the run since September 11, 2001. NBC's Amna Nawaz reports.
When asked about how they would travel, Khalil said he didn't know which airline they would fly with but guessed "it could be a special plane" from a Saudi airline.
He said the bin Laden family members were "very happy" to be free after months of detention in Pakistan following the U.S. military commando operation that killed bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2 last year.
Yemen-born al-Sadeh and her four children were among the 16 people detained by Pakistani authorities after the raid, which also included two other wives from Saudi Arabia.
New bin Laden revelations?
The family members are being detained in a heavily guarded house in a residential neighborhood of the capital Islamabad. Few have had access to the family.
Once outside Pakistan, bin Laden's relatives could reveal details about how the world's most wanted man was able to hide in U.S. ally Pakistan for years, possibly assisted by elements of the country's powerful military and spy agency, Reuters reported.
"The Pakistan military and intelligence are confident that the facts are already known to America, most of (them) anyway," Talat Masood, a retired general and political analyst, told Reuters.
January 16, 1997, nearly four years before the 9/11 terror attacks, NBC Nightly News aired the first network television report on Osama Bin Laden. NBC's Tom Brokaw referred to Bin Laden as "maybe the most dangerous man in the world." NBC's Andrea Mitchell profiles Bin Laden who commanded a business empire dedicated to terrorism.
Pakistan's government and military have said they had no links to bin Laden.
Any revelations about ties to bin Laden could embarrass Islamabad and infuriate Washington, which staged a decade-long hunt for bin Laden after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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anyone else concerned here? thinking there will be a tleast one of him out of that litter. at least
A lot depends on what their mother teaches them. Maybe she'll reform from her radicalism now that she's no longer under his influence. Maybe dogs will learn to fly too. I'm not holding my breath with either.
Yeah, george, those little children look pretty scary.
Any child could grow up to be a terrorist, a violent criminal, or any other sort of deranged, dangerous individual.
If we are so frightened by the preadolescent children of Osama bin Laden, then we have indeed lost our nerve as a nation.
I do not believe that to be so.
Let the women and children go free.
Sooner or later those kids will look for revenge, not because their father was killed, but how his father was killed. he did not die in a battlefield , he was kill in his house in presence of their mother and childs. Under the mind of those childs he was brutally killed, but for us was something to celebrate.
Release them to Sgt. Bales
Isn't it nice that compassion is being shown to innocent people who had nothing to do with the actions of their leader(s)? Too bad their leader(s) didn't have the same attitude about the 3000 or so innocent people THEY killed on 9/11/01.
These women probably didn't chose to marry bin laden their fathers did and they certainly never had a choice about anything that happened while they were married. In these Muslim countries women are chattel. Owned and controlled more like a slave. If your wife doesn't do as she's told you can beat her and even kill her and everyone will blame her. As for the kids they will become what ever they want to become but right now they're Innocent children no better or worse than your own. if your worried about them growing up and wanting revenge there are millions of war orphans in Afghanistan and Iraq that will grow up hating America but I'm not afraid of them as long as stupid politicians don't let them come here .
Yes, but it's not exactly a crime to be the child of a criminal, is it? What else could be done?
In this country, people have their parents, relatives and friends murdered. Sometimes it's intentional, sometimes is by accident. Sometimes there's genuine malice, sometimes its a misunderstanding. Not ever victim, not ever child, friend, or relative becomes a malevolent vengeful individual. Should we really be so cynical to assume that these children will do the same? Yes they will be angry, they will be sad, they will feel as if it was all unjust, but that doesn't have to translate into violence and agression.
Actually what concerns me is that people will use hysteria and guilt by association to do terrible things to these people or, more likely, a war mongering nation will use it as an excuse to bomb and invade some sovereign nation. How come all the sword rattlers don't talk about the Weapons of Mass Destruction that never existed? Oh that's right, everyone knows it was a lie anyhow to illegally murder innocents elsewhere and create new terrorism. The USA is number # 1! (but in what categories I'm ashamed to admit)
Pakistan released Osama's wife and children to Saudi Arabia?.
Saudi Arabia, Leaders hiding under the gold trimmed robes, is NO friend of the United States. The US has been snookered all these years---It is an insult to the United States, who believes this is the only UAE country to be safe.
The Bin Laden Children as they grow up will be taught to be Terrorist's like their own father.
Why else would Saudi Arabia take this family of wives, and children. No one else wants them. They are trouble. We know nothing of the wives beliefs. Why else would they have married this monster, OBL.
Some of these children have the demon genetics of Osama Bin Laden.
OK so they're going to Saudi Arabia and will probably be treated like royalty. American book publishers will scramble all over themselves to make them the best offer. They will be celebrities and won't have to work again for the rest of their lives. Meanwhile our soldiers still bleed and die in the middle east because of the hatred and trouble caused by Osama Bin Laden and the oil kings worried about safegaurding their profits. Do we need any more reason to bring our trops home, now??
I've seen the film - no need to read the book.
Nope. And MORE terrorist attacks are in the sequel.
These kids father was the most wanted man in the world, no scar there, I wonder what will happen when they grow up? My guess future terrorist organizers.
It is possible that one of his children could become the President of the United States with forgery of the right documents
It's also possible that science may someday figure out how to give you a brain.
The odds are about the same.
sammy-
Lame...
come on guys that was funny no?
It's also plausible science may find a way to get the tightness out of the Lefts rear end.
That would be easy!
Make the right smarter.
You don't even realize how tight-assed your comment was. ;-)
The defense rests it's case your honor.
The defense has no case, your honor.
Reference my earlier evidence, exhibit A:
If only we can get the Republicans out of my vagina now.
Kone - that was hilarious! What bothers me more is the use of inflammatory words by MSNBC - US will be "outraged"....why? Nothing new here.
There are 2 ways:
1. Tell them you're horny and they'll run away (unless they want more children).
2. Promise to keep an aspirin between your knees and tell them there's an anti-gun rally down the street.
We read it the first time and it wasn't funny or accurate then either. Maybe the third time will be a charm.
#6.10 getting better still not funny yet.
If you really want to get them out of your vagina. Quit saying don't worry I will get an abortion when you let them in.
Thank goodness Mrs. Romney is pro-choice.
"My career choice was to be a mother—and I think all of us need to know that we need to respect choices that women make."
Source: #ixzz1sJ2JNEWz
Bobby Jones Bia: Nice work!! Too funny. Klone, not so cool; you're assumptions are WAY skewed, probably due to your anti-American socialist agenda.
I don't believe sammy has a valid birth certificate.
Prove that you're an Earthling, sammy! Prove that you're not a clever plant from outer space!
Sammy's not an Earthling (and I have doubts about BJ Bias, too).
My favorite part of newsvine are all the antonyms.
bmilleroh,
Hey! I'm a Republican and I am not in your vagina. Why wasn't I invited? I'm hurt!!
Funny how they were in the scum bucket known as Pakistan illegally when the Pakistani Government was hiding bin Laden and it was only after we took the ass out the Pakistanis decided to detain the wives and the terrorists in training (I mean kids) for being in the country illegally. The Saudis will do one of two things; send a "special" plane that will mysteriously crash after loading these people or treat them as heroes, unless the terrorists in training balk at becoming terrorists for our "friends" the Saudis (friends like these, who needs enemies).
One man's hero is another man's terrorist, only difference between our troops and the terrorists is the guy giving the orders, the innocent still die. Unfortunately we need men and women like them to protect us from men like them. How could heroes cause such devastation and death?
DUDE!? WTF?
Whats wrong? The Truth catch you by surprise? American soldiers and contractors are over there killing Innocent people everyday. We put sanctions on Iran and all we really do is make the Innocent people of that country starve. Our president is just as much a terrorist as they are. Excepcially to American people. The American people have lost more Rights and Liberties in the last 12yrs then ever before in history and two people take the majority of the blame Bush and Obama.
And this election year 2012 if you vote for Romney you're just going to get more of the same. Don't waste your vote on the lesser evil just because you are told you have to. Save our country and save the lives of innocent people around the world, Vote Ron Paul 2012. Write his name in don't let your voice be silenced don't let your vote be worthless!! We The People....
F U Rigorous Storm!!!! I have family over there risking their lives and for what D bags like you who call them terrorists. FU!!!!! You and Darksunrise should get out. FU both seriously.
The Saudi govt will treat them like royalty. After all MOST of the 9-11 terrorist WERE from Saudi Arabi !
I didn't call American soldiers terrorists I called our president one. Don't take my words out of contents. American Armed Forces are only doing as they are told (excluding contractors). You're not the only one with family over there. I as well have a brother in the Marines and family in other branches of the armed forces. My words are not attacking them. Only our president.
You may be surprised to know that most people in the world don't see America as the good guys. Could it be the way our government bullies other countries or the terrorist attacks perpetrated by our CIA. Our government does so many things around the world that are evil. Most of it blamed on someone else in our media. It's not our freedom they hate it's our government.
Rigourous storm,
If there were any possible way you could get out of this country, I really wish you would. You are a cancer to this nation. You spread filth and disgust. You are not an American and frankly I do not even consider you a person. I compare you something between the white foam that forms around a dehydrated persons mouth and the pus that spews from an old infected wound. You are a disgusting human being. That being said, the rational part of me understands that innocent women, children, and men do end of getting killed in a war time situation. Terrorists hide behind the cover of the innocent. The use them as bullet shields. The only way to avoid that would be to not have war. However, war is necessary in some situations. War is being fought overseas so disgusting vermon like you do not get hurt back home. The soldiers give their life for you and you turnaround and call them terrorists. I have spent two tours overseas fighting for the country I love.....but I did not fight for you. If only there were a way to get you deported to the middle east so you can become a shield for an actual terrorist you pathetic piece of $h!t.
Corky = the next Brievak
It doesn't matter if the MF has Satanic offspring or not. There will ALWAYS be someone out to kill Westerners for all time. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RADICAL MUSLIM AND A MODERATE MUSLIM IS THE DISTANCE THEY PLACE BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THE BOMB. And i'm sure the "Ocean Chum's" wife(s) and Kids were kept very comfortable in "Detention" by "Our loyal and trusted Friends" ( NOT ), the Pakistanies.
Myself, i would love to see India Nuke Pakistan and "Accidentally" throw a Nuke into Afghanistan at the same time.
Gotta love someone that talks about how evil and horrid the terrorists are then suggests nuking millions of innocent people. Ever think it's comments like that that justifies their hatred?
Guess you forgot 911 already, or maybe you just love Muslims. Either way, i'm entitled to my opinion just as you are. It's just that you feel love for a people that hate every American to their core and live to kill all of us ( meaning Americans, probably not meaning you ).
FU Rigorous Storm!!! I wish I knew you you coward. Get out of our country you piece of crap!!!
Corn, I am American, and I mean this in the kindest way possible, get over it. Their leader is dead, the organization is in shambles, and we won, we are only over there for oil, and before you say "Oh he just loves muslims I don't have to listen to him," I have no liking for any religion, nor hatred. And before you reluctantly say nuke again, take a look at those nagisaki pictures that were recently released, and remember what you were supposed to be taught in school "Mutual Destruction."
Corn Fed...why don't you put down the keyboard and put your words into action....or are you just another "internet though-guy"?
I'm pretty sure you don't have the stones.
The amount of hatred on this thread is unbelievable. These people did their time and now they are free. They are innocent in all of this. You can't choose your parents, and in some cultures, you can't choose your husband. It sucks. You can't possibly believe that every Pakistani hates every American, and you can't possibly believe (when you really think about it) that nuking two countries is ever going to be justified.
Rob, It's easy to call someone a coward when you don't have to do it to their face, isn't it? I bet you're a real tough customer.
Going back to Saudi Arabia where the original September 11th hijackers came from not Iraq or Afghanistan history is destined to repeat itself.
yes- send them back so they can start over there and breed a new generation of terrorist leaders
Try Israel.. Did you know over 140 Israel spies where arrested here in America after 9/11? Did you know they were also tracking the plane hijackers for months before and knew their plan? And they decide to tell us nothing. Israel has attacked Americans before trying to start a war with us and another country why wouldn't they now?
Ben Laden has had a troubled life. The US armed him and encouraged him to take action against the Russians who were trying to occupy the land he lived in. With the Russians gone, the US started their occupation of his homeland. So he took up arms against the US. Then is probably when he realized that the US was the worst of the terrorist nations. After all, we have been killing women and children in their sleep with our radio controlled planes for a long time. Had the US not armed him and encouraged him into a war with Russia, I wonder if he would have taken the road that he took. I am ashamed of the course that the US government has taken. I think that Ben Laden may have been a victim of the US agression policy. For certain we have nothing to be proud of in what the US is doing in weak remote places of the world. Our primary goal has been to install puppet governments in the weak nations in the world. Look at what we have done in South America. The powerful Nations of the world should be trying to help the poor nations improve their situation. Have we done this anywhere?
Jab
I can't believe you are making bin Laden out to be a victim. You need to either do some serious research on the subject or refrain from making comments. You clearly are uninformed when it comes to this subject.
WOW, what a bunch of Bin Laden lovers here. Makes me puke. F this.
JAB
There is truth in what you say.
These kind of government machinations have been going on ever since there were governments.
And the chickens usually come home to roost.
Corn-fed,
You have to realize msnbc viewers are all very very liberal democrats....it is their job to throw out liberal ideas such as Bin Laden being a victim. This is what liberals do! It is unfortunate that people like this really do exist in the world and it is even worse that their voice is heard. Luckily though, I highly doubt anyone can possibly take them seriously and if they do, that would be a good time to leave this once great nation that the liberals have ruined.
JAB get your chronology(time line) correct before you start blaming us. We armed bin laden to fight the Russians. He later attacked us on numerous occasions culminating in 911. THEN we went after him, how can you learn from history when you have distorted it to match your own views.
By the way, his name was Bin, and not Ben. My bad.
That is pretty sad to put the children in jail because the mother brought them there they had no choice in the matter.
That's why they make small cells. Just in case.
:)
Carol...
they were in a heavily guarded house in a residential neighborhood of the capitol Islamabad...& not in a jail...
probably not too different from the compound where Osama kept them hidden & under heavy guard as well
I'm surprised there's an example of another nation charging, jailing and then expelling illegal immigrants.
I wonder if "si, se puede" can be hyped and used outside of the the United States?
You simply can't write stuff this funny. Pakistan jails people for illegally entering the country, and from the photo it appears that at the very least the youngest child was born in Pakistan, so it would say that they don't recognize anchor babies? But we are about on par with the inability to find and deport illegal aliens; they couldn't find him and we can't find twenty million illegal aliens who live in the open and show up for work every day where we used to work.
Deported to where? Where?? Saudi Arabia, but of course! Lol. God bless America!!
This has nothing to do with America.
You DO know you're an idiot, right?
where are the bin ladens and the terrorist from...that flew the planes...or help make the plans for terrorist acts...saudia is our friend...like bin...
Where was Timothy McVeigh or David Koresh, Ted Bundy or John Wayne Gacy from? The good 'ole USA. (You've probably never heard of them, but maybe you can get someone to teach you how to use a search engine).
And sending them to Saudi still doesn't have anything to do with us.
You have no idea how stupid your comment was.
klone,
At first I thought maybe you were a troll. However it's apparent you are just short sighted. If you think the U.S. had no say in where these kids and mothers go you need a few lessons in diplomacy. In earlier reports Yemen was also a location they may have been deported to. Now where do you think U.S. officials would rather have them deported?
I know, you are going to say Pakistan won't listen to what the U.S. thinks. Well maybe but they are still getting $2 billion a year from us. However Saudi Arabia would sure listen to the influence of American diplomacy.
In your constant haste to attempt to point out stupidity in others you only illuminate the spot light on yours. McVeigh and Koresh were homegrown terrorist, yet they were never international terrorists with a network on almost every continent.
However two serial killers have nothing to do with politically based terrorist groups.
If your goal was to say there are bad people everywhere just say that instead of making a bigger fool of yourself.
Klone, my sarcastic "god bless America" actually was not trying to suggest that America made the decision to move them to Saudi Arabia. [although as Bobby pointed out it would be foolish to think America had no say in the matter]As Plain Bob brought up, Saudi Arabia was the country that attacked America on 911 if any country did. America even gave Saudi Arabia control of some key ports after the attack and now Saudi is going to allow Bin Laden's next of kin to live there! America has not and will not make Saudi Arabia pay for their obvious role in 911. Bush and company turned their back on the 911 victims to invade Iraq, costing America huge in lives and treasure, and destroying her economically. Never mind that virtually every country in the world considers Bush and Cheney war criminals, their actions hurt America itself more than any country other than Iraq, Any AMERICAN who cares about their country should be demanding that Bush and Cheney pay for what they did and that Saudi Arabia is made to pay for what they did, key economic partner or not.
Let's hope this "special plane" stays over there and doesn't come crash into one of our towers.
These kids do not stand a chance ......They will be taught hatred for the west and the infidels, if they have not been already. They will be taught that their father was a Martyr and they will be taught to seek vengeance. One of those boys will rise up out of the father's shadow .....just wait and see. It's what they do ...
i think we ought to cut off all money to the middle east...cut off travel from there and to there...let them figure it out...we also need to send all the illegals in our country home...this foreign invasion needs to stop...they are going to over populate this country like they did their own...if something isn't done ...the working class in america are truly suffering because of nafta ...and corporate greed...plain bob 2012...
More than half of those "Illegals" you want to deport ran in fear and with memories of their loved ones being killed by whatever violence they ran from. F you and your pathetic racism, this isn't an invasion, and I am not even going to begin on how idiotic CUTTING OFF THE WORLDS OIL HEADS would be. Learn some basic geography and politics, find out why they come here, and then post back please.
T. Starr - Why they came here is irrelevant. How they came and how they are able to stay is the problem.
As for the comments concerning the children involved here...The idea that you/we are somehow a better example to your/our children as you/we spew hate filled rhetoric about Muslims, Jews, oil producing countries and such is beyond comprehension. They are saying the same things to their children about the Christian infidels, invading American armies and Wall St. thieves. The difference, I suppose, is that in your/our minds...you/we are right and they are wrong.
Ruger ..I hope you are not referring to me. I spew no hatred .....I was simply stating that these kids are born into and raised in a culture of hate and violence. Is that not the case ? As for Plain Bob .....I fail to see how illegal immigration even comes into this conversation .....It's a completely different topic.
Can we get some tracking devices implanted on these future terrorists?
Oh well.
Prepare to be infuriated, Washington.
those folks in washington...are get'n rich off this crap...while our country sinks further in debt...the money spent over there ...is just more funds to buy weapons to fight us with...it's a crap hole...send them food and clothes and medicine...and let them run their on country...if they can't stop the terrorist...bomb em ...
Tell me another moron didn't just suggest nuclear warfare again...you do realize not only the obscene cruelty of nuclear warfare in general, let alone on innocents, as well as Mutually Assured Destruction right?
Crazy! These poor children nor their Mothers will ever know a life outside of violence and hatred. I wish people would understand, that the women have no choice in who picks them for marriage, where they will live or how their husbands will treat them. These poor children, will have no choice in what they'll be taught. I am in hopes that one of the Mothers, will secretly rise UP and RUN like hell with her Babies, Save money (cause we all know ole Laden had it) and RUN FORREST RUN! The life that many of these people live or have lived are really not by choice. People on here are so quick to insert their opinions about things that have nothing to do with the article and would accuse these children of becoming something they haven't even became yet. People in this Country are so quick to HATE before offering a solution. This country needs to be more Proactive rather Reactive! Stop judging people, do some research and then come back and make an oppinion. I wish these people the best, because I know it wasn't their fault. I hope someone from this family or a family friend reads this and RUN! I Pray for them. I am just offering America this rather you like it or not: Stop being so Judgmental first, get the information first, stop listening to the media and basing what you hear there first. Make up your own minds first. I am Chrisitan, but have studied most religions and a few cultures..these Women especially Muslim women over in this part of the world, have no choice in whom their fathers pick for their husbands. The offsprings will learn everything and be taught all that was inside of the father. So it is my hopes, that a mother or friend will offer new teachings and raise them a NEW way a true way of the Holy Q'uran. The real book doesn't teach hate. If you think it does, then I ask you all to remember what the KKK taught from the Bible (they said God hated Blacks), the Jews learned from their books (they said Chirst was anti God and a fake). There are radicals in every race and religion. Look at White children and how they're being taught to HATE, look at some Black children at how some of them being showed to be thuggish or racist, look at Ameircan Muslim Kids where they're being told that their own religion is the true religion and so on! All that I am saying and have said, just offers anyone here to do their own research, and if you don't care about any of this, then stop posting your unfactual views.
they're just a great group of people in the middle east...lol...poor people will believe anything the religious nuts tell them...they over populate and need wars for population control...
Not only is your grammer pathetic, and your spelling, but you really don't know anything about their wars, or anything about our war do you? Based on your comments all you do is say "Not American? Not worth living." Get your head out your @ss and stop being so damn racist, go learn about the wars and stop saying its only population control, because anyone with any intelligence on the subject can tell it isn't.
I remember reading about those 'poor women'.....
Each and every one of them were proud to marry Bin Laden....
As much as Osama Bin Laudin is hated by most Americans, one has to ask what if? If he had not been decisive and ordered 9/11 then we would have continued loping along with third world security until, what, a nuclear attack? How about a bio warfare attack? He got us off our asses on security, didn't he? If he had waited until he had real weapons of mass destruction instead of using the ones we handed him, I shutter to think. Most of the residual destruction we did to ourselves: Iraq, spending eleven years in Afganistan and accomplishing nothing, destroying our own civil liberties until the country is unrecognizable.
Seig Heil....the fascists, I mean republicans love this intrusive state crap...
Being concervative would be the opsite of the Nazi's you moron.
If it weren't for Bin Laden WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THOSE THIRD WORLD TOILETS! Oh by the way - you can 'what if' all day long. You cannot change the past. Yes this country has changed a lot and not all in a good way.
Rick 546746 You must be one of those socialist democrats who hate America and praise Allah you duesch. It's your messed Democratic party who is in favor of pulling all our rights for some false security. Do your research before you post stupid comments and make an ass of yourself.
Correction, Texas.
If it weren't for oil we wouldn't have been in those third world toilets.
The paks have known all along that OBL and his harem were in pakistan...too bad george the stupid got so focused on his faux war on terror in iraq...
What would actually be nice is by treating the innocent children of Bin Laden with respect and kindness. They are children. We want them to grow up and be productive human beings co-existing in our/Saudi society. There is always hope.
Your stupidity is amazing.
Shoot them. They have the dog's blood running through them. That's also what should be done to all the suicide bomber's. Let it be know their family's will be put to DEATH as a reward for their actions. Torture & death are the ONLY things these people understand.
Larry
I hope there is a sniper outside the compound with a 30 round clip attached to his AR15.
they have osama's juice's flowing in their blood.
It is way past the time when we should have extricated ourselves from this muslim nation. In spite of the political and military rationalizations they are not worth a single American life.
the oldest son looks like a future terrorist - alalalalalalalalalala - click - boom