Officials: Son of OBL believed killed in US missile strike

[Jim]

Officials: Son of Osama bin Laden Believed Killed in U.S. Missile Strike

By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 23, 2009; 1:14 PM

The second-oldest son of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was apparently killed in a U.S. missile strike inside Pakistan earlier this year, U.S. counterterrorism officials said Thursday.

Saad bin Laden, 27, an al-Qaeda member who has been linked to terrorist bombings in Saudi Arabia, is believed to have been among the victims of a series of strikes by unmanned CIA Predator aircraft in the past few months, the officials said. If confirmed, he would be the closest relative to bin Laden killed by U.S. forces since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.

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[rgrokelley]

Its always so sad when a father outlives his son :D

[RangerBob275]

As of 2002 bin Laden had married four women and fathered roughly 25 or 26 children.

He needs to lose many more

[Silverback]

As of 2002 bin Laden had married four women and fathered roughly 25 or 26 children.

He needs to lose many more

Ohh...so that's who you're trying to keep up with...

[RangerBob275]

I call post hijack!

[Nomad]

Nice. I think I'm going to have a drink for lunch to celebrate the occasion.

[ANGRYCivilian]

Where's that joke about, "They blow up so fast."?