Al-Zawahri Recalls the “Gentle” side of Osama Bin Laden

November 16th, 2011

Bin Laden’s successor and the new head of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri has posted a new video on jihadist websites describing bin Laden as a sensitive man who cried when his friends lost family members, remained close to his children despite the hard life of an international jihadist, and fondly remembered — by name — the 19 men who carried out the deadliest terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil.
Throughout the 30-minute, conversational video, apparently the first in a series, al-Zawahri emphasizes what he calls the "nobility" of bin Laden's character — as well as his own proximity to him.
"People don't know that this man was tender, gentle, kind, with refined feelings, even when life was hard," he said, wearing a white robe and turban and sitting in front of a green curtain. "We never saw a man like him."
Next thing you know, he’ll be telling us that poor bin Laden was just “misunderstood”.

Bin Laden’s successor and the new head of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri has posted a new video on jihadist websites describing bin Laden as a sensitive man who cried when his friends lost family members, remained close to his children despite the hard life of an international jihadist, and fondly remembered — by name — the 19 men who carried out the deadliest terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil.

Throughout the 30-minute, conversational video, apparently the first in a series, al-Zawahri emphasizes what he calls the "nobility" of bin Laden's character — as well as his own proximity to him.

"People don't know that this man was tender, gentle, kind, with refined feelings, even when life was hard," he said, wearing a white robe and turban and sitting in front of a green curtain. "We never saw a man like him."

Next thing you know, he’ll be telling us that poor bin Laden was just “misunderstood”.

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