“Spain Expels Son of bin Laden Who Sought Asylum”

“Their lives are in grave danger in any Arab country,” according to Ms. Bianca Sharma and an interior ministry spokeswoman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as is customary. The Article, “Spain Expels Son of bin Laden Who Sought Asylum” that was published on Sunday, November 9, 2008 shows us, the reader, that this woman’s statement is an accurate one. The article discusses how son of Osama bin Laden who was seeking asylum in Spain has been deported after his final appeal failed, the Spanish authorities and one of his lawyers said Saturday. Omar Osama bin Laden, age twenty-seven, one of nineteen children of Osama bin Laden, the founder of Al Qaeda, applied for asylum last week after arriving at Barajas International Airport in Madrid on a flight from Cairo. Mr. bin Laden argued that his life was in danger, his lawyer in Spain, Bianca Sharma, said Saturday. However, the government denied Mr. bin Laden’s initial petition and his appeal, so he and his British wife, Jane Felix-Browne, flew back to Cairo on Saturday afternoon. Mr. bin Laden had been denied a visa to Britain and as a result of this Ms. Jane Felix-Browne, fifty-two, who also goes by the name Zaina al-Sabah, added that “Spain is our only chance of surviving, our only chance of living.” According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Spain receives about five thousand asylum petitions a year and accepts about eight percent of them.

My opinion of the article, “Spain Expels Son of bin Laden Who Sought Asylum” is that it sad that Omar Osama bin Laden has to pay for his father, Osama bin Laden, terrorist attacks against the western world. I know that it hard to defend Omar Osama bin Laden due to the fact that he doesn't criticize his father and has said that Osama bin Laden is just trying to defend the Islamic world. Omar Osama bin Laden also believes that his father is not a terrorist and in an interview with A.B.C. News he said, "My father is very kind man. And he very sorry when he do something like 11th September." Osama ordered the attacks "Because he believes if he put two buildings down, maybe some people little will die, but millions other will (be) save (d). He believes that. ... I believe he did it the wrong.” But Omar Osama bin Laden had nothing to do with his father, Osama bin Laden, terrorist attacks against the western world, so why is he being treated as if he did.

Article written by: Victoria Burnett

The New York Times

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Article on page A13 of the New York edition