Frontline has a fascinating segment about a family that grew up in al-Qaida. The father, once buddy's with Bin Laden, was killed last year in Pakistan. One son--the main focus of the program--has turned and become an informer for the U.S. But the most interesting part an interview with the family's mother and sister, both of whom speak english without accents (the family spent years in Canada) and defend Osama as a true believer... and a family man:
Q: Was Osama the same way with his children? Did you see him interacting with his own children?
ZAYNAB [daughter]: I heard about it. I never saw it. Men and women don't mix. But as far as I know, it was very important for him to sit with his kids every day at least for two hours in the morning after their morning prayer. They sit and read a book at least. It didn't have to be something religious. He loved poetry very much. So he tried to encourage them to read, memorize and write poetry. So every once in a while it would be a different book, sometimes it's about poetry, sometimes it's about history or sometimes it's about grammar, language, sometimes a religious book.
MAHA [mother]: And he loves sports.
ZAYNAB: Yeah he loved playing volleyball and loved horse riding. And he'd do it, I mean amongst people he was not Osama bin Laden. He was just Osama, just a sheikh. And kids played around him. Kids would go shake his hand. He played volleyball with them or just horse race with them. Just, he was just a normal person. And they'd go shooting he'd go with them. If he missed his target they'd laugh at him and stuff like that.
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