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30-04-2008, 09:02 PM
Bin Laden son in battle for UK visa
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gfLy-Q4GT7ioLODnouiDQk9NKCKQ
One of Osama bin Laden's sons is planning a legal challenge in the UK after being refused entry to live with his British wife.
Omar Ossama bin Ladin was told his visa application had been turned down at the British Embassy in Cairo because of suggestions he could still be loyal to his father, the most wanted man in the world.
The 27-year-old currently lives in Cairo with his wife Zaina Alsabah-bin Ladin, formerly known as Jane Felix-Browne, a 52-year-old grandmother-of-five.
But the couple hope to move to her £550,000 home in the village of Moulton, near Northwich in Cheshire, where she was a member of the parish council until recently.
Mrs bin Ladin, who is severely visually impaired, said she needs access to medical treatment in the UK but refuses to be apart from her husband.
Speaking from the Egyptian capital she said: "It is a lovely place and we have a really nice home, the problem is it's not 'home'. Home is where you have family and my home is in England... we are happy here but it's not what we want."
She added: "He has not been banned from coming, he has got three chances to appeal, he has two chances through an appeal judge and one through the European Court of Human Rights."
The couple say the application was finally turned down earlier this month after a six-month wait after an Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) judged that it might not be "conducive to the public good".
It is thought the official was referring to comments from Mr bin Ladin that he could not prove 100% that his father - who he says he has not seen since he was 19 years old - was responsible for September 11 or the London bombings.
Mr bin Ladin has publicly condemned terrorism. His wife said his comments on proof simply referred to the fact that he had no direct evidence of his father's involvement.
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gfLy-Q4GT7ioLODnouiDQk9NKCKQ
One of Osama bin Laden's sons is planning a legal challenge in the UK after being refused entry to live with his British wife.
Omar Ossama bin Ladin was told his visa application had been turned down at the British Embassy in Cairo because of suggestions he could still be loyal to his father, the most wanted man in the world.
The 27-year-old currently lives in Cairo with his wife Zaina Alsabah-bin Ladin, formerly known as Jane Felix-Browne, a 52-year-old grandmother-of-five.
But the couple hope to move to her £550,000 home in the village of Moulton, near Northwich in Cheshire, where she was a member of the parish council until recently.
Mrs bin Ladin, who is severely visually impaired, said she needs access to medical treatment in the UK but refuses to be apart from her husband.
Speaking from the Egyptian capital she said: "It is a lovely place and we have a really nice home, the problem is it's not 'home'. Home is where you have family and my home is in England... we are happy here but it's not what we want."
She added: "He has not been banned from coming, he has got three chances to appeal, he has two chances through an appeal judge and one through the European Court of Human Rights."
The couple say the application was finally turned down earlier this month after a six-month wait after an Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) judged that it might not be "conducive to the public good".
It is thought the official was referring to comments from Mr bin Ladin that he could not prove 100% that his father - who he says he has not seen since he was 19 years old - was responsible for September 11 or the London bombings.
Mr bin Ladin has publicly condemned terrorism. His wife said his comments on proof simply referred to the fact that he had no direct evidence of his father's involvement.