Like father, like son
[link|http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/shtml/NEWS/P2S2.shtml|Asshole son proud of asshole father]
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For the whole interview, despite his determination to get his father's message across to the Western world, he never once acknowledges my presence.
The rules have been made very clear to us. I, as a non-Muslim, am not allowed to speak directly to Abdullah.
He does not shake my hand or look me in the face. There are no familiarities. My Muslim interpreter is offered green tea. But photographer Alban Donohoe and I are simply ignored.
The tense atmosphere and lack of refreshments is a far cry from the warm, even overbearing, hospitality we received from other leading Taliban figures and ordinary Muslims during our travels through Pakistan.
We can only assume it an expression of his personal contempt for all things Western.
What is clearly apparent as he speaks in the Afghan language, Pushto, and waits for his replies to be translated into English - is that 18-year-old Abdullah is a highly intelligent young man, and he is devoted to his father.
Our meeting produces a fascinating insight into the secret life of the man who has triggered the current world crisis.
ABDULLAH reveals that his father is living in a cave in the mountains of Afghanistan - where he fled on the day of the American attacks.
Like his father, he is unbowed by last week's ferocious bombing strikes by the Allied forces on Afghanistan.
He says: "I am not worried that my father will be caught. He has outsmarted the Americans for many years. But, in my heart, I do not know when I will see him again."
Abdullah is one of bin Laden's 42 children. His mother, Sabiha, 45, is the fifth of his five wives.
