Osama Bin Laden's Sons Say U.S. Broke Law in Killing Their Father, Demands Inquiry

Osama Bin Laden's Sons Say U.S. Broke Law in Killing Their Father



The sons of Osama bin Laden have issued a statement that accuses the U.S. of violating international law by killing an unarmed man and dumping his body in the ocean.

The statement, which was prepared by an attorney and attributed to Omar bin Laden and his siblings, notes that both Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein were tried in courts of law, and says Osama bin Laden was denied the presumption of innocence and a fair trial. It said the "assassination" of Osama bin Laden "blatantly violated" international law.

"We maintain that arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems," says the statement. The message, which also asks the Pakistani government to release the bin Laden wives and children currently in custody, is titled "A Statement from the Sons of bin Laden," but it is only signed by Omar. It also says bin Laden's sons do not believe President Obama's account of the operation that killed their father and would be following up with both U.S. and international courts.

"We ... demand an inquiry," says the statement, " the accuracy of the facts as stated by the United States into the fundamental question of why our father was not arrested and tried but summarily executed."

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