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France expels Bin Laden’s eldest son “for national security” by advocating terrorism on social media

France expels Bin Laden's eldest son "for national security" by advocating terrorism on social media

France has expelled the terrorist’s eldest son Osama bin Ladenwho had lived for years in Normandy with his wife, a British national, for advocating terrorism with a message in which he honored the memory of his father. official sources reported this Tuesday.

The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleauannounced this Tuesday in a message on his X account that he has also been prohibited from entering France again, “for whatever reason.”

Retailleau explained that the prefect (government delegate) of the Orne department, where Omar Binladin lived, decreed his expulsion, a decision whose regularity was confirmed by Justice “for national security.”

Regarding the reason for his expulsion, the minister said that in 2023 he had made statements that can be considered “apology for terrorism.”

Specifically, a message is thrown in his face on the anniversary of his father’s deathkilled in 2011 by US soldiers in an operation in Pakistan, praising his figure.

The son of the Al Qaeda leader, who had lived in Normandy since 2016 and who led a life as an artist, had denied being responsible for the message.

Osama bin Laden, founder of Al Qaeda, an organization considered terrorist by the United Nations Security Council, the United States, the European Union and other countries, and considered the person most responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, was eliminated in 2011 in Pakistan in an operation carried out by American special forces.



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