Washington, July 10: Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden`s son, Omar, has described his father as an evil man in his new memoir.
According to the New York Daily News, Omar says that he first realized the depth of his father`s evil when his beloved dogs were taken away and gassed in a chemical warfare experiment.
Omar also confirms that his father was tipped off to a 1998 US attempt to kill him.
He writes that Bin Laden got a secret communication and fled his Afghan camp two hours before cruise missiles struck it.
Omar`s book, "Growing Up Bin Laden," written with his mother, Najwa - the Al Qaeda leader`s first wife - describes the ultimate dysfunctional family.
The Bin Ladens lived austerely as their father staked his horrific claim as the world`s most wanted man. His son eventually concluded Bin Laden hated his enemies more than he loved his family.
Omar, 28, describes himself as weeping as a teenager when told that Al Qaeda needed his pets to conduct chemical warfare tests.
"After I learned the truth about the puppies, I turned even further away from my father," whose jihad led only to death, Omar writes in the book set for release by St Martin`s Press later this year.
He calls the 9/11 attacks "horrific."
They occurred after his best friend - Al Qaeda operative Abu al-Haadi - told him that a "new mission" would be much bigger than the embassy bombings.
Omar mourned al-Haadi`s death in the resulting US invasion of Afghanistan.
ANI
First Published: Friday, July 10, 2009, 17:00
