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Osama bin Laden's Mother Claims Son is Innocent, Newspaper Reports
Monday, December 24, 2001
(7:06 AM ET)
The Associate Press

LONDON -- AP
Osama bin Laden's mother said she doesn't believe her son organized the Sept. 11 attacks and doubts the authenticity of a video that shows him gloating over the wreckage and destruction, a British tabloid reported Sunday.

Alia Ghanem told The Mail on Sunday she thinks the videotape released by the Pentagon was doctored.

"I believe the evidence against him is not solid," Ghanem said. "I don't believe that he did the terrible deeds they say he did."

Ghanem also dismissed as untrue press reports that her son called her just before Sept. 11 and said he would be out of touch for some time because something big was about to happen.
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