Osama seen at son's wedding

DUBAI, JAN. 10. International terrorist, Osama bin Laden, appeared happy and smiling at his son's wedding in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar in footage shown today on an Arab satellite channel.

The Al-Jazeera channel said the wedding of Ahmed bin Laden took place on Monday.

Ahmed married the daughter of Abu Hafas al-Masri, an Egyptian aide to Osama who fought with him in the 1980s against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, Al-Jazeera said. It did not give the name of the bride.

The bridegroom, wearing a traditional white Arab headdress, was shown sitting on a carpet between his father, who was wearing a white turban, and another man believed to be Abu Hafas al-Masri. Two masked bodyguards could be seen in the background.

The channel said the bride and the groom were both born in Pakistan when their fathers were fighting in neighbouring Afghanistan. It did not give their ages.

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