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Bin Laden has a soft side, Canadian documentary says
By Associated Press
Published March 6, 2004
TORONTO - Osama bin Laden, the world's No. 1 fugitive, likes poetry and volleyball, had squabbles with his children and banned any American conveniences like ice and soft drinks, according to a Canadian TV documentary on a family that had close ties to the al-Qaida leader until 2001.
The show's main interview subject, Abdurahman Khadr, said his father, Ahmed Said, dragged the family into the world of al-Qaida by moving them into bin Laden's compound.
Khadr, a 21-year-old Canadian who returned home last year, described bin Laden as "a normal human being" during the two-part show Wednesday on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
"He has issues with his wife and he has issues with his kids. Financial issues, you know. The kids aren't listening, the kids aren't doing this and that," Khadr said.
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