OSAMA bin Laden's son Omar arrived in Qatar after being deported from Egypt today following his failed bid to secure political asylum in Spain, his English-born wife said."We're OK. We're in,'' Zaina Alsabah bin Laden said in a phone call shortly after their flight from Cairo landed in Doha. She did not provide further details on their status in Qatar. They were barred from entering Egypt on their return from Spain which yesterday turned down 27-year-old bin Laden's request for political asylum after he said his life was in danger in the Middle East because he was a pacifist. "The Spanish government said that Omar was safe in Egypt and so had a place to go, but when we arrived in Egypt they deported us,'' his wife said earlier by phone from a plane at Cairo airport."We're not feeling very good, seeing that everything we have is in Egypt and we can't get anything, can't get (credit) cards, we just have cash.'' At the time she declined to say where they were heading so as not to jeopardise their chances of clearing immigration. However, a Cairo airport official said they were flying to Qatar. "Egyptian authorities... have expelled him to Qatar in accordance with his wishes,'' the official said. Omar, one of the 19 children of the fugitive founder of the Al-Qaeda terror network, had appealed against Spain's refusal to grant him asylum after arriving in Madrid from Cairo. But Spain deemed that his security was not in danger and he returned late yesterday to Cairo, where the couple met and had lived for several months.
OSAMA bin Laden's son Omar arrived in Qatar after being deported from Egypt today following his failed bid to secure political asylum in Spain, his English-born wife said."We're OK. We're in,'' Zaina Alsabah bin Laden said in a phone call shortly after their flight from Cairo landed in Doha. She did not provide further details on their status in Qatar. They were barred from entering Egypt on their return from Spain which yesterday turned down 27-year-old bin Laden's request for political asylum after he said his life was in danger in the Middle East because he was a pacifist. "The Spanish government said that Omar was safe in Egypt and so had a place to go, but when we arrived in Egypt they deported us,'' his wife said earlier by phone from a plane at Cairo airport."We're not feeling very good, seeing that everything we have is in Egypt and we can't get anything, can't get (credit) cards, we just have cash.'' At the time she declined to say where they were heading so as not to jeopardise their chances of clearing immigration. However, a Cairo airport official said they were flying to Qatar. "Egyptian authorities... have expelled him to Qatar in accordance with his wishes,'' the official said. Omar, one of the 19 children of the fugitive founder of the Al-Qaeda terror network, had appealed against Spain's refusal to grant him asylum after arriving in Madrid from Cairo. But Spain deemed that his security was not in danger and he returned late yesterday to Cairo, where the couple met and had lived for several months.
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