British Granny Married Bin Laden Son

51-Year-Old Divorcee Wedded Omar Bin Laden, 27, In Egypt Last April

(CBS/AP)  A British divorcee has married one of the sons of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, she told British television Wednesday.

Jane Felix-Browne, a 51-year-old grandmother from Moulton, Cheshire, in northwest England, married 27-year-old Omar bin Laden in Egypt in April, she told ITV's GMTV program.

Felix-Browne, who also uses the name Zaina Mohamad, is a local councilor with three children and five grandchildren. It is her sixth marriage.

She told The Times and Sun newspapers, which initially reported the story, that she met Omar bin Laden, the al Qaeda leader's fourth son, while riding a horse near the Great Pyramid, in Giza, Egypt. She had been in the country to undergo medical treatment for multiple sclerosis, she said.

The couple held Islamic marriage ceremonies in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Felix-Browne said.

In a new audiotape on Tuesday, al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri threatened Britain with more attacks, accusing London of defying the Islamic world by honoring novelist Salman Rushdie.

Last month, attackers failed in two car separate car bombing attacks in London and Glasgow. In July 2005, four suicide bombers killed over 50 in coordinated bombings on London's transit system.

Felix-Browne said she "married the son, not the father."

"I just married the man I fell in love with — to me he is just Omar," she told The Times. "I hope people will take a step back and think what it is like when they fell in love."

She told GMTV that she would one day like to meet her father-in-law to find out if he really is the mastermind behind the terrorist atrocities he is accused of.

"You know, the newspapers say he did it and certain newspapers say they don't know, so I would ask, that is one question I would ask. 'Did you do it?' Because I don't know," she said in a telephone interview broadcast live.

She said her husband, a scrap dealer and one of 18 brothers, was raised in Sudan and Afghanistan after his father was expelled from Saudi Arabia for anti-government actions. She added that father and son last met in Afghanistan in 2000.

"He left his father because he did not feel it was right to fight or to be in an army. Omar was training to be a soldier and he was only 19."

Felix-Browne said she has become Omar bin Laden's second wife, and is hoping to arrange a visa for her new husband to visit Britain, but acknowledged it would be difficult.

"Because my husband's name is bin Laden he finds it very difficult to travel anywhere," she told The Sun.

A spokesperson for the British Consulate said Omar bin Laden's application was rejected because he had failed to provide them with his father’s permanent address, CBS News has learned.

The couple last met in April when Felix-Browne spent three weeks at her new husband's home in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

News of the nuptials has caused a ripple of excitement in Moulton — a quaint English country village more accustomed to community fairs than hosting the world's media.

"It gave me goose bumps when I heard the news," said nursery supervisor Gill Targett. "It's all very scary considering what Osama bin Laden has done to so many innocent people. He's still a relation and blood is thicker than water."

[rushman71]

Married to the son of a mad man? What the he11 was she thinking? He probably had her dosed with some opium.

[rushman71]

"It is her sixth marriage." Pretty danm desparate, if you ask me.

[grazinggoat]

CBS:'Felix-Browne said she has become Omar bin Laden's second wife, and is hoping to arrange a visa for her new husband to visit Britain, but acknowledged it would be difficult.'

We have to admit Love has no geographical limitation. However, it's interesting to see, she agreed to marry a man already married to a first spouse, (what the story doesn't say if he's still married to her or divorced). Is it a case of polygamy?

[deborahcox05]

Some people will do ANYTHING for their 15 minutes of fame.

What happened to the first wife? Or is he still married and the two of them will be stoned to death for their "love"?

[rushlimpdrug]

This follows the stategy:
"We'd rather they marry over there than over here"

[infidel_us]

Wonder if Cat Stevens handled the music? I'll bet their honeymoon would be something to DIE for! :) Will she call Osama, 'Dad'? Thsi ranks right up there with women marrying convicted murderers.....do they suffer from such low self esteem that they feeel this is the best they can do? Or are they just insane?

[wiccantexan]

Yeah, like Osama's going to sit down to tea and answer the question. "No, honey, I had nothing to do with it. BTW, welcome to the family! You will now be stoned for daring to speak to me, insolent foreign woman."

[jew29582]

She married omar not osama. It is possible that he is a good man, just because his father is a cold blooded murderer does not mean that he shares his fathers views. PRAY!!

[extremophil]

Sounds like these two lovebirds deserve each other. Watch out, Brad & Angie!

[redfiveuk]

I know this is laughable but almost all of his other family are right here in the UK already and you can bet you last dollar on the fact the UK gov will let him and his other woves in the UK and on benefits. He is 27 and 21 years younger then her - clearly he is looking for a UK pasport to bleed as much money as he can out of the UK benefots systems that acts as a magnet for undesireables all over the world. And what is more amazing is that if you are a native you dont get half as many benefits as you are expected to freeload of your relatives.

[actornaught]

Omar couldn't wait for his 72 year old virgin?

[lars008-2009]

what do you call an ideology that:

kills you if you don't join it...

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=82201&ln=eng&txt=islam%20law%20kill%20kaafir

kills you if you leave it...

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=696&ln=eng&txt=kaafir%20kill

kills you if you don't do what they tell you to do..

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=6035&ln=eng&txt=kaafir%20kill

kills you if you speak against it%u2026.

http://islamqa.com/index.php?QR=22809&ln=eng

kills anybody that is not a member of it...

http://www.hauns.com/~DCQu4E5g/koran5.html

still practices slavery

http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=12562&ln=eng&txt=slavery

still practices pagan rituals...

http://answering-islam.org/Silas/pagansources.htm

allows the r a p e of babies and animals...

http://www.homa.org/default.asp?TOCID=2083225445

a. satanic cult???
b. islam???
c. all the above???

Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan

[lambofgoth]

lars008 - Bushism

[shannopin]

Good one "infidel_us" - "Wonder if Cat Stevens handled the music?" Good laugh. I'm just shaking my head because words escape me as to how absolutely stupid people are.

[uhhuh8]

The sixth marriage is the charm! Is Omar as tall as Osama? Hasn't she heard Osama admitted to 9/11? What cave is she living in? pun intended.

[aerodog]

she's 51, he's 27 - her 6th marriage - well don't cha know it's gonna last forever? d@mn!!

[steve3433]

He might well get a British passport but it will be cavity searches each time he travels. Nasty!!

[wise80]

Somebody wants the picture of the couple. Here you go:
http://www.alarabiya.net/files/image/large_99499_36449.jpg

[monsonkid]

wouldnt be funny if dateline NBC found him at the reception drunk and doing the chicken dance!

[zootallures2]

"He left his father because he did not feel it was right to fight or to be in an army. Omar was training to be a soldier and he was only 19."

Funny... most people go to Gitmo for that.