Osama bin Laden’s son deported from Egypt

OSAMA BIN LADEN’S son Omar was deported from Egypt yesterday after returning from a failed bid for political asylum in Spain, his British-born wife Zaina Alsabah bin Laden said.

The couple were not allowed to enter Egypt on their return from Spain which on Saturday turned down the 27-year-old’s request for political asylum after he said his life was in danger in the Middle East because he is 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,” Zaina said by telephone from a passenger plane on Cairo airport’s tarmac.