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Bin Laden's niece aiming for pop stardom
CBBC Newsround ^ | March 15, 2003 | CBBC Newsround

Posted on 03/26/2003 3:12:42 PM PST by ReaganandDubyaForever

A niece of terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden is planning on launching herself as a pop star in the UK. Waffa Bin Laden, who lives in London, has been working on demos and is hoping to sign a record deal soon, according to the Sun newspaper.

26-year-old Waffa's a lawyer and trained in the US. Her dad Yeslam is the al-Qaeda leader's brother.

Worried about name

But Waffa doesn't have anything to do with her uncle.

However, the paper says Waffa is worried her surname might be off-putting to some record labels.

Waffa's said to look a bit like Natalie Imbruglia.

She's reportedly been working with Madonna producer Nellee Hooper and John Benson, the man who discovered All Saints.


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To: Stopislamnow
Sorry, I searched but couldn't find anything.

They can pull it if they want.
21 posted on 03/26/2003 3:27:50 PM PST by ReaganandDubyaForever (Prayer changes things!!)
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To: ReaganandDubyaForever
I couldn't find a pic. Can someone blow it up?

Ask her uncle.

22 posted on 03/26/2003 3:28:52 PM PST by Flyer (We Own The Streets!!)
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To: Flyer
LOL, best laugh I've had all day!!! :)
23 posted on 03/26/2003 3:30:22 PM PST by maggief
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To: Flyer
I knew I worded that wrong. Was hopeing it would slip by. :)
24 posted on 03/26/2003 3:31:04 PM PST by ReaganandDubyaForever (Prayer changes things!!)
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To: ReaganandDubyaForever
Hoping
25 posted on 03/26/2003 3:31:42 PM PST by ReaganandDubyaForever (Prayer changes things!!)
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To: ReaganandDubyaForever
I should rephrase that to "many in his extended family" have become quite sucessful. They have (or had?) buildings named after them at Harvard etc...
26 posted on 03/26/2003 3:32:47 PM PST by College Repub (http://www.collegehumor.com)
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To: ReaganandDubyaForever; maggiefluffs
Was hopeing it would slip by. :)

I was hoping I could get my reply posted before anyone else. A "Post of Opportuity", so to speak.

27 posted on 03/26/2003 3:33:11 PM PST by Flyer (We Own The Streets!!)
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To: ReaganandDubyaForever
Top Songs Performed By OBL's Pop Star Niece:
28 posted on 03/26/2003 3:34:02 PM PST by martin_fierro (Mr. Avuncular)
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To: martin_fierro
How about a Duet with Saddam's dog-eaten remains:"You dropped a JDAM on me"
29 posted on 03/26/2003 3:36:30 PM PST by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: ReaganandDubyaForever
Never say the words 'blow it up' when referring to this family ;)
Here's a wild bin Laden pajama party pic:


30 posted on 03/26/2003 4:07:29 PM PST by Sender
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To: ReaganandDubyaForever
She's using OBL notoriety to start a musical career. She ought to change her first name--Waffa? Sounds like breakfast--Waffa & Syrup!
31 posted on 03/26/2003 4:31:05 PM PST by lilylangtree
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To: wideawake
Yep. Normoally I don't approve of slutty Western pop stars, but in this case I'd have to make an exception. Most of the family won't mind BTW (though many will pretend to), but Osama would be duly horrified. I hope her first album cover has a picture of her shaking her scantily clad tits or rear at a picture of her evil uncle, and the music video possibilities are too marvelous to contemplate.
32 posted on 03/26/2003 4:32:29 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Stopislamnow
More like Saturday Night Live's Rachel Dratch than like Natalie Imbruglia
33 posted on 03/26/2003 6:42:05 PM PST by Norman Conquest
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To: I_Love_My_Husband
But the mother was attractive.

Persian women usually are.

34 posted on 03/26/2003 8:13:45 PM PST by Clemenza (East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
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To: ReaganandDubyaForever
Waffa is not an attorney. She worked as a paralegal at my old law firm of Schulte, Roth & Zabel.
35 posted on 03/26/2003 8:15:19 PM PST by HitmanLV
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To: StolarStorm
Yes you can hold it against her. She is using the notoriety of her uncle to cash in, essentially using the death of 3000 souls to furthur her career. If she wasn't a "bin laden" she'd just be another nice voice in the crowd.
actually that probably works against her more than for her.. she'll probably have to drop the name to be really successful with a singing career
36 posted on 03/26/2003 8:22:35 PM PST by honeygrl
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To: HitmanNY
She worked as a paralegal at my old law firm of Schulte, Roth & Zabel.

Are they anything like my law firm -- Dewey, Cheatham & Howe?

37 posted on 03/26/2003 8:42:27 PM PST by butter pecan fan
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To: knarf


i'd hit it.
38 posted on 03/26/2003 8:43:07 PM PST by turbojugend
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To: ReaganandDubyaForever
Talk about the perfect money laundering / terrorist fund raising enterprise.
39 posted on 03/26/2003 8:44:09 PM PST by ChadGore (288,007,154 Americans did not protest the war today)
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To: butter pecan fan
Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk! I have ALL the 3 Stooges DVD!! Curley forever!!!!
40 posted on 03/26/2003 8:45:49 PM PST by HitmanLV
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