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Report - Iran Sends Bin Laden Son to Support Hezbollah

By Jeffrey Imm

According to the German newspaper Die Welt, Iran has released a son of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from house arrest. Western intelligence services have believed that about a dozen Qaeda figures have been held in Iran since after 9/11, including not only Saad Bin Laden, but also Saif al-Adel, the network's security chief.

Saad Bin Laden was released by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard released Saad bin Laden on July 28 with the aim of sending him to the Syria-Lebanon border. This move is reportedly linked to the war between Israel and Hezbollah. "From the Lebanese border, he has the task of building Islamist terror cells and preparing them to fight together with Hizbullah," Die Welt said, quoting intelligence information. "Apparently Tehran is counting on recruiting Lebanese refugees in Syria for the fight against Israel, using bin Laden's help," it added in a preview of a report to appear in its Thursday edition.

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