Osama bin Laden's elder half brother was upset by the al Qaeda chief's new video, Time magazine reported. "It was upsetting," said Yeslam bin Ladin said of the latest video message by the family outcast in which bin Laden warned Americans that they must change their policy toward Muslims to avoid further September 11-style attacks.
"It's the violence. It wasn't a surprise to know that he was still alive. I always thought that if he was killed, everybody would know it. It seems that he might have seen the Michael Moore movie 'Fahrenheit 9/11'," he said in the latest edition of Time to appear Monday.
Bin Ladin is based in Geneva and has Swiss-Saudi citizenship. He gave the interview in Paris for the launch of a new perfume he has developed.
"I'm not only a bin Laden. I am Yeslam bin Ladin. I have my own identity. It is my perfume, my creation. I was about to do it several years ago, but then I had to stop because of the events of September 11," he said.
"I expect people out of curiosity will try it, and they will find the smell out of this world."
Bin Ladin spoke of the problems he has suffered since the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
"Luckily, when you go out in public, nobody knows who you are. You walk the street like everybody."
But he added: "I've heard comments when I make reservations. If I am going to have lunch with somebody, the reservations would be in his name."
Bin Ladin said they he had been investigated by the Swiss and US authorities after September 11 but no link to extremist activities was found.
The brother said the bin Laden was more religious than the rest of the family.
"He was one of the very few who did not leave Saudi Arabia to study. I don't know him very well. I think I saw him before he left (for Afghanistan in the 1980s), and I haven't seen him since.
"The only memory is that he didn't want music on in the house. He wanted it off. It wasn't 'ethical'. I thought that was weird."
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