Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a US raid over a year ago, an intelligence agent who questioned them said. The three women were arrested by Pakistani security forces after the Navy SEAL raid on bin Laden's safe house in the town of Abbottabad.
He described months of questioning the women, the agent said he struggled to glean any worthwhile information. Yemeni-born Amal Al-Sadeh, the youngest of the three, was headstrong and showed fury when asked questions, while the others, Saudi citizens, expressed displeasure by mostly keeping silent behind their veils, the agent said. All appeared to strongly support bin Laden, despite the militant's long and bloody record of orchestrating violence across the world. "They were all nostalgic whenever they talked about him," said the intelligence agent, a slim man in a dark suit.
"I could sense Amal was always angry whenever I spoke with her," he added. "She objected to being questioned and rarely gave away anything." But at times Amal was somewhat flexible. "Amal once told me that she and bin Laden liked Che Guevara. She seemed like a rebel so I questioned her about Latin American leftists. I found her very interesting," said the agent.