Loyalty of Bin Laden’s three wives

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 last year, a Pakistani intelligence agent who questioned them has said.

The three were arrested by Pakistani security forces after a US raid on bin Laden’s safehouse in the town of Abbottabad.

Yemeni-born Amal Al-Sadeh, the youngest, 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. “I could sense Amal was always angry whenever I spoke with her,” he added. “She objected to being questioned and rarely gave away anything.”

Amal, who was wounded in the raid that killed bin Laden, travelled to from Yemen Afghanistan to marry bin Laden when she was 18 years old and he was in his early 40s.

“The other wives didn’t say much,” said the agent.

Pakistan deported bin Laden’s widows and 11 children to Saudi Arabia last month.