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That’s pretty interesting and I saw this in yesterday’s news. An actual “distant niece” of bin Laden.
Osama bin Laden’s niece says only Trump can prevent another 9/11
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ProVobis
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Can’t have an election without the mention of bin Laden.
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FrankFletcher
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If I shouldn’t pay attention to what Trump’s niece thinks of him, I hardly think I need to pay attention to what a “distant niece” of a terrorist thinks of him.
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ProVobis
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Distant could be almost anyone. How much removed may be a good question.
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Victoria33
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That’s not a very deep point, Gaddafi has been spelt many ways for years. I’m sure it may well be spelled “Ladin” and “Laden” with many references. Not a big deal.
Arabic has it’s own script. Names may be spelled differently per the press.
Arabic has it’s own script. Names may be spelled differently per the press.
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Really? Thousands of people died in the 9-11 attacks. But you don’t care what bin Laden’s family might say? Alrighty.
I do care, I know of someone from my town that died there.
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The Father of Osama Bin Laden had been married 22 times and had over 50 children.
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Feanor2
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That got a chuckle.
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Osama bin Laden’s niece says only Trump can prevent another 9/11
Another 9/11-style attack may be just around the corner if Joe Biden is elected president, warns Noor bin Ladin, the niece of Sept. 11 terror mastermind Osama bin Laden. “ISIS proliferated un…
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Well, well, well, what do you know, Noor is indeed, bin Ladin. Thank you for your comment, we would not have known the difference if not so. I would not have been so observant.
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Why a chuckle? Her family does spell their name differently.
Osama bin Laden’s niece says only Trump can prevent another 9/11
Another 9/11-style attack may be just around the corner if Joe Biden is elected president, warns Noor bin Ladin, the niece of Sept. 11 terror mastermind Osama bin Laden. “ISIS proliferated un…
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I did not ask that question, thanks for the advice.
I know, they are in England I believe or have been. Bin Laden attended an Arsenal game at least one time.
I know, they are in England I believe or have been. Bin Laden attended an Arsenal game at least one time.
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The spelling should be consistent. If there are inconsistencies in the same article, certainly someone will find it distracting, to say the least. That’s not you want, I would think.
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Feanor2
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It’s just a goofy article and story. Not really any kind of news
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Victoria33
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We have since determined that the families spell their names differently. Post #7 and 8.
Sometimes people with what looks like the same last name spell them differently. It’s not all that rare.
We have in town, an O’Gara and an O’Hara. I have never found out if this is possibly the same name. The former is pretty rare but the two could be related. You see things like that all the time.
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Well, I’m interested. It’s not like someone is being forced to post here. I see many articles I am not curious about and I say nothing on the topic.
The NY Post article does point out the difference, I don’t know about the Australian article. To me, it’s beside the point and I’m not going to go reread it, I heard and saw news about this yesterday and went to find an article to post it.
By the way, the New Arab website even saw this article as something people might be interested in and posted it.
english.alaraby.co.uk
So, I’m sorry if one just wishes to denigrate the article. I’m not going to go searching all over the web to see who decided they would publish it but I do find the above adequate proof that this would be of interest to a number of persons.
The NY Post article does point out the difference, I don’t know about the Australian article. To me, it’s beside the point and I’m not going to go reread it, I heard and saw news about this yesterday and went to find an article to post it.
By the way, the New Arab website even saw this article as something people might be interested in and posted it.
Osama bin Laden's niece endorses Trump
Noor bin Ladin, the niece of slain terrorist Osama bin Laden, endorsed US President Donald Trump in the lead up to the November 3 elections.
So, I’m sorry if one just wishes to denigrate the article. I’m not going to go searching all over the web to see who decided they would publish it but I do find the above adequate proof that this would be of interest to a number of persons.
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Well - for what it is worth - I have an Iranian friend - whose last name is Sabarian and I met his sister who also immigrated and whose last name is Saberyan … I asked him why their names were not spelled the same and his response was the the immigration staff select the English spellings of names - and this was particularly true with Farsi - based upon how they heard the name pronounced and it was common for family members who immigrated at different times or who spoke with different officials to have names spelled differently.
If that is true for two family members immigrating to America - one could guess it is even more true for persons who immigrate to different countries.
Or it could be that the the role of proof reader is long dead and spell check and auto-correct dont always solve the issues. I feel that way every time I read a news story - on line or hard copy newspaper. As an engineer, English grammar is not my best subject and I could not diagram a sentence if I tried - but I can spell better than many writers and if I am writing for my work I pay closer attention to the written word than I do in a text to one of my children or an online forum.
If that is true for two family members immigrating to America - one could guess it is even more true for persons who immigrate to different countries.
Or it could be that the the role of proof reader is long dead and spell check and auto-correct dont always solve the issues. I feel that way every time I read a news story - on line or hard copy newspaper. As an engineer, English grammar is not my best subject and I could not diagram a sentence if I tried - but I can spell better than many writers and if I am writing for my work I pay closer attention to the written word than I do in a text to one of my children or an online forum.
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That General Soleimani, then, I’ve seen Suleimani. Names looking to be very close to each other.
And to repeat, Colonel Gaddaffi, while he was living, I know I’d see Kadaffi, Qadaffi, all kinds of Spelling and yes, they write Arabic script in some of those countries, I guess Farsi in Iran.
And to repeat, Colonel Gaddaffi, while he was living, I know I’d see Kadaffi, Qadaffi, all kinds of Spelling and yes, they write Arabic script in some of those countries, I guess Farsi in Iran.
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This is not “NEWS” in the sense that, well. She is not a leader. But it is “news” in the sense that she is by nature attached to the Mastermind behind the most recent Terrorist attack on U.S. Soil.
This falls in line with, keeping an eye on the Bin laden family.
Arguing that this is not news worthy because they misspelled the last name, is just _______.
This falls in line with, keeping an eye on the Bin laden family.
Arguing that this is not news worthy because they misspelled the last name, is just _______.
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Also, talk of proof reading is now getting a bit off-topic. One goes to the Middle East and other parts of the world, maybe it’s just in their culture. Names will look different.
You have Bashar al Assad:
Here is Asad L. Asad, Stanford University.
https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/asad-l-asad
I can not attest that these two names are the same barring some research but rather than going down this “proof-reading” road that we seem to be on, I’d simply say you find names spelled differently, it’s not that rare. Not to criticize the author of the article. This now seems off-topic.
I’m not sure if the New Arab article mentions this difference even and they are Arabs. I do believe they spell the names differently between Noor and Osama.
You have Bashar al Assad:
Here is Asad L. Asad, Stanford University.
https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/asad-l-asad
I can not attest that these two names are the same barring some research but rather than going down this “proof-reading” road that we seem to be on, I’d simply say you find names spelled differently, it’s not that rare. Not to criticize the author of the article. This now seems off-topic.
I’m not sure if the New Arab article mentions this difference even and they are Arabs. I do believe they spell the names differently between Noor and Osama.
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Which is legitimate. Nobody said you didn’t have that right. Now, if one starts insulting others which I do not claim you did, the situation may change.
That’s right. It’s a big family and some may be considered dangerous, dangerous enough that a son of bin Laden’s was killed. He was seen as a threat.
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That’s right. It’s a big family and some may be considered dangerous, dangerous enough that a son of bin Laden’s was killed. He was seen as a threat.
Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda heir apparent, believed to be killed in military operation
Hamza bin Laden's death comes eight years after U.S. forces killed his father
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