U.S. May Have Killed Bin Laden's Son

American Voices

July 27, 2009 | ISSUE 45•31

A U.S. airstrike in Pakistan may have killed Saad bin Laden, the son of terrorist Osama bin Laden. What do you think?

It’s always a tragedy when a parent outlives a child, particularly when that parent is Osama bin Laden.

Gene Houser
Inductor Tester
Perhaps we could rig our military’s drone aircraft to blast Harry Chapin’s ‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ on a loop to break bin Laden’s spirit once and for all.

Julie Long
Map Clerk
First we kill Bin Laden’s son, then we win in Iraq, and pretty soon we’ll have settled the score with everyone who had nothing to do with 9/11.

Adam Sobczak
Systems Analyst

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