Bin Laden's son may have a point. Obama's team admits that Osama Bin Laden was unarmed and that the SEALS were on a kill mission, according to Leon Panetta. The story from the White House kept changing according to what the reaction was to each revelation. The most recent story was that Bin Laden was moving in the direction of an AK47, according to Eric Holder, therefore, the killing was self-defense. It seems the comments from Panetta and Holder are a contradiction. I wonder if a Prosecutor from the Hague might have a different interpretation whether a crime was committed. We may never know what really happened, and if we do, it will be long after Obama has left the White House.

Well, there are several issues here.

Of course his sons are going to complain about how a father dies. That is not news.

The sons presume that he was assassinated, but that is not clear. Obama did have a legal team standing by should he have been taken alive. The guy was dangerous so unless he was naked and on his knees with his hands up, anything goes.

Third, Bin Laden was the head of non-state, armed organization that was actively at war with the United States and other nations. He was a legitimate target and taken out by our military -- in the same way that we targeted military leaders during World War II.

All this should be obvious, but not necessarily to sons who will desperately spin facts to find closure.

If my father was a mass murderer I would just shut my mouth and change my name. Their comments are absurd and unworthy of news coverge.

Look, with the details provided to the public it is unclear if Osama Bin Laden was killed within the letter of the law. It is possible that his human rights were violated.

It is also possible that history, for once, won't care.

These things tend to happen in wars.

Bin Ladwn's not only merely dead. He's realy most sincerly dead."

Son's complaints come too late to matter. Next.

If Omar was so concerned about International Law, and the rights of innocents, then why didn't he alert authorities as to the whereabouts of his murdering dog of a father?

Funniest. Headline. Ever.

“We maintain that arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems,” the statement said, adding that “justice must be seen to be done.”

To Omar: Whether the killing was right or wrong, it certainly wasn't arbitrary.

To the Times: Unless and until you can identify another of UBL's sons as having signed on to Omar's statement, you should drop the plural from son: "bin Laden's son says ..."

I dont understand why a respected publication like the NY Times would publish this nonsense. Who cares what this young man says. Did his father not order the killings thousandsof innocent people, and then gloat about it. His father may have bankrupt the USA in this regard bin Ladenhas won. His legacy is that he changed the ways hundreds of people live and work in America, Europe, Middle Eastand Asia, my only wish is the US government should have imprisoned the entire family living in the US as opposed to allowing them to flee the US after Sept 11th, maybe we could have offered to chop off there heads for the head of bin Laden now thats a fair exchange. Killing his father so quickly not fair he should have been dropped alive from a plane to experence the pain that the poor souls who were forced to jump from the Towers or be burned to death.

The son of the man who masterminded 9/11 and killed thousands of people from New York to Baghdad is complaining about violations of international law? Al Qaida stands for destroying Western civilization and young Bin Laden is talking about violations of international law? It would be funny except so many people have lost their lives, so it's not funny.

How cynical of them to say that. I’m surprised they’re not arrested also since they are sons of a terrorist. Seriously… how insulting to even mention anything in favor of the terrorist. So do they want a world where you make your rules as you go or not? I couldn’t even finish reading the irritating article. How insulting it is of them to even say anything close to that. What a bunch of clowns with poor taste jokes.

While in principle I might feel some sympathy with his viewpoint, I feel no remorse, regret or shame in the actions of the United States...he who lives by the sword ought to expect some aggro in return.

I am going out on a limb saying this, but I am sure those rules would only apply to military organizations and not terrorists. Does Al-Quaeda fall under the Geneva code. I am sure we would be held accountable for it, but not them. What is fair anyway? Is it only lawful and legal when we commit an act, but its fine when they do it? On top of that I also believe that any legality or rights were thrown out of the window when planes were hijacked and rammed into buildings. Unless that isn't illegal. I will have to look into that though!

Give me a break. already. He needs to direct his absurd indignation, "reasoned" plea for law and justice on the Saudi-backed extremists who continue to plot murder and mayhem in the name of Allah?

Trial for who? Did Osama consult international laws before he wiped out 3000+ innocent US citizens? Perhaps these folks need to examine their heads first.

Justice is not to be confused with revenge.

The conflicts in the Middle East concern the preservation of Western democracies.

Western democracies are under-pinned by the rule of law: the law applies, and must be applied, equally to all.

Targetted killings are an affront to the rule of law.

As such, targetted killings are counter-productive, in that their strategic benefit is outweighed by their damaging effect.

The attacks on the WTC, in Madrid, and were lawless. But embracing lawlessness ourselves legitimises it. By embracing lawlessness, we make it less unacceptable, and our condemnations begin to sound hollow.

Justice must be done, and indeed must be seen to be done. Injustice is what led us into this mess in the first place. More injustice will not lead us out.

I have only one reaction: LOL

I disagree with what he is saying, but I will defend his right to say it.

The irony of Osama Bin Laden's son wearing a Calvin Klein t-shirt is beautiful.

"We maintain that arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems...." Omar Bin Laden. Dear Omar: What a lovely sentiment. Your father should have thought of that prior to September 11, 2001.