Osama Gets His Groove Back? Publisher Defends OBL Ex-Lover’s Claims

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So exactly how freaky is the rangy al Qaeda leader? Alleged former bin Laden lover/sex slave Kola Boof made a splash recently with her new autobiography, where she claims that Osama was obsessed with Whitney Houston, loved the B-52’s and was more or less fixated on women’s rears. But some have cried foul: yesterday we noted that bin Laden expert Peter Bergen charged that Boof’s book was “rife with howlers large and small.”

In particular, Bergen cited Boof’s alleged retelling of a sexual liaison with bin Laden — and his mentor Abdullah Azzam and extremist Sayyid Qutb, both of whom have been dead for years.

Au contraire, says Boof’s publisher, Calif.-based Door of Kush Books. “We happen to know they’re very much alive,” senior editor Nafisa Goma wrote in an e-mail to us yesterday evening, “and at a later date, will use that information to discredit and humiliate Mr. Bergen[.]” (She didn’t say when that might be.)

What’s more, Goma said a movie “about Ms. Boof’s book” is “being planned,” and “such a major star as Janet Jackson may be taking on the [starring] role.”

According to Goma, Boof is “not happy” with the idea of Janet Jackson playing her. Neither, we assume, is bin Laden, who would likely prefer Whitney Houston.

Full text of Goma’s email after the jump.

Here’s the email:

Dear Mr. Rood

Concerning Peter Bergen’s comments about Kola Boof’s autobiography—we explicitly and categorically OBJECT to his “lie” that the people mentioned in Ms. Boof’s book are dead.

In fact, we happen to know they’re very much alive, and at a later date, will use that information to discredit and humiliate Mr. Bergen in retaliation for his diligent and uncalled for attacks on Ms. Boof.

We’re also excited about the motion picture being planned about Ms. Boof’s book, and though Kola is not happy with the casting, we are excited that such a major star as Janet Jackson may be taking on the role.

Though we can understand Mr. Bergen’s consternation, we are greatly saddened by his lack of research and assuredness when it comes to the experiences of Kola Boof and Osama Bin Laden.

Nafisa Goma
Senior Editor
Door of Kush Books

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