“People probably don’t know, they remember the lion of Islam threatening America and [former President George W.] Bush, but people don’t know that he was a very delicate, nice, shy man,” Zawahiri says in the video, which also features a dramatic musical score and a photo-montage of bin Laden. “No one has ever met him with him, friend or foe, and not spoken of his nobility and his modesty.”…
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“He was known for crying and tearing up very easily,” Zawahiri says. “He would tell me that certain brothers would tell him to try and hold them back a bit and I told him that it was a blessing he had.”
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