Is this a joke?

I've just heard on the Channel 4 news that a British grandmother, aged 51, has married one of Osama Bin Laden's sons and has applied for a visa to bring him to Great Britain.

With five previous marriages behind her, Jane Felix-Browne from Moulton, Cheshire, met 27-year-old Omar Ossama bin Laden in Egypt in September. Her husband is currently working as a scrap metal dealer in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia while she applies for the visa so he can visit Britain. Felix-Browne told the Times she had ''married the son, not the father'' and hoped people would not judge her harshly.

''He is the most beautiful person I have ever met. His heart is pure, he is pious, quiet, a true gentleman, and he is my best friend.''

Felix-Browne, already married five times, believes she met her new husband's father at a party in London in the 1970s, according to the paper.Omar bin Laden is his fourth eldest son, although Felix-Browne insisted her husband has had no contact with his father since they were both in Afghanistan in 2000.

I'll just say it as I see it. Has this woman gone completely mad? Not only for marrying someone related to that evil bastard, but for thinking that the authorities are going to grant him a visa! He may not be his father, but I'm sure they'll be a few people who'll quite happily hunt this man down and take revenge if he enters this country.

(originally posted 11 July)