From: Phil Payne 

> > Regarding what Arabs and Usama want (its Usama by the way not Osama.
> > Osama is how its spelled if he his a revered leader or holy man, Usama
> > is how its spelled when he's a murdering thug.
>
> Where did you hear this? His actual name isn't even written in the English
> alphabet at all, is it? I thought the "U" and "O"
versions were just
> alternative transliterations.

There are no vowels in written Arabic.

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