Via Reuters: Bin Laden Accuses Bush of Deceiving Americans
Bin Laden, appearing in a video on Al Jazeera four days before the U.S. presidential election and gesturing at the camera with a finger to stress points, made his clearest comments yet taking responsibility for the Sept 11 attacks.“Despite entering the fourth year after Sept. 11, Bush is still deceiving you and hiding the truth from you and therefore the reasons are still there to repeat what happened,” said the al Qaeda leader, making his first video appearance for more than a year.
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A U.S. official said U.S. intelligence agencies believed that it appeared to be bin Laden on the tape.
I am not sure what that statement is supposed to mean, but this is interesting, if anything because I was beginning to wonder if he was alive or not.
The immediate political question: does this help Kerry because he insists that bin Laden is essentially the totality of the war on terror, or does this help Bush in reminding the American people of the threat since in the polling Bush outscores Kerry on who will do the best to hanndle terrorism?
Much more on the tape here.
Update: The Jawa Report has more.
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I’m not sure this means Osama bin Laden is alive.
As far as I can tell, the only reference OBL made in the tape to any event after the beginning of the Afghan campaign was a single reference by name to Kerry with the implication that Kerry was the democratic nominee. OBL could easilly have made a dozen versions of the tape three years ago with different guesses as to the democratic nominee’s name, plus one that didn’t mention the nominee’s name.
If OBL were still alive, I’d expect a LOT more specific references to recent events. I’ve got more here ( http://www.livejournal.com/users/maniakes/52038.html )
Comment by Maniakes — Friday, October 29, 2024 @ 6:49 pm
I’m not sure this means Osama bin Laden is alive.
As far as I can tell, the only reference OBL made in the tape to any event after the beginning of the Afghan campaign was a single reference by name to Kerry with the implication that Kerry was the democratic nominee. OBL could easilly have made a dozen versions of the tape three years ago with different guesses as to the democratic nominee’s name, plus one that didn’t mention the nominee’s name.
If OBL were still alive, I’d expect a LOT more specific references to recent events. I’ve got more here ( http://www.livejournal.com/users/maniakes/52038.html )
Comment by Maniakes — Friday, October 29, 2024 @ 6:50 pm
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