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newsguyatl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:05 PM
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BREAKING al-jazeera just aired new VID of bin laden
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 01:40 PM by newsguyatl
DOHA, Sept 10 (AFP) - Qatar's Al-Jazeera TV said it would air a
"new tape" of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his right-hand man
Ayman al-Zawahri on Wednesday.




CNN will show in a bit... not sure how "new" it is, but i've seen it and he looks a bit more aged...
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Room101 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:07 PM
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1. Bin Laden is on the video?
Does it really look like him?
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:08 PM
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2. Saw the translation on MSNBC
basically-- "9-11 was a skirmish...you ain't seen nothin' yet..."

Those low poll numbers must REALLY be bothering Rove inc.
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:08 PM
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3. Dumbya looks a bit aged too.
War is not healthy....
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:09 PM
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4. Dumbya looks doped up
Again...
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malachi Donating Member (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:10 PM
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5. How many tons
of dope does it take to effectively dope a dope?
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:12 PM
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6. Constipation. ... That appears to be it.
or, perhaps total blockage of the carotid arteries.
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FubarFly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:15 PM
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12. Is he melting?
Where's Toto at?

Good doggy.

:-)
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chiburb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:12 PM
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7. On now...
He looks pretty healthy to me. He was walking down the rocky hill more spryly than I could've...
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:13 PM
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9. That was one of the stand-ins
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chiburb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:13 PM
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11. Osama looks better than that! n/t
.
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chiburb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:12 PM
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8. CNN says 1st video in 17 months. n/t
.
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jono Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:13 PM
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10. CNN is showing it now
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 01:14 PM by jono
a clip of him walking down a hill. That's all they've shown so far, and they emphasized that the tape is "purported to be bin Laden."

Now an audio clip (not bin Laden). (edit: bin Laden's top lieutenant.)
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jono Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:16 PM
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14. Lieutenant (Al-Zawahiri) is saying
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 01:20 PM by jono
(via translation) Palestine will be liberated only with jihad. Attacks will continue on America until Palestine is liberated. "Never ally with those who support Israel."

He says to "attack and devour the Americans and bury them." Calls for fighters against Americans in Iraq.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:17 PM
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16. Good maybe the a**hole will screw up and we can get him
Was it a wideangle shot? Intelligence can use that to triangulate on him. Of course he probably already left that area but it could help.
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:20 PM
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19. Old tape, shot years ago--re:MSNBC
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jono Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:21 PM
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20. yes, it was a pretty wide shot.
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 01:22 PM by jono
edit: CNN also says old tape.
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:23 PM
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21. Uh...not really
he was full frame but you couldn't see the horizon or any landmarks.
It looked like a quarry near Bakersfield to me.
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jono Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:26 PM
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24. I don't think there are many landmarks in the area.
But I could be wrong. I agree that it didn't look like anywhere special.
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:38 PM
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37. Exactly
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:57 PM
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49. I don't think is takes much for the "experts" to break it down
I remember one of the first tapes that was released post 9/11 the talking heads and "analysts" were saying that the kind of rock seen behind him could eleminate somes areas where he could be.

I dunno but apparently there are some people who do.

:shrug:
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:15 PM
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13. CNN... that's Bin Laden, all right.
The hair on the back of my neck just stood up..

Chills...
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:24 PM
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22. No doubt. That is Bin Laden. A grayer Bin Laden...
The video may not have been made yesterday, but it certainly shows Bin Laden, alive and well, within the past year.
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:17 PM
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15. Funny how this tape appears on the SAME day
That whistleass is asking to expand the patriot act.
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kayleybeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:27 PM
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25. I missed this
SAME day That whistleass is asking to expand the patriot act.

I must have missed this. He's going to ask today? Do you have a link?
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:30 PM
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29. I don't have a link I heard it on CNN
he's going to give a speech at Langley.
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kayleybeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:39 PM
Response to Reply #29
38. Lovely </sarcasm>.
Thanks for the info.


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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:46 PM
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41. The president's outlining his proposals this afternoon
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 01:47 PM by Champion_Jack
http://www.wndu.com/news/092003/news_21718.php

On the eve of the 9-11 anniversary, President Bush is urging that police be given new powers to go after suspected terrorists. He wants law enforcement authorities to be given the same abilities to investigate and prosecute possible terrorists as they already have to go after drug dealers and mobsters.

The president's outlining his proposals this afternoon during a visit to the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia.

Bush is also meeting today with Kuwait's prime minister to discuss Iraq and the war on terror and holding a private screening of the documentary "The Twin Towers."

Aides say in Quantico, Bush will maintain that his administration has made great strides in securing America since the attacks two years ago. But he'll acknowledge more needs to be done.

Bush will urge Congress to pass three major measures, McClellan said. They are:

-- Allowing law enforcement authorities to bypass a judge or grand jury and issue "administrative subpoenas" in terrorism investigations where "time is of the essence."

-- Expanding the ability to presumptively deny bail for terrorism suspects. McClellan said this was essential to preventing suspects from fleeing.

-- Expanding the death penalty for terror related crimes.


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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:03 PM
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55. Expanding the death penalty for jihadists
Yep, that will deter them all right
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:24 PM
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65. 'cause they really fear death.
NOT!
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kayleybeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:21 PM
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63. Champion_Jack
Thanks for the info. I've been expecting this ever since they announced Asscroft's Patriot Act tour. Surprised it took him this long.
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 03:01 PM
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70. Yeah, and next thing they'll do is detemine ob/gyn clinics are
terrorist's safehouse of choice and shut them all down. :eyes:
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JPace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 04:59 PM
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76. I don't know how many more times....
I care to look at AWOLs pinched ugly face.
I hope you come up with something new
before I throw up!
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:18 PM
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17. How do we know it isn't the CIA clipping and snipping to make us think
it's Osama? wouldn't put it past them or some psy-ops group. We all thought with Bush's polls plummeting they would try
something. So, piece together old Osama Clips......hire an actor for some new splices.......it's not beyond reason
considering what Hollywood can do with special effects today.

Sorry, I don't believe this is Osama or any tapes shown on CNN or anywhere having to do with terror threats.

Not while this administration is in power!
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:30 PM
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28. Might not be the CIA
Al Qaida also has strong motivation for making us believe that Osama is alive.

Timing is interesting, though.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:51 PM
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43. Yes....hadn't thought of that! Al Qaeda and PsyOps plotting or alone.....
hmmmmmmmm.
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HR_Pufnstuf Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:58 PM
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51. I agree. PSY-Op all the way.
9-10-3 and they release a NEW video. Have u heard the mumbling in the back, and they translator talking over top? Its mumbling.

Time to Remember Folks..
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 03:21 PM
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71. For shame, Koko01!
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 03:25 PM by rocknation
You ask, "How do we know it isn't the CIA clipping and snipping to make us think it's Osama?" I can't imagine what in the world would make you even DREAM of such a thing...




rocknation
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LEW Donating Member (809 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:18 PM
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18. I think the real message from this tape
is "I am on my way down the mountain, and will be with you". I have said it before, how many tapes before he follows through with his threats? That's why him traveling down the mountain really struck me...
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Marlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:25 PM
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23. I don't understand it...
If he is alive and well, how does this make the Bushies look good?
He's been in office almost three years - if another horrid attack
happens, how can the people blame anyone but the current Administration? I realize they prey on people's fears but I think
that may be getting a little old - anger may replace fear. Why are
Osama and Saddam still on the loose? Clinton's fault?
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jayfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:28 PM
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27. Its Not About Making Bush Look Good.
It's about attempting to frighten the American people into giving up more freedom.

Jay
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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:27 PM
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26. BBC World citing Al-Jazeera: Tape is from "APRIL OR MAY"
No link; just read on the air.

So, yes, the timing here is EXTREMELY suspect.
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skip fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:32 PM
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30. More importantly, the day prior to anniversary of 9/11
n/t
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jono Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:34 PM
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32. Good point.
9/11 anniversary. Convenient.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:54 PM
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46. Terra! Terra! Terra! ......Fear!....Fear!.....Fear! Bush will Save Us!
Get those polls up.....get em up!
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:32 PM
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31. Interesting CNN realspeak....
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 01:33 PM by Billy_Pilgrim
Translator (Bin Laden): Those who do not like killing step out of the way.


CNN Graphic: (Bin Laden): Those who do not love killing, get out of the way.
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TacticalPeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:35 PM
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33. Duck!
Or 'tuck and cover'?
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:37 PM
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34. Duct.... Tape and cover!
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TacticalPeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:38 PM
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36. LOL!
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LuminousX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:37 PM
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35. A quick reminder
to the American public. Bush has our military bogged down in Iraq. Osama is not in Iraq. Hmmmm....

Bush is failing, daily, to protect the United States.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:39 PM
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39. So now it's official: what many of us knew would happen is
in fact happening. Poppy's revenge is turning into an all-out Muslim Arab war.
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TacticalPeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:41 PM
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40. link:
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hatrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:50 PM
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42. Osama was just a little hurt, that's all
He didn't even get a single mention in Sunday night's speech!
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:51 PM
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44. Faux is now spinning with "expert" that the tape is well over a
year old... color of beard is wrong, he's holding his hand wrong.... the grass is wrong...

And amazingly, from the geography, it's from the area we are looking at right now!

Keee-rist, where's Dr. Watson!

Faux has got to be on the Bushco payroll to come up with crap like this so quickly.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:53 PM
Response to Reply #44
45. I'd be willing to bet that the video was shot in the last six to
nine months.
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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:55 PM
Response to Reply #44
47. But if OBL talks about fighting US in Iraq....
...the US wasn't in Iraq until April, right?

Anybody have an opinion?
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:56 PM
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48. It appears that Osama keeps walking
past thesame tree and down the same mountain of rocks. Maybe they're going around in circles? This is either a fear tape or a cover up.
and it comes on the day before 911.

A coverup for the big bombing in Northern Iraq today killing many people and perhaps lots of troops?

Why aren't these whore networks showing us those pictures or photos? I think this Osama tape is bullshit.
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HR_Pufnstuf Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:01 PM
Response to Reply #48
52. It is BS..
All u have to do is ask, does the Audio have anything to do with the Video? no. Is there video of anyone actually talking, and WHY NOT?
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:04 PM
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56. It's not B.S. at all. That is Bin Laden. Alive and spry as a mountain
goat. The reason there's no audio is because they used the video to accompany Zwahiri's audio message.
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HR_Pufnstuf Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:06 PM
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58. Show me the man talking and i will believe it.
Plus, lets go to Weather.com and find out what the Temperature in Pankisi valley is right now. Do they need Jackets?
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:13 PM
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61. See my post #45 and Newsguy's post #26.
The video was shot last spring. The audio was added, and the tape was released to coincide with the second anniversary of 9/11.

He has taken the opportunity of the Iraq war to further his jihad plans, just as we thought he would.

It makes me sick.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:02 PM
Response to Reply #48
53. They are showing the same clip over and over again because of the
purported hour+ tape, this is all that has been released.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:05 PM
Response to Reply #53
57. Right--I've been watching. They play one segment over and
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 02:06 PM by janx
over, and then they proceed with the next segment.

OH GREAT--now Chimpy's on, talking about the "war on terra"!

He probably doesn't even know about the tape!
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-03 09:16 AM
Response to Reply #48
79. That reminds me of the video clip of the North Korean "nuclear" facility
that is frequently shown on Japanese TV: It always shows the same two guys in lab coats checking their clipboards, in what could be a chlorine factory for all I know.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 01:57 PM
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50. BIN WHO?
i SWEAR i have hear that name somewhere before! :eyes:
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bluedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:03 PM
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54. why the HYPE???????bush don't care
“The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
- G.W. Bush, 9/13/01

"I want justice...There's an old poster out West, as I recall, that said, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive,'"
- G.W. Bush, 9/17/01, UPI

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

"I am truly not that concerned about him."
- G.W. Bush, repsonding to a question about bin Laden's whereabouts,
3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)


remember this came out of bushs mouth!!!!
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JPace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 05:16 PM
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78. "bush don't care"

I'll bet he spends time everyday
begging God to help him capture
Osama.

Oh yah...fat chance he doesn't care?
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Eat_The_Rich Donating Member (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:06 PM
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59. Timing of the tape airing
Oddly enough, when I saw this article on the Comcast website, it was mentioned that All-Jizz said the tape was made in April or May. When I went to CNN, they said it was unlcear when the tape was made. So...the Bush gang knows of this tape months in advance, and then either tells All-Jizz to hold the tapes airing until a time it will have the most impact.
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HR_Pufnstuf Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:09 PM
Response to Reply #59
60. zactly. perfect definition of a psy-op.
case closed.

RUN FOR THE HILLS, THE BOOGIE MAN IS COMING!!!

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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:15 PM
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62. You might think it's funny. Others here do not.
That man was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:22 PM
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64. janx.....it's "gallows humor." No one here finds this humorous...but some
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 02:25 PM by KoKo01
of us don't believe the tape is authentic and are hashing out reasons for why it could be fake....others like you may be truly afraid that it really is Osama. Some of us think the timing is too odd....and are trying to take the "fear factor" out of it, but if it really is Osama.....there's not much we can do about it, is there?....so we have blustery,.gallows humor about it..

That's all....peace.....
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:26 PM
Response to Reply #64
66. Damn it, Koko, we'll have no voices of reason around here....
we have to keep up the face that all libs are raving loonies!

:toast:

(I don't think it's a fake, but I think the release was timed oddly... the same time that Dubya starts talking at the FBI acadamy.)

:toast:

:-)
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:34 PM
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67. I'm not *afraid* that it is Osama. I just don't happen to have
Edited on Wed Sep-10-03 02:35 PM by janx
my head stuck in the sand.

The man is still alive, no matter what bluster Chimpy put on it early in the game.

Some of us think the timing is too odd....and are trying to take the "fear factor" out of it

The timing isn't odd at all. It was produced and released to coincide with the second anniversary of 9/11 so that Bin Laden could call all of his followers to take advantage of the war in Iraq. Many of us knew he would do so eventually. That's one of the reasons we protested. I'm not into the tin foil hat theory about the CIA or Chimpy's administration. The tape is real.

Bin Laden is alive and well, and Chimpy doesn't give a damn.

We have failed to defend ourselves. Thousands of Americans are dead, and Bin Laden is still alive.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:50 PM
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69. Timing could be in reply to Wolfowitz's claims........
He 'testified' in Congress yesterday and said, "Two years after the September 11 attacks, al Qaeda's central leadership is reeling from the impact of the counterterrorist successes of the U.S. and our allies." and "The central leadership of al Qaeda is at growing risk of breaking apart as our blows against the group create a level of disarray and confusion throughout the organization that we have not seen since the collapse of the Taliban in late 2001."

He was quoting from from some unclassified CIA report.

Maybe, Bin Laden wanted to show us that the leadership still is alive and planning more.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/09/09/sprj.irq.wolfowitz.cia/index.html
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Pocho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 02:48 PM
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68. GOOD!
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Ripley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 03:24 PM
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72. I just read most of these threads and PEOPLE WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
How in the hell can this be GOOD for AWOL? This only shows that he screwed up, didn't catch the guy who attacked us. It makes him look even more incompetent if that is possible.

Irregardless of whether they think it is a fitting reminder to prop up his numbers, this tape only shows HE IS A MISERABLE FAILURE AT STOPPING TERRORISM. And just because the talking heads say "lookit he kept us safe for 2 years" it doesn't change the fact that al queda takes 3-5 years between big attacks for planning.

AND........just last week I recall hearing Rumsfeld or someone like him dismiss the question of Bin laden by saying "he was probably killed in the mountains of Tora Bora."

THEY ARE PROVED LIARS yet once again!



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Trek234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 05:05 PM
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77. I wish DUers would look around them
If we are attacked 98% of the American public will IMMEDIATLY support Bush. They will do so either because 1. They are ignorant. 2. It's the "right thing to do" 3. Pressure from those around them/media 4. If they do not they risk being "anti-american" in a time of crises.

This is how MOST people will react. DU is a small minority.
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makeanoise Donating Member (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 03:27 PM
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73. Looks like Osama and his buddy were superimposed
over the rocks. take a good look!

www.cnn.com
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HR_Pufnstuf Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 03:34 PM
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74. No, we didnt say the Video wasnt real..
Its the Audio Tape that i am suspect of, and why BOTH released on the eve of 911? To scare the beejeezus out of Americans so Bush's numbers go up. Find out who made it. Shouldnt CNN have the CIA confirm whether the stupid Audio is Authentic first before broadcasting it.
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MrPrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-10-03 04:07 PM
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75. I guess I have to add another to the collection
At least this one is looking chipper!!



The Flyin' Bin Ladens!!!


Plus One!!!
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