Osama (Agrees With Bush) Wanted To Fight Us Over There - So He Wouldn't Have To Fight Us Here

[kpete]

Author claims US invasion of Iraq 'fulfilled Osama bin Laden's wish' Nick Juliano
Published: Friday August 24, 2007

The only western journalist to interview al Qaeda's leader says the US invasion of Iraq "fulfilled Osama bin Laden's wish."

In a recent interview with Australian television, Al Quds editor Abdul Bari Atwan claimed that the terror leader had sought to draw US troops into a fight in the Middle East.

"He told me personally that he can't go and fight the Americans and their country. But if he manages to provoke them and bring them to the Middle East and to their Muslim worlds, where he can find them or fight them on his own turf, he will actually teach them a lesson," Atwan said. "It seems the invasion of Iraq fulfilled Osama bin Laden's wish.That's why the Americans are losing in Iraq."

Atwan said al Qaeda did not have any connection to Iraq before the US invasion, which destabilized the country and allowed for an influx of foreign fighters who have pledged loyalty to bin Laden's group.

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Author_claims_US_invasion_of_Iraq_0824.html

[sabra]

1. White House: this is old news, but check out the progress from the "Surge"

:nuke:

[sandnsea]

2. don't turn this into an al qaeda war

this country will never quit if they think we are really fighting bin Laden in Iraq.