Author : Iraq Invasion fulfilled Osama bin Laden's wish

[tinrobot]

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.

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

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So, essentially, Osama wanted us to fight him over there because he couldn't fight us here.

Brilliant.

[frogcycle]

1. I like that line!

I put it in my sig

[lligrd]

2. Yep, And Basically We Have Given Him Iraq

or we will shortly.

[Hissyspit]

3. Of course it did. DUers have been saying that for years. n/t

[The Doctor.]

4. Yup...

Only since he's not going to get air on the talk circuit, it will only have been DUers saying that.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'd be surprised if we saw him interviewed on the MSM.

[killbotfactory]

5. Questions, questions, questions...

Did Bush know this is what Bin Laden wanted?
Did Bush not care that this is what Bin Laden wanted?
Did Bush not know this is what Bin Laden wanted?

Because I knew as much before this stupid fucking war started, and I'm just some idiot with an internet connection.

According to his 1994 comments, Cheney sure as hell knew we were getting into a quagmire, and the odds at stake, but apparently that didn't influence his thinking. Surely they both knew that the resulting post-war mess would be a huge boon to Al-Qaeda efforts. So...

Did Bush want Al-Qaeda to grow in post-war Iraq?
Did Bush not care if Al-Qaeda grew in post-war Iraq?

[Just-plain-Kathy]

6. IMO...I think Bush played-off Bin Laden.

Bush knew Bin Laden wanted to start a war...Bush knew a war would make BushCo rich.

[RufusTFirefly]

7. Indeed. This war has been a success for both

Don't let the fact that we're "losing" confuse you. Keep an eye on the bottom line for the major corporations involved in this thing. Iraqi and American lives are being sacrificed so that Halliburton, Bechtel, Blackwater, et al can make more money.

[tinrobot]

8. The surge is working... because profits are up.

Sad to think how true that is.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. "Bush knew a war would make Bushco rich."

Which is all he ever really cared about. It's what the BFEE is all about, war profits.

[yowzayowzayowza]

10. An oldie...

Feb 13, 2003:

[Disturbed]

11. Two Wars of Occupation has been profitable for Busholini &

Osoma. The Oil in Iraq & natural gas in Afghanistan are on hold until both territories are secured.

[seemslikeadream]

12. James Bath knows

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1483048