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NEW BIN LADEN TAPE
Sky News ^ | 1/4/03

Posted on 01/04/2004 12:33:44 PM PST by areafiftyone

Al-Jazeera television is broadcasting what is said to be a new audio tape of Osama bin Laden.

It is claimed he will refer to the capture of ex-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

"The audiotape contains new things. It refers to the Geneva Initiative (an unofficial Israeli-Palestinian peace plan unveiled in early December) and the capture of Saddam Hussein on December 13," al-Jazeera editor Ibrahim Hilal said.

Hilal said the voice purported to be that of bin Laden will also refer to the "(US) crusade against the Islamic world."

Early translations indicated that bin Laden called on Muslims to fight Western troops in Iraq with weapons rather than dialogue.

He also condemned Gulf states which supported the invasion of Iraq.


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; audiotape; binladen; obl; orangealert04
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To: oceanview
his appearance is different, that's why there is no video.


101 posted on 01/04/2004 1:50:14 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
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To: weegee
I think this is why the guy is shown wearing plastic gloves while examining Saddam's mouth after his capture. We wanted to be sure we got a swab of his DNA. Remember, people in Iraq were doubting last July that we had really taken out the two sons, despite our photos of them in the morgue.
102 posted on 01/04/2004 1:50:22 PM PST by ZOTnot ((How could the devil have been FOLLOWING her for 3 years? She IS the devil!))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I don't think that just because it isn't a video automatically Osama is dead. He may be dead, he may not be. But if he has changed his appearance via hair dye, shaving, plastic sugery, etc, then it would be logical (if he is alive) not to be on video.
103 posted on 01/04/2004 1:51:27 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: Grampa Dave
He's Dead Jim!

Toast, road kill, hamburger, etc.
104 posted on 01/04/2004 1:51:54 PM PST by BOBTHENAILER (<P>)
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To: Bobby777
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

PRAISE GOD, HALLELUJAH!

AND AGAIN, I SAY--PRAISE THE LORD!

AND BLESS JERUSALEM WITH PEACE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE UNTIL YOU COME AGAIN WITH PEACE, OH, LORD.
105 posted on 01/04/2004 1:52:40 PM PST by Quix (Particularly quite true conspiracies are rarely proven until it's too late to do anything about them)
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To: little jeremiah
He's dead, Jim.
106 posted on 01/04/2004 1:52:55 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
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To: areafiftyone; Jarhead_22; tiamat; oceanview
Here's one version of how his appearance might have changed.

Certainly he has done something to alter his looks.

107 posted on 01/04/2004 1:54:00 PM PST by Lady Jag (Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
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To: areafiftyone
Maybe OBL's new tape was scripted by Jimmy Carter.
108 posted on 01/04/2004 1:55:16 PM PST by OldFriend (Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
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To: meenie
"Bin's offensive is pretty effective so far. What other man has brought a dozen flights down to the tarmac without firing a shot?"

Good point. If nothing else, Al Qaeda's mind games have been quite effective lately. Lets hope that's all it is..mind games!
109 posted on 01/04/2004 2:00:53 PM PST by Evenstar (...there's some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Many people were sure Saddam was dead. I thought he might be dead. But those of us who do not know, do not know. We may be convinced of our own opinion, but they remain - opinions.
111 posted on 01/04/2004 2:01:47 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: nwctwx
Thanks for the ping.
112 posted on 01/04/2004 2:02:10 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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I've said it before and I guess I have to say it again. It DOESN'T MATTER whether we think he's dead or alive. It just matters what the other islamics think. Radio, TV, doesn't matter. Most of them don't have TVs anyway. Video doesn't matter.

What matters is that these folks think he's alive and we havent gotten him yet. That way, he can say he's winning.

When the CIA says "it's probably him" will those of you who insist on the video proof finally give up the ghost? He's alive. We blew it in Tora Bora.

Wishing it were so, doesn't and won't make it true.
113 posted on 01/04/2004 2:02:19 PM PST by Vermont Lt (I am not from Vermont. I lived there for four years and that was enough.)
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To: Angelus Errare
Let's hope it's not a go signal.
114 posted on 01/04/2004 2:03:33 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: OldFriend
Maybe OBL's new tape was scripted by Jimmy Carter.

That's what it looked like to me. I wonder if there's a PBS-like burb at the end of the tape, saying that this tape was made possible through generous contributions from the Carter Center.

115 posted on 01/04/2004 2:03:50 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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To: sciencediet
Here's one version of how his appearance might have changed.

Here's another:


116 posted on 01/04/2004 2:04:48 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Peace through Strength)
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To: widgysoft
OBL isn't producing home movies because he knows it'll lead to his capture. The cia would identfy his whereabouts in an instant.

With a white bedsheet as a backdrop, the CIA might be able identify if it is 150 or 220 count cotton, but not much else. He isn't producing vdios becease he's a moulder'n in his grave, IMHO.

117 posted on 01/04/2004 2:05:20 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
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To: liz44040
This is an audio message though.
119 posted on 01/04/2004 2:05:31 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
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To: sciencediet
Kinda looks like Matt Lauer with saucer lips.
120 posted on 01/04/2004 2:06:00 PM PST by L`enn
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