[maine-iac7]

"The most evil of the traitors are those who trade away their religion for the sake of their mortal life," bin Laden said

Hey, Binny boy - whyn't you lead by example instead of keeping your sorry as* safe, far away from the fray?

[Dr. Frank fan]

I wonder who keeps releasing these "Bin Laden" tapes.

I'm idly toying with the idea of releasing some "General Patton" tapes as a response. This whole thing could become bigger than "East Coast rap" vs. "West Cost rap" if I play it right.

[RightWhale]

"We will not recognize even one inch

If a country recognizes or doesn't and signs trade treaties etc., it might be significant, but if someone who lacks a country altogether and does not represent a country will not recognize something it is less than irrrelevant.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Things are moving fast....from the Blogosphere (Strata-Sphere:

More News On al-Qaeda’s Woes In Iraq and Elsewhere

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The stories of al-Qaeda’s problems are starting to avalanche as Iraq turns the corner, causing a domino effect across the Muslim world in terms of al-Qaeda’s falling credibility and respect. The wave of good news is so strong I can only synopsize and link to the stories these days. So here we go:

Coalition forces keep rounding up al-Qaeda leaders as the leads from previous captures provide the intel to pick up other targets and gain more leads. al-Qaeda cannot hide among the populace of Iraq anymore which makes the whole process easier.

The other source of leads are the Iraqis themselves who are turning in weapons and bomb caches. Which in turn leads to the huge drop off in violence seen in Iraq. Another new statistic on the changing tide in Iraq is this tidbit: “And on Nov. 16, Iraq experienced just 33 terrorist incidents, he pointed out. “This is the lowest number of any attacks in a single day in Iraq in nearly three and a half years,” Smith said.”. Recall that there were long periods in October without combat deaths:

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But al-Qaeda is not just losing in Iraq. They are being routed elsewhere. We know they have been challenged successfully in Lebanon. But few know they also have apparently been routed in Algiers as well. They are losing leadership faster there than in Iraq. Seems the Muslims in Algiers are also turning al-Qaeda’s butchers into authorities.

And it seem they have also been running into trouble in Libya of all places:

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I just posted this:

Qaeda Network Expands Base in Pakistan

[hunter112]

In the audiotape, bin Laden denounced Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, the former leader of the Anbar Awakening Council, who was killed in a September bombing claimed by al-Qaida.

This tells me most of what I need to know about this tape. Anybody here know if this Abu Risha was a prominent enough figure to have been an irritant to OBL a few years ago (when we probably killed him)?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NR and Ernest.

Osama bin Laden... promised to expand the terror group's holy war to Israel

Gosh, that's bad news, considering the koranimals have been really peaceloving until now. /sarc

[Hugin]

Big talk for a man hiding in the armpit of the world.

[californio]

Bin Laden just keeps reaffirming why Iraq was the right place to fight the war on terror.

[BuffaloJack]

bin Laden has been dead ever since the assault on Tora Bora. The muzzies just keep creating bin Laden new tapes through clever editing. It’s probably like tying a dead guy yo the saddle of a horse to lead a cavalry charge. They know that is they keep doing it some fool will believe them.

[TBP]

Yawn. All this guy can do these days is make these stupid tapes. I hope he enjoys his toys before he dies a gorrible death.

[FreeAtlanta]

Somebody needs to pick him up a cheap video camera, so that we can really believe that these are real.

[goldstategop]

Its good Israel has such an enemy. The problem is Olmert, Barak and Livni think evil can be appeased. Al Qaeda can't.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[StormEye]

I’d like to see the US start deonouncing these tapes as frauds (even if they are real) just see the kind of reaction we would get out of Al Q. Maybe this would encourage bin Laden or his Egyptian side-kick to expose themselves just prove us wrong.

[Marine_Uncle]

Either OBL, or his imposter, along with Zawahari, and their stage production crews appear to be in self denial.
Let them continue their rantings, until any bozo with even half a brain realizes they are pissing in the wind at this point.
They are looking more like a bunch of self destructing individuals then leaders of some glorious movement. Everything they attempt to do fails for the most part.

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[M. Espinola]

Bin Laden is as tall as Abe Lincoln, continues issuing threats and can’t be bagged in this era of high-tech GPS(??)

[familyop]

I suspect that Bin Laden is in Iran. He’s perpetuating the Iranian ruse about Israel. Iran is trying to build enough nukes to launch on western Europe. And when it comes to us, contrary to wishful thinking, Shiites and Sunnis sometimes get pretty thick with each other.

[SupplySider]

How anybody can take spiritual guidance from this neurotic, whining, rich mama’s boy is beyond me.