[ChipShot]

Such negative spin to this article. Don't we want these idiots to move around and get out in the open where we have people that know how to deal with them.

Over there and not over here.

I did a search and could not believe that this was not already posted, so if this is a double post please forgive me.

[sonsofliberty2000]

Bin Laden knows where Iraq is? I thought there was no connections at all? < /sarcasm>

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[syriacus]

If true, bin Laden’s shift of focus could be unsettling news for George W. Bush.

Meanwhile, it might sound like good news to the folks in Afghanistan.

[KellyAdmirer]

So was bin Laden at the "Hate Bush" meeting too? Is it so terrible to face the terrorists where we are increasingly prepared for them, Iraq, instead of in Afghanistan, which we just want to settle down and not cause any problems?

[ASA Vet]

All this was on the orders of bin Laden himself

He's been dead for two years so didn't issue any orders.

[Rebelbase]

How can this be true? The leftist documentary "Uncovered" seen by thousands at house parties last night said the Alqaeda-Hussien connection was complete fiction, never happened.

[xzins]

Both Time and Newsweek spinning for the terrorists.

These magazines are reprehensible traitors.

They actively seek to encourage the enemy.

They even frame it for them in terms of Bush and the election.

We need a call for ALL patriotic Americans to stop buying these 2 magazines.

[DrewsDad]

Line them all up in Iraq
where we have a license to kill them in packs.

[Numbers Guy]

Don't we want these idiots to move around and get out in the open where we have people that know how to deal with them.

Yup.

What I learned from this article if we take everything at face value (other than that Newsweek will swallow anti-American spin whenever possible): 1) bin Laden (or whoever's running things now) has very limited financial resources, thus can't afford to fully fund the Taliban *and* get people over to Iraq. 2) bin Laden has a very limited number of active fighters. 3) bin Laden is afraid his western networks have been thoroughly penetrated and thus sees his best opportunity to kill Americans isn't with suicide bombs in the west, but by taking on heavily armed, young healthy American troops who would love to take out Al Qaeda members.

[cookcounty]

"During the muslim holy month of Ramadan, three senior Qaeda representatives allegedly held a secret meeting......"

---from alleged "reporters" at Newsweek, an alleged "newsweekly."

[kerouacbal]

The democrats should be glad that Al Qaeda is stretching their resources so thin. They can't possibly expect to win the war with their attention aimed at both Afghanistan and Iraq. They are not able to keep up the fight with forces spread over such a wide area.
Oh wait the republicans aren't involved with Al Qaeda.

[RandallFlagg]

I wonder if bin laden will ever be shown on the cover with a black eye...

[Blood of Tyrants]

Prior to 9/11, he was Mullah Omar’s translator in face-to-face meetings with bin Laden. And Sharafullah has translated correspondence between the two leaders.

By releasing information THiIDS specific, it looks like BSNBC is TRYING to get an important intelligence aset killed.

[JustPiper]

If there is no AlQ-Iraq connection as the Libs say than why on earth is Osama doing this and we're talking Newsweek here!

[Mo1]

Bin Laden, they said, had also decided to “reorganize the distribution of funding” by reducing Al Qaeda’s monthly payment to the Afghan resistance from $3 million to $1.5 million, according to Sharafullah. Bin Laden’s men pointed out that raising and distributing funds has been complicated by the U.S. crackdown on jihadi charitable foundations, bank accounts of terror-related organizations and money transfers. Nonetheless, bin Laden wanted to “assure” the Afghan resistance that it would receive the promised amount. “We will never leave you alone,” the terror chief allegedly said through his representatives.

The charity money is drying up

The money from Saddam is gone

[Blood of Tyrants]

Stupid fat fingers! THiIDS = THIS

[Marak]

Iran is an ideal transit station for Al Qaeda because it borders Afghanistan and Pakistan to its west and Iraq and Turkey to its east.

A little hard to take seriously when they can't figure out where Iran is.

[GOPJ]

flypaper...

[veracious]

Over there and not over here.

This ought to be a major part of our countries message. Even if it isn't spoken often, all Americans should remember that we wan't this happening on their streets, not ours (like WTC New York).

[armymarinemom]

Not so sure about this article. It doesn't really match up to the rest of the reports out of that region. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the bad guys both in Afghanistan and Iraq weren't using the media for bad intelligence.