http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1149.html
25. 10. 2004
"KERRY, BUSH & BIN LADEN"
by B.Raman
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In the sermons delivered in many mosques of Pakistan after the Friday prayers on March 28,2003, God and bin Laden were thanked for going to the help of the Iraqi people in their hour of trial. The sandstorms, which swept across the deserts from March 25 slowing down the advance of the coalition troops towards Baghdad, were described by the Mullas as sent by God to protect the Iraqi people and to teach the Americans a lesson. The credit for the resistance put up by the Iraqi soldiers was attributed to the inspiring example of bin Laden and his message to the Iraqi people. Appeals were also made to the Shias of Iraq not to fall a prey to what was described as the Anglo-American machinations to create a split between the Shias and the Sunnis and use the former against the latter."
Osama Bin Laden Tape Threatens U.S. States Not to Vote for Bush
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SA1404
Interesting article.
Actually, I'd think the sandstorms that caught our troops taught a lesson of a different sort.
They did not phase our military at all.