To: milkncookies
3,736 posted on
12/20/2004 3:38:28 PM PST by
Oorang
(I want to breathe the fresh air of freedom, at the dawn of every day, it's the American way.)
To: Oorang
Good article. And it points out yet another question that begs an answer:
"Terrorism expert Peter Bergen said the 10-day period between the Jeddah attack and the release of the tape is the fastest turnaround that he can recall between a news event and a communication from bin Laden. "It indicates to me a certain degree of security. After all, the chain of custody of these tapes is the one way to find bin Laden. He obviously feels secure enough that he can release a number of these tapes. The last message from the al-Qaeda leader came in a videotape appearing October 29 on the Arab-language television network al-Jazeera. His top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, spoke in an audio-tape that aired November 29 on al-Jazeera." Bergen said by his count bin Laden and al-Zawahiri have released 29 messages since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. "It's extraordinary that the chain of custody of these tapes has not been traced back," Bergen said. "After all, they're releasing these tapes very frequently, on average once every six weeks, yet it seems that American intelligence agencies or other intelligence agencies are not capable of tracing back the source of these tapes."
3,749 posted on
12/20/2004 3:59:25 PM PST by
milkncookies
(When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.)
To: Oorang
thanks for the correction, I remember this from CNN
3,757 posted on
12/20/2004 4:09:57 PM PST by
JustPiper
(NoE-the Enemy !!!)
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