Analysts: Bin Laden seeks transformation

Boston Globe ^ | 12/24/04 | Salah Nasrawi, AP

[William of Orange]

"Holy war must have a goal. So what is its goal now?"

let's see now, the destruction of Israel, a grand Muslim caliphate stretching from Spain and Morocco all the way to Indonesia and of course, death to all infidels. Can any 'jihadi' tell me if I'm anywhere near right?

[clee1]

He can transform himself into anything he wishes. However, as soon as he pokes his head out of whatever hole he is hiding in, the US military is going to transform him into a pale-pink mist.

[leadpenny]

"He does not know any other means to make his point."

Hey, Osama! An office on K St. before 9-11? Works for everyone else.

[Oreo Kookey]

Oh let him come out of hiding, transform himself into anything he wants and the first chance we get, drop him like a couple of 103 story buildings.

[Oreo Kookey]

I like your rendition better than mine. (#5)

[Cobra64]

Works for me. Can I be the first in line?

[sheik yerbouty]

A turd by any other name...

[tom paine 2]

ROTFLMAO

[mhking]

Bin Laden seeks transformation

Yeah he wants to truly become like Ra's Al Ghul, complete with Lazarus Pit: virtually immortal.

 

(Ra's Al Ghul from the comics on left; actor Ken Watanabe as Ra's Al Ghul (which literally translates as "The Death's Head" in next summer's "Batman Begins" on right)

Just damn.

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[Lazamataz]

"Osama thinks if he takes over Saudi Arabia he can topple all other Islamic regimes," al-Thaydi said.

So, he's pretty much Hitler.

[Bommer]

let's see now, the destruction of Israel, a grand Muslim caliphate stretching from Spain and Morocco all the way to Indonesia and of course, death to all infidels. Can any 'jihadi' tell me if I'm anywhere near right?

Don't knock it! Thats how Arafat got promoted from blood thirsty terrorist to respected U.N. supported statesman!

[Erik Latranyi]

So, he's pretty much Hitler.

No, Bin Laden is a coward like every other Islamic Fundamentalist on this planet.

The coward label is the image we need to keep using when dealing with these folks. (Of course, keep killing them as well) Convincing the world that these snakes are really cowards takes away any threatening power they might have.

[tkathy]

"Holy war must have a goal. So what is its goal now?"

Since most of the middle east was christian before these butchers came along, why doesn't OBL have a goal of getting the @#$% out of the entire middle east and turning it over to christians???

[Berosus]

Having Osama "morph" into something besides a terrorist would be a pretty good trick, considering that he's probably not alive. I haven't believed any of the audio or video tapes that have come out over the past three years. In the last credible one, dated December 2001, he looked awful, like they had to shove a broomstick up the back of his robe to keep him from falling over.

For that matter, if Osama didn't die in the aftermath of Tora Bora, we should be able to catch him, once we find the studio that's producing the tapes!

[marty60]

Get ready for a stomach churning blaspheme.

[Jumper]

Bin Laden may mistakenigly beleive that the world will embrace another Arafat....

[Feckless]

Israelis may have had some reasons, none of them good, for letting Arafat make his "transformation" which was fake at best.

America will never let OBL get the chance. Dead or alive.