Didn't you know? He's touring the Middle East making occasional appearances as Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
LOL. I wonder if it's going to make him a little rich...
Cheers
Jim
Wanna give yourself a headache? Of course you do... but seriously listen to these Al Qaeda tapes and try and figure out what angle they're playing. I remember when OBL last appeared right before the vote and I was thinking, is this a gift to Bush or an attempt to make Bush look ineffective. Then you get this latest batch first where they claim the US is retreating from Iraq and now where they claim most Americans favor a retreat. He even starts in with the "truce" talk, its like he's throwing bait to the anti-war crowd.
Maybe he secretly hopes some Shehan type will bite and start promoting his truce? Of course he's clever enough to know that will backfire and this latest tape will surely remind Americans why they want him dead. You can be all but certain Bush will cite the tape as a reason to press on in Iraq. The more Bin Laden talks about Iraq the stronger it makes the case that its the central front in the war on terror....ugh! He has to know that so does Bin Laden want us to stay in Iraq? Maybe its working out for them on some levels, or maybe he's being straight up and hopes the anti-war crowd will somehow muscle a pull-out. This sort of circular logic keeps me up at night.