Posted on 09/07/2007 11:22:52 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Bin Laden Tape: 'No Overt Threat To US'
Updated: 19:10, Friday September 07, 2007 There are no overt threats or calls to attack on a new video featuring al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to reports from the US. Unidentified American officials are quoted as saying that date references on the video indicate it was made recently.
The recording of bin Laden has been timed to mark the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks against the United States.
It contains the first new images of the terror leader in nearly three years.
The Homeland Security Department has said it had no credible information warning of an imminent threat to the United States.
Tom Casey, deputy State Department spokesman, said: "I don't think that anything he is likely to say or do is going to change our resolve or the resolve of our international partners to confront extremism."
Analysts were also looking at bin Laden's physical characteristics in part, for clues about his health after unconfirmed rumours earlier this year that he had died of kidney disease.
It showed his beard, which in previous messages has been streaked with grey, was black.
Soon after word emerged that the United States had the video, Islamic militant websites that usually carry statements from al Qaeda went down and were inaccessible.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
There are no fresh threats to the USA since at the time the message was recorded in Dec 2001 he assumed the USA would be gone by now.
From MSNBC by way of Hot Air:
“Officials said bin Laden criticized Democrats in Congress in the video for being unable to stop the war in Iraq. The al-Qaida leader also urged young Muslims to carry out suicide bombings against the West a piece of advice he offers in most tapes ”
1. Bin Laden’s says his allies are letting him down.
2. This destroys the left’s claim that bin Laden wants us in Iraq.
3. This enforces the idea that leaving Iraq would be a victory for bin Laden.
"Soon after word emerged that the United States had the video, Islamic militant websites that usually carry statements from al Qaeda went down and were inaccessible."
Not a good sign . . . JMHO . . .
If it’s true, then it appears that Bush’s intimidation of al Qaeda is working.
Has anyone seen the latest picture of bin Laden? It simply doesn’t look like him. It looks more like Joe Wilson with a beard and a diaper on his head.
You're trafficking in pure caca pal. That's not an accurate quote of what Bush actually said.
Here's the link to the transcript from that Day's press conference.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
I challenge you to find that "quote" in there
Dead man talking.
You know... it's tough enough to move a
whole political party to my point of view,
but why do people like Schumer open
their mouths and make it that much harder?
No obvious new threats but a plea/request/demand that we convert to Islam.
I believe this is a required precursor to killing an infidel.
Might be a good time to double check your emergency kits.
I vaguely recall Rummy making a statement like that, but it was a couple of years later....
Horrible ... pathetic ... etc ...
but then again BJ didnt “talk” about wanted posters etc ... either ...
Saw that, thanks for the ping.
Since I lean forward on two sources, web sites go down why?
Unrelated to US announcement of tape possession, therefore coincidence, or...web sites drop because US announces possession of the tape...
I don’t like “coincidence” but we examine both on general purposes.
If we can.
I’m running AQ and I pull all my websites, because...the forums are beyond my control?
Somebody might mention something I don’t want known?
Somebody KNOWS something I don’t want public, a lot of somebodies?
Keep the US guessing? Remove sources of chatter so we can’t plot trends?
How about, the tape was a signal and now everyone is on different websites? If so, why not leave the old ones hot and buy time unmonitored on the old ones, till the US realizes no-one’s posting anymore?
What if the reason is unrelated to the US?
That covers the easy possibilities, unless you have more.
Now we look for additional puzzle pieces.
Wait, one more...
One I really like, not necessarily because it connects to other current data, but because it just fits so well...
How about...I prevent anyone, world wide, who has any interest in Jihad what-so-ever, from talking about it or accessing my old words, so all those interested have no choice but to wait for and then devour my new video speech?
Sort of like, “SILENCE, my Holiness is about to SPEAK!”
(Oh yah, crank up the echo effects!)
Tell me TAHT doesn’t fit into Bin Laden’s self centered brain, him being the guy who produced the videos that turned an ass-whuppin and retreat from the Soviets at Jaji into “singlehandedly defeating a superpower?”
well, I guess that explains everything. why don't you go ahead now with your "9/11 was an inside job" theories?
2004 - 2007 AND HE DIDN'T EVEN CHANGE HIS SHIRT?
nothing seems to have changed aside from the colour of the beard and the script.
Lady Clairol.
Only his goat knows for sure.
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"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." - G.W. Bush, 3/13/02
Phony quotes.
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