New bin Laden video a 'patchwork of clips'

scotsman.com ^ | April 16, 2002 | Paul Gallager

[DainBramage]

I wish our government would create and release its own fake Bin Laden tape.

Put him in a pink mini skirt and heels in LA cruising for hoes.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Only one of the 19 hijackers is shown speaking in the video, Ahmed Ibrahim Alhaznawi, whom US officials say was one of four attackers on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in rural Pennsylvania.

1) An earlier bin-Laden video indicated some/many/all of the hijackers did not know they were on a suicide/homicide mission on 9/11. This seems to contradict the earlier video.

2) I find it intersting that peace-loving Palestinians and peace-loving al-Qaeda members both go before video cameras before they murder innocent civilians.

[pt17]

What do you suppose the reason is for releasing this video now is? Do they sense their support is fading and feel a need to drum up new interest?

[ppaul]

That ragheaded mo-fo is probably dead.
This video sounds like warmed-over mush.

[Mixer]

Don't have any new footage put together a montage of old footage. I agree with pt17, supporters are just trying to drum up support and make the believers thing that OBL is alive. That guy is toast end of story. If he were alive there would be a video that would prove to the world that he is still alive. That is just the way he works. Remeber back in October when the "taunt America" videos were being made. Where have they gone?

[mewzilla]

Then have UBL caught on tape pigging out at a rib joint.

[YaYa123]

The "peaceful" scene behind bin Laden was as fake as the exploding WTC shown behind the suicide guy.

I heard the Al Jezeeera reporter say people in the arab world can no longer claim bin laden had no part in the WTC bombing. He said that wouldn't be important here in the US, but it was very important over there, especially in Saudi Arabia where denial was the initial reaction.

Did anyone else notice that in this video, Bin laden did exhibit movement in his left arm and hand?

[trevorjohnson]

Then dress him up like one of the Village People and put him in a gay bar.

[SkyPilot]

I think he is dead.

[Ranger]

The video was probably released in response to Rumsfeld's quips a few weeks ago about not hearing from OBL.

The fact that OBL didn't say anything could be due to the fact that either his spoken messages are coded as earlier speculated or that the tape was thrown together in haste. Or both.

If there was any doubt about OBL's involvement in the NYC/WDC terror attacks, that doubt was erased. Why? Because the Palestinian conflict is stealing headlines from OBL and shifting attention away from his holy war between islam and the west.

What if OBL called a holy war and nobody came?

[Lazamataz]

New bin Laden video a 'patchwork of clips'

That is because bin Laden is now a 'patchwork of body parts'.

:o)

[syriacus]

On the tape you can see a faint border around bin Laden. It's especially visible around his headgear and reminds me of the faint border that was around Sally Field when she was the "Flying Nun."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Fox and Friends said they're getting e-mails telling them to watch the entire tape and "watch the plants."

[syriacus]

Fox and Friends said they're getting e-mails telling them to watch the entire tape and "watch the plants."

Thank you for the tip.

[twigs]

One Arabic pundit on Fox last night said that the most interesting part of the tape was the headgear. It would be very unusual for the Egyptian man next to Bin Laden to be wearing a black turban which is usually associated with Hezbolah. Another speaker was wearing a Palestianian cloth. He thought they were expressing sympathy with the Palestinian cause in Israel.

[fivecatsandadog]

What do you suppose the reason is for releasing this video now is? Do they sense their support is fading and feel a need to drum up new interest?

They want us to think that they're planning something. It's a card game and they think they can call trump again.

[freedomson]

You're very up on the latest caveman fashion methinks. :)

[fivecatsandadog]

....the "Flying Nun."

OBL might get more attention if he changed his head-dress. wa-ha

[OldFriend]

I just pray that we are not lulled into a false sense of security.