Posted on 10/13/2002 11:33:23 AM PDT by Mossad1967
Oct. 13, 2002 Report: Bin Laden is alive and will appear on TV soon By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Osama bin Laden is alive and will appear on a videotape soon, a man who identified himself as a senior al-Qaida member told an Arabic weekly.
"Sheik Osama is alive and in good health. He has gained more weight due to security precautions and his inability to move a lot as you will notice in his next appearance," Abdel Rahman al-Rashed told the London-based Arabic-language magazine Al Majalla in remarks published Friday.
Mahmoud Khalil, a correspondent for the weekly, told The Associated Press Sunday that he conducted the interview over a week in October through the Internet. He said it took him more than a month to arrange it.
Khalil, who is based in Dubai, said al-Rashed told him he was a Kuwaiti national.
"I used to send him one question every day and wait for his answer to send the other question," Khalil said. He refused to say how he got in touch with al-Rashed.
In the interview, al-Rashed said bin Laden, whose al-Qaida terror network is blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington, is alive and will appear soon on a videotape with a new statement. He didn't elaborate.
Al-Rashed was quoted as saying that bin Laden chose not to appear on a videotape on the first anniversary of the attacks, because he did not want people to "tie (his) victory to his character."
"Bin Laden is completely indifferent to all claims that he was killed. He does not choose the time of his appearances to deny such claims," al-Rashed said, according to the magazine.
Earlier this month, the Qatar-based satellite TV station al-Jazeera aired a voice tape in which a male voice attributed to bin Laden warned that the "youths of God" are planning more attacks against the United States.
Al-Jazeera said the voice was that of bin Laden, but there was no way to verify the claim.
US officials have said they don't know whether bin Laden is still alive.
Focusing on what he described as al-Qaida's media strategy, al-Rashed told Al Majalla that al-Qaida had set aside a budget for "a media department to address the Muslim people."
"Sheik Osama pays heed to the media ... we have a specialized department for print, audio and video production and a team of Internet experts," al-Rashed was quoted as saying.
In the interview, al-Rashed also denied US claims that al-Qaida has relations with the Iraqi regime, saying that the reason behind any US attack on Iraq would be to control the Iraqi oil.
US President George W. Bush has said al-Qaida had had high-level contacts with Baghdad for a decade and sent operatives to Iraq to learn to make bombs and use poison weapons. Bush said some al-Qaida leaders had fled to Iraq after their haven in Afghanistan was attacked by the United States in retaliation for Sept. 11.
"Please do not notice his eye color has changed. It is a miracle bestowed upon him by Alla. Disreguard the fact he is taller. It is simply pride for his followers. And one more thing, if his hair color runs during the filming, it is merely the bleaching from the radience of Allah. Thank you. Praise Alla, and send virgins."
I just wanted everyone to be aware of the symptoms, so that e can make logicl deductions, IF a tape ever surfaces.
Sounds like a problem that also plagues Algore Junior and Alec Baldwin.
Don't these people go on hunger strikes to protest anymore?
.....and now that they know we pay attention to little things.....
.....such as the seasons.....
.....this would be about the right time of year.....
.....to show his "last" interview.....
.....(before we capped his arse).....
There were signs, in at least one of the videos that OBL or whoever was doubling had suffered wounds to an arm, or seemed to be partially paralyzed. We have heard rumors that he didn't make it out of Tora Bora.
The fact that Osama is a dialysis patient causes me to doubt a weight gain. End-Stage renal disease is not conducive to gaining weight.
With a good infusion of cash from Saudi, it won't do a heck of a lot in the "resurrection" of OBL, but it can buy a heck of a lot of high end video editing and CGI equipment. The result is basically indistinguishable from reality.
Frankly, I have believed him dead a LONG time ago, and the tapes simply a construct to rally his supporters, and keep his jihad alive.
I would, however, at this stage, should another videotape miraculously appear, be very concerned about showing it publicly. I am extremely concerned about coded messages to active Al-Queida cells buried within such a video. With the recent activity in MD, and the unwillingness of the US to close borders, and profile the most probable terrorists, I feel that we are looking at another major occurrence, and soon. It's time to get tough, and fast, if it isn't already too late.
Keep the Faith For Freedom!
May God Bless and Protect this Honorable Republic from the Clear and Present Danger facing her from both within and outside her borders>
Greg
Previous film of OBL didn't give the impression that he was a gym rat. Hard to imagine him doing laps, jumping jacks, pushups, bench press, etc.
Hoax coming.
Thanks Huck! :-}
This part I believe. It is difficult to move after you have been blown to pieces that have since rotted away, leaving a scattering of bone fragments.
inability to move a lot as you will notice in his next appearance,"
"And ignore the wood stakes he's tied to. They're just for the fire to keep him warm. His mouth isn't moving? Well, he is speaking through the voice of Alla, of course."
HELLO, Mossad1967 Are you going to reply to your thread anytime soon?
If he does, all the talking head anti-gun Democrat politicians will have some "disarm the population" explaining to do.
Well, this being the case, I suggest that GW appoint Janet Reno Undersecretary of Homeland Defense and places her in charge of searching all Mosqes in the USA for terrorists. The military can supply the tanks and CS gas.
I noticed. I went out for a few hours and the first thing I did when I came home (after grabbing a slice of pizza) was to come over here to see if he responded yet. You made an interesting observation about him/her in your previous post.
Anything "special" happen in '67 that would relate to Al Quata? As long as that's the subject. I was too young then.
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