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Report: Bin Laden is alive and will appear on TV soon
Jerusalem Post ^ | 10/13/02 | The Associated Press

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.


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To: Mossad1967
Somehow I'm reminded of Ed Wood, Jr. After Bela Lugosi died, he had a problem--the only footage of Bela he had for Plan Nine from Outer Space was a bit of Bela skulking around under a tree with his cape on, and puttering about in front of a house....but he had a brilliant idea, and got his wife's chiropractor to do the rest of Bela's part.

Of course, the guy was a foot taller than Lugosi, and blond...but he just held the cape up in front of his face while he was on camera. I can just imagine Wood saying "We'll have him hold the cape up in front of his face, and nobody will know the difference! It'll be great!"

161 posted on 10/13/2002 8:55:11 PM PDT by jejones
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To: Mossad1967
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."

I'll bet. I'm sure the Taliban would like to 'thank' him for getting them thrown out of Afghanistan.

"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.

Indifferent because he's deceased. Haven't we already waited through about three or four promises that Bin Laden would give some sign he was still breathing, only to have nothing occur?

162 posted on 10/13/2002 11:22:34 PM PDT by Post Toasties
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To: Mossad1967
Yeah me too.

Do you think it'll be anything like Anaconda? Man, that was a pretty big attack. I wouldnt mind seeing something along the lines of Tora Bora.

Big American attacks....that's the way to go.

~grin~

"God has not given Me a spirit of fear; He has given Me a Spirit of Power. A Spirit of Love and a sound well disciplined Mind."

163 posted on 10/14/2002 12:23:40 AM PDT by VaBthang4
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To: Mossad1967
Yawn! I guess its more talk and no show for our Islamic Bernie nemesis. Bwahahaha!!!
164 posted on 10/14/2002 1:45:56 AM PDT by goldstategop
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To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
Hey !!! That looks just like the map I made last year !! I was looking all over my C-drive for it.
165 posted on 10/14/2002 2:38:33 AM PDT by The Raven
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To: Mossad1967
probably took him this long do get the ringing out of his ears from toa-bora (and his shorts clean)
166 posted on 10/14/2002 2:54:11 AM PDT by Mr. K
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To: Huck
Good likeness. Just put a beard and diaper on Nadlers head, and he's a credible double... We know his politics are already in line with Osama....
167 posted on 10/14/2002 5:21:33 AM PDT by b4its2late
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To: Mossad1967
him and Elvis
168 posted on 10/14/2002 5:23:16 AM PDT by The Wizard
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To: Mossad1967
I heard that he was going to replace Donohue in MSNBC's unrelenting search for ratings.
169 posted on 10/14/2002 6:45:45 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot
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To: The Raven
Well now you have it. And so does a link from Ted Nugent's web page titled EffUsama.com.
170 posted on 10/14/2002 2:43:38 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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To: spetznaz
I think I would have to act calm and then kick his arse and then roll him under a slurpee machine and turn it on full blast all three flavors to keep his body cold until my citizens arrest is relinqueshed. Then the question who do you call......911? The FBI..... The National Guard....Barney Fife sheriff...The CIA....The White House...? The Ghostbusters....?
171 posted on 10/14/2002 2:49:37 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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To: japaneseghost
LOL!

free dixie NOW,sw

172 posted on 10/15/2002 9:16:16 AM PDT by stand watie
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To: Huck
LOL
173 posted on 10/15/2002 8:46:47 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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