Posted on 09/22/2006 1:58:16 PM PDT by kronos77
But what does the newly released tape tell us? Was 9/11 a result of American support for Israel? Or the presence of our troops in Saudi Arabia, or the U.N. embargo of Iraq -- the grievances that bin Laden himself in 1998 cited as grounds for murdering Americans?
Not according to two of the captioned "Martyrs of the Manhattan Raid," who spoke freely in this newly released tape. Saudi nationals Hamza al-Ghamdi (who helped crash Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center) and Wail al-Shehri (who joined Mohammed Atta on Flight 11 to topple the North Tower) mostly voiced anger over Western violence against Muslims in Chechnya and Bosnia (as well as citing furor about Kashmir and the Philippines).
Never mind that the U.S., almost alone among Western countries, criticized Russian tactics in Grozny, and bombed a European Christian country for several weeks to save Muslims in Bosnia and Kosovo.
Instead of having any precise claim against America, these killers showed that their hurt arose from their own sense of envy and collective failure -- as the now all too familiar references to "being humiliated" and lost honor in the tape attest.
There is no doubt who al-Ghamdi and al-Shehri were -- or what they were planning to do. Yet polls since 9/11 consistently reveal that most Muslims in the Middle East do not believe that al-Qaida, much less any Arab Muslims at all, carried out the attacks. Instead, Israel or the CIA is blamed. So the tape is also a chilling reminder that in this war evidence means nothing -- superstition, bias and delusion everything.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
The Taliban blew up thousand year old Buddhist statues in March of 2001.
It's all the same war. Holy war against all that offends Islam.
If it's an issue of humiliation and self-image, then we need to get these folks hooked up with Midnight Basketball A.S.A.P. </sarc>
Friggin mooncrickets.
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"The Taliban blew up thousand year old Buddhist statues in March of 2001."
A little off topic, but during the 2004 election, while looking for bills Skerry had written himself, some silly bill condemning the destruction of these statues was about all I could find. No mention of the killing and brutalization of the people of Afhanistan at the hands of the Taliban! Just a bunch of elitist hot air about the destruction of ancient and historical symbols....blablahblah
Don't get me wrong. I think the destruction of those statues is horrible, but you would think after (20?) some odd years in the senate, Kerry would have been moved to write bills about more pressing issues...(rolling eyes)
These muslim jerks can always dream up reasons to kill innocent people.It's like Democrap politicians who can always dream up reasons for raising taxes !!!
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