Comments | kathiuncorked: al-Jazeera releases complete transcript of bin Laden speech

kathiuncorked

al-Jazeera releases complete transcript of bin Laden speech

Nov 01, 2004 23:24

Why didn't they do this sooner?

The Bush administration would have had a more difficult time spinning the speech in its favor.

Bin Laden: Goal is to bankrupt U.S.Monday, November 1, 2004 Posted: 8:07 PM EST (0107 GMT ( Read more... )

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vickyunleashed November 1 2004, 23:56:43 UTC

He also said al Qaeda has found it "easy for us to provoke and bait this administration."

As will likely be the case for the next four years 8(

...Bin Laden said, "the darkness of black gold blurred his vision and insight, and he gave priority to private interests over the public interests of America.

Uh, actually, there was a pre-existing condition...

stealthdozer November 2 2004, 07:41:34 UTC

Seriously, I think OBL's address "to the American public" was really just his pandering to the Muslim public.

The World is Watching.

& stealthdozer November 2 2004, 07:42:37 UTC

The Media is not our friend.

Are you sure that this didn't backfire on Bin Laden? f_d_anconia November 3 2004, 16:20:55 UTC

It may have been that he pissed off some folks who wouldn't have voted before. But they decided to send a message that America will not idly stand by and be terrorized. They didn’t like the idea of changing horses in the middle of the stream and decided to let little georgey porgey jr. try to finish out his game of hide-n-go-seek. Or maybe Obi-Bin Laden was hoping to get “w” reelected, so that he could more quickly develop his plans by having such a predictable foe. Time will tell.