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| (Maybe) Binny praises "Battle of New York" |
| 2002-03-28 |
Either than, or an imposter is pretending to be him. Chances of the latter are probably greater than chances of the former. A message titled "Statement from Sheikh Osama bin Laden" was sent to the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper. The paper has received other statements from al Qaeda, and an editor said that it appeared to be genuine. They've about as reliable as the Arabic press generally is, which isn't very. We won't dwell on the reaons for that. Written in the flowery Arabic style for which bin Laden is noted, it said that the "battle of New York" - an apparent reference to the Sept. 11 atrocities - was "the beginning of the end, God willing," of what he called the "god of pagans," and called for Muslims throughout the Middle East to rise up against U.S.-backed regimes. Well, hell. I guess we might as well pack it in then. "Battle of New York," huh? Right up there with Waterloo and Crecy and Salamis. The message also denounced Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's initiative to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict as a "Zionist-American one in Saudi clothes," and called for continuation of Palestinian suicide attacks on Israel. Those Saudis. Terrible how they've caved in to the Jews. They've just taken over in Mecca. "In light of the bloody events that our nation is going through, everybody is required to take up jihad, and grass-roots leaderships have to move to end this roaring bloodshed and to expose treacheries," the statement said. "Let's get a little fanaticism going here, folks!" Gawd, I love civil, well-reasoned discourse! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |