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March 20, 2008
Yep, Another Threatening Video From OBL (Updated)
... this time he's all bent out of shape and threatening Europe over the Danish cartooons (message to OBL - they're just c-a-r-t-o-o-n-s), and even goes off on the Pope - saying that the cartoons were part of a "crusade" in which the Catholic Pope was involved.:
Java Report has additional commentary and updates (and the transcript):
Adam Raisman, senior analyst at the SITE Institute, a Washington-based group that monitors terror messages, said that the tape's release coincides with an increased buzz in online jihadi forums calling for revenge on Europe over the cartoons.Sounds as though the tape could have been made from old material. Is OBL dead - perhaps even has been for 2 years, and does OBL now know what his 72 virgins look like?
But Raisman noted that bin Laden's message did not specifically mention the republishing of the cartoons, only the publishing, and it did not give any other time landmarks to prove it had been recorded since then.
Raisman also noted bin Laden's silence on Wednesday's fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
"The tape doesn't give any specific evidence that would allow us to determine when it was recorded," Raisman said.
Memo to OBL: We don't feel sorry for you!
Related: Chronology of Bin Laden messages since Sept. 11, 2001
Cross posted from Hyscience
Posted by Richard at March 20, 2008 10:51 AM
