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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:45 AM
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'Iraq's Black Gold Lured Bush into Quagmire' - Bin Laden Tape
Not a new tape, as another thread suggests, but the previously unreleased portion of last week's tape:

'Iraq's Black Gold Lured Bush into Quagmire' - Bin Laden Tape

President George W Bush led the United States into a quagmire in Iraq as he was dazzled by the country’s “black gold,” Osama bin Laden said in the full 18 minutes of his most recent video, of which only excerpts have been broadcast on TV.

The full video, which was posted on an Islamist Web site today, shows the mastermind of the September 11 attacks on America as he accuses Bush of ignoring warnings against invading Iraq.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3713364
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itzamirakul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:48 AM
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1. IS THAT ALL?
Damn! I thought he was going to tell us something that we did not know. We all KNOW about Bush's OIL LUST.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:50 AM
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2. Funny, tho, that it was suppressed until AFTER the election n/t
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54anickel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 09:12 AM
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8. Must be really true to have this little bit suppressed. Guess they didn't
want to have to answer any questions regarding that line. WTF is really going on with this OBL info-mercial shit?
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:54 AM
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3. what's the deal with the 2nd tape mentioned yesterday?
was that a hoax or what?
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Ladybast Donating Member (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 09:09 AM
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7. No, I don't think it was a hoax,
nor is this internet release of the video of bin Ladin's "Address to the People" the same thing as the new tape to be released.

I followed the Tracking Terrorism site to more updated info. Briefly, they received two tapes on election day, and the one to be released depended upon who won the US presidential election. If Kerry won, they would show a tape of OBL congratulating the American people. Since Bush won, we get OBL warning us and threatening destruction.

Here is TT's latest update:

http://www.trackingterrorism.com/Default.asp?dismode=article&artid=670

November 2, 3004


Al-Jazeera's New Osama Bin Laden Video - UPDATE 2
Source: TT Exclusive | 7:30:38 AM EST


We will attempt to update our readers on the status of the new Bin Laden tape. As we have said earlier, we have confirmed the actual existence of this new Osama Bin Laden video. Al-Jazeera is currently still on an embargo for a few more hours and cannot air any portion of this video tape. They have been put on embargo by the US Government wishing to investigate the video tape before its release.

Al-Jazeera Television's embargo is similar to what we saw last week with the original Osama Bin Laden video. After US Government review, Al-Jazeera chose only to air 5 minutes of the entire 18 minute video. Al-Jazeera will be presented again with the option of airing any portion of this new video tape. In the past, Al-Jazeera Television has never sat on any message from Osama Bin Laden for more than 24 hours.

Currently, the airing of this video tape is in the hands of Al-Jazeera. While it is very likely that they may air the tape immediately following the embargo, it is also likely that they'll sit on it for another day or two. We have again attempted to speak with Al-Jazeera regarding the video tape, but however they appear to be on a gag order and cannot release any additional information about the tape's existence.

We can assure you that it does exist and soon we will all being seeing it on national TV. The tape is said to be currently leaked online on a few remote and highly secret Al-Qaeda Websites. Militants are already praising its release, making comments such as "Soon the American People will see the edited version". We hope that by making the tape's existence known publicly prior to the national media, that we do indeed see the entire tape as it could be crucial to the future of the United States. We do not believe in suppression by the US Government in something as significant as an OBL tape. As we get more information that we can share, we will immediately inform our readers.

Developing...
-------------------------------------------------
Check http://www.trackingterrorism.com
for links to the various series of updates that was posted yesterday.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 10:10 AM
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9. Who runs 'Tracking Terrorism'?
Edited on Thu Nov-04-04 10:47 AM by muriel_volestrangler
They claim this is an exclusive, so there's no confirmation of this from anywhere else. We have to know what their pedigree is before you can accept what they say as true.

How long have you been reading the website? Have they been reliable in the past?

It looks like a message forum, started in late August this year. Should we give it any more credibility than unsourced rumours on Democratic Underground?
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:58 AM
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4. OBL using the most overused 2 dollar word of the campaign. Alright.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:59 AM
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5. What? Can the Devil speak true?
-- Macbeth
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 11:51 AM
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10. Well, any legitimate criticism become illegit when it comes from the mouth
of America's most reviled enemy.

What will OBL say next:

Deficits are a bad thing.
Privatizing Social Security is risky.
Importing prescription drugs is a viable alternative.


These OBL statements sure do give * an easy out.
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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 09:07 AM
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6. C'mon listen to my story 'bout a man named George ...
Black Gold ... Texas Tea ...

The DC Hillbillies, as intepreted by Osama bin Laden ?


:hippie:
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Az_lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 12:12 PM
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11. Black gold, Texas Tea.....was ol'Bin a Beverly Hillbillies fan?
Edited on Thu Nov-04-04 12:13 PM by toiletbush
what an unusual thing to say to a Texas oil man.....
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