kramadas Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/01/binladen.tape/index.html(CNN) -- The Arabic-language network Al-Jazeera released a full transcript Monday of the most recent videotape from Osama bin Laden in which the head of al Qaeda said his group's goal is to force America into bankruptcy.Al-Jazeera aired portions of the videotape Friday but released the full transcript of the entire tape on its Web site Monday."We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing, and nothing is too great for Allah," bin Laden said in the transcript.He said the mujahedeen fighters did the same thing to the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s, "using guerrilla warfare and the war of attrition to fight tyrannical superpowers.""We, alongside the mujahedeen, bled Russia for 10 years until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in defeat," bin Laden said.He also said al Qaeda has found it "easy for us to provoke and bait this administration.""All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is written al Qaeda, in order to make generals race there to cause America to suffer human, economic and political losses without their achieving anything of note other than some benefits for their private corporations," bin Laden said.Al-Jazeera executives said they decided to post the entire speech because rumors were circulating that the network omitted parts that "had direct threats toward specific states, which was totally untrue.""We chose the most newsworthy parts of the address and aired them. The rest was used in lower thirds in graphics format," said one official.U.S. intelligence officials Monday confirmed that the transcript made public Monday by Al-Jazeera was a complete one.As part of the "bleed-until-bankruptcy plan," bin Laden cited a British estimate that it cost al Qaeda about $500,000 to carry out the attacks of September 11, 2001, an amount that he said paled in comparison with the costs incurred by the United States."Every dollar of al Qaeda defeated a million dollars, by the permission of Allah, besides the loss of a huge number of jobs," he said. "As for the economic deficit, it has reached record astronomical numbers estimated to total more than a trillion dollars.The total U.S. national debt is more than $7 trillion. The U.S. federal deficit was $413 billion in 2004, according to the Treasury Department."It is true that this shows that al Qaeda has gained, but on the other hand it shows that the Bush administration has also gained, something that anyone who looks at the size of the contracts acquired by the shady Bush administration-linked mega-corporations, like Halliburton and its kind, will be convinced."And it all shows that the real loser is you," he said. "It is the American people and their economy."As for President Bush's Iraq policy, 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."So the war went ahead, the death toll rose, the American economy bled, and Bush became embroiled in the swamps of Iraq that threaten his future," bin Laden said.U.S. government officials said Friday that the tape appeared to be authentic and recently made. It was the first videotaped message from the al Qaeda leader in nearly three years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpyrate Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 as much as i hate him .. you have to admit he is a formidable opponent ... if only our leader possessed as much intelligence, ingenuity and guile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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daprofessional Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 The Soviet Union was broke way before the 1980's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tres-b Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 as much as i hate him .. you have to admit he is a formidable opponent ... if only our leader possessed as much intelligence, ingenuity and guileSeriously, you dont have a clue.Woo woo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramadas Posted November 2 Author Report Share Posted November 2 Seriously, you dont have a clue.Woo wooABout what? Lets see - bin laden with minimal technology has been able to evade the most powerful nation in the world (run by Prez Bush) for four years...hmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookie23 Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 ABout what? Lets see - bin laden with minimal technology has been able to evade the most powerful nation in the world (run by Prez Bush) for four years...hmm....Plus 8 years under Clinton..oh wait...he didn't anything in the first place...my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tres-b Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 ABout what? Lets see - bin laden with minimal technology has been able to evade the most powerful nation in the world (run by Prez Bush) for four years...hmm....You act as if President Bush is out there looking for bin Laden and screwing up. That isnt the way that this works. The man is being protected b/c he is a hero to millions of Muslims around the world(further evidence of Islam as an evil religion)and this aids him every day as he runs from justice. bin Laden will be caught and killed. It is just a matter of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramadas Posted November 2 Author Report Share Posted November 2 You act as if President Bush is out there looking for bin Laden and screwing up. That isnt the way that this works. The man is being protected b/c he is a hero to millions of Muslims around the world(further evidence of Islam as an evil religion)and this aids him every day as he runs from justice. bin Laden will be caught and killed. It is just a matter of time.Funny - Muslims say the same thing about CHristianity and Judaism. Guess its evil in their eyes and so they protect him. You see - your cycle of hate is what brings this sort of shit into the world. Once you start labelling a religion as one of hate, you fall in the same category as those who perpetuate this violent behaviour toward us. Congratulations!I'm still waiting for Bush to find bin Laden as he promised us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramadas Posted November 2 Author Report Share Posted November 2 Plus 8 years under Clinton..oh wait...he didn't anything in the first place...my badSo spragga - where do you work that you have inside information about how our special ops/cia/secret service works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookie23 Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 So spragga - where do you work that you have inside information about how our special ops/cia/secret service works?If I tell ya...I'd have to kill ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppanils Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 Plus 8 years under Clinton..oh wait...he didn't anything in the first place...my badbombing al qaeda's camps in aghanistan, going after bin laden's assets, and capturing the 1993 wtc bombers constitutes nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookie23 Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 bombing al qaeda's camps in aghanistan, going after bin laden's assets, and capturing the 1993 wtc bombers constitutes nothing?No because they bombed AGAIN...lobbing a few missles wasn't going to get the job done...and going after assest sure got a lot done...you can do better than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tres-b Posted November 2 Report Share Posted November 2 Funny - Muslims say the same thing about CHristianity and Judaism. Guess its evil in their eyes and so they protect him. You see - your cycle of hate is what brings this sort of shit into the world. Once you start labelling a religion as one of hate, you fall in the same category as those who perpetuate this violent behaviour toward us. Congratulations!I'm still waiting for Bush to find bin Laden as he promised us.We didnt steer the planes into the buildings. Muslims did. As a result, Afghanistan and Iraq are free. Israel didnt go on the offensive in the 7 days war. Muslims did. As a result, Israel added the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights. Muslims are the agressors. The US is answering that aggression w/ the only language these people understand. Convert or Conquer--the mantra of jihad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramadas Posted November 2 Author Report Share Posted November 2 We didnt steer the planes into the buildings. Muslims did. As a result, Afghanistan and Iraq are free. Israel didnt go on the offensive in the 7 days war. Muslims did. As a result, Israel added the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights. Muslims are the agressors. The US is answering that aggression w/ the only language these people understand. Convert or Conquer--the mantra of jihad.Let me ask you something. Tell me how Israel was formed.your understanding of jihad is not even upto par as a terrorist's understanding of mercy. Sorry, but thats the truth of it - maybe you should do some research on the subject rather than reading worldnetdaily.com.Iraq and Afghanistan are "free"??? hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyscottsdale Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 I think it is stupid to say Muslims are the aggressors. I think the average muslim in Iraq is probably glad Saddam is gone and welcomes freedom. But they are the ones who work and are peaceful and they don't have the guns. The ones with the guns and bombs are radicals who just want power... and I'm glad for every one of those fuckers we kill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpyrate Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 I think the average muslim in Iraq is probably glad Saddam is gone and welcomes freedom.explain what freedom means when a foriegn nation chooses who leads your own gov't .. a leader who hasn't even set foot in iraq since before saddam came to power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyscottsdale Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 explain what freedom means when a foriegn nation chooses who leads your own gov't .. a leader who hasn't even set foot in iraq since before saddam came to powerVisit the United States to see what freedom means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpyrate Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 i live in the USA 20 min from nyc (you still havent answered my question) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyscottsdale Posted November 3 Report Share Posted November 3 i live in the USA 20 min from nyc (you still havent answered my question)I think the average Iraqi will welcome Freedom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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