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To: LindyBill who wrote (57047)	11/14/2002 10:50:03 AM
From: Condor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Bin Laden Seen Alive and Kicking with New Tape," is how the famously relativistic news agency Reuters put it. The tape aired Wednesday on the Qatar-based, Arab-language satellite television station Al Jazeera (an English translation of the station's account is available here.) According to The Washington Post and others, bin Laden "extolled the recent attacks in Bali and Moscow in a bellicose statement" that also "hailed the fatal shooting of a U.S. Marine in Kuwait, the assassination of an American diplomat in Jordan and the attempt to sink a French oil tanker off Yemen." The tape also lays down a series of threats aimed primarily at the U.S. and Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, and Australia: "You will be killed just as you kill, and will be bombed just as you bomb. And expect more that will further distress you." Implicit in such a message is a warning to Arab and Islamic states that have signed on to the United Nations resolution regarding Iraq. You have to be thankful for the likes of released statements like this. It does more for the continued support of anti-terrorism than Bush could ever achieve. Occasional "hits" around the globe further assure the war will continue and be supported by all (most) countries. One also has to question the compulsion to issue a blustery threatening statement. If they had more ammo, then quiet deadly attack would seem more "professional". The " boy, we're going to get you" routine doesn't seem to serve their purpose. C