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To: SBHX who wrote (81863)	10/29/2004 9:46:13 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793822

He has two main points I notice his justification has switched from "infidels defiling the Holy Places" or "infidels starving a million Iraqi children" to some jabber about Lebanon and Palestine. Anyone that believed his spiel about US troops in Saudi Arabia has been shown to be a fool. US troops left Saudi, and now it's "oh, it was Beirut and Palestine!" They hate us not for what we do, but for who we are. Derek

To: SBHX who wrote (81863)	10/30/2004 12:12:36 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 793822

No, while he did make the points you mention, OBL's focus has shifted significantly and in a way that positively shows that the Bush strategy of doing what we can to get democracy into the Muslim world is working. Read the text of the message: OBL mentions "freedom" many times. He never has done so in the past. He appears to be feeling the heat of elections and democracy coming to scorch him. Note that the tape was made in April, before the elections in Afghanistan and the handover of sovereignty in Iraq. If he was feeling pressure then, imagine what he feels now after those two events took place. He may be very worried about being relegated to the dust bin of history, which will make him immensely more dangerous. If OBL's reaction is any indication, the Bush/neocon grand strategy may very well be working.