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To: Road Walker who wrote (209338)	10/30/2004 2:26:45 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576893

"Bush 'told' of planned strike before 9/11" english.aljazeera.net "President George Bush was told more than a month before the September 11 attacks that supporters of Usama bin Ladin planned a strike within the United States, The New York Times has reported .....the newspaper on Saturday said the warning came in a secret briefing that Bush received at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on 6 August 2001. " RE: "who does this 'event' benefit in the election. My wild guess is Bush" Of course it'll benefit Bush. bin Laden is absolutely clueless how his appearance will push the wind towards Bush. If you look at this part here, it's clear he's trying to convince voters that Bush is bad, but ironically his simple appearance will push the wind towards Bush: He accused Bush of reacting slowly to the September 11 attacks, saying: "I never thought that the supreme leader would leave 50,000 of his people in the two towers to face the terrifying events alone at the time they were in need for him." english.aljazeera.net Regards, Amy J

To: Road Walker who wrote (209338)	10/30/2004 3:03:11 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576893

John, bin Laden is now saying his issue is with US policy support of Israel's 1982 attack of Lebanon where buildings there were attacked and had collapsed, according to Al Jazeera (you won't find Israel mentioned in CNN's version of the story, so it's been added in brackets below for accuracy). He is no longer saying 9/11 was because of US military bases on Arabic land. Here is what CNN says: cnn.com "Osama bin Laden ...told Americans their security does not depend on the president they elect, but on U.S. policy. And he said al Qaeda remains motivated to strike the U.S. again." (because of USA policy)..."the attacks of September 11, 2001 were the result of U.S. foreign policy in Arab lands, specifically referring to [Israel's 1982 attack on per Al-Jazeera] Lebanon and the Palestinians." It's interesting how CNN avoided saying "Israel". On a different note, it reminds me how our media often dodges (ignores) the issue around Israel's inflaming of terrorists through bulldozing buildings/people, while the other side's media completely ignores how terrorists kill thousands of our citizens-Al-Jazeera shows absolutely no empathy to us for how the terrorists want to kill even more of us. I think both sides need to be more inclusive of the facts from all perspectives so we don't keep getting attacked. I hope they don't get their hands on a dirty bomb: "The videotape was aired just one day after ABC News broadcast a video of a man claiming to be an American operative of al Qaeda who said the United States should brace for a large-scale attack that "will make you forget all about September 11th." So, which city will it be? NY, DC, Boston, LA, SF, Seattle, Chicago? bin Laden's video essentially guarantees a Bush win and that's concerning to me because that will probably fuel even more violent attacks on the USA since Bush antagonizes in ways he doesn't seem to realize. I don't feel safe with Bush, nor with USA policy. Neither. Regards, Amy J

To: Road Walker who wrote (209338)	10/30/2004 3:35:50 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576893

re: White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the administration did not plan to raise the nation's threat level for now. The U.S. official said the 18-minute tape — which carries English subtitles, though not in the portion shown on Al-Jazeera — lacks an explicit threat and repeats well-worn themes. English subtitles!?! I wonder who gets the production, director credits? This guy isn't surviving, he's thriving. Who is responsible for taking this guy out after 9/11? I know.......it was documentary quality. He looked like he was in some film studio, doing a glamor shot! Probably he's been playing the markets short for the past year. <g> ted