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To: c.hinton who wrote (241305)	9/7/2007 8:46:53 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Osama bin Laden has urged Americans to convert to Islam in the first video message from the al-Qa'eda leader for three years, but issued no clear threat of attack as the September 11 anniversary approaches. Telling the infidel to convert has Islamic significance. Osama was criticised in the 1990s by fellow Islamist radicals for attacking before issuing the tradition call to convert. He corrected this in 1998, and has reissued the invitation to convert periodically since. He said Americans elected the Democratic Party - a reference to their success in November's mid-term elections - to end the war, but they "haven't made a move worth mentioning. On the contrary, they continue to agree to the spending of tens of billions to continue the killing and war there". The tape suggested that from his hideouts in the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, he is following the news as closely as ever. According to the transcript obtained by ABC news, bin Laden also speaks about recent issues grabbing headlines in the US, referring to "the reeling of many of you under the burden of interest-related debts, insane taxes and real estate mortgages; global warming and its woes". He goes on to appeal to Western sentiments by criticising global warming. "The life of all mankind is in danger because of the global warming resulting to a large degree from the emissions of the factories the major corporations. "And despite this brazen attack on the people [referring to global warming], the leaders of the West -especially Bush, Blair, Sarkozy and Brown - still talk about freedom and human rights with a flagrant disregard for the intellects of humans?" Notice that OBL is hitting all the Democratic talking points? I mean, WTF does Osama bin Laden care about global warming, interest rates or mortgage debts? He's waging the global jihad not for Allah but for for global warming??!! Are you f-ing kidding me? I swear he's reading Daily Kos and Huffington! I wouldn't be too happy about this endorsement if I were still on the Democratic side of the aisle.