WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2007

U.S.: No Overt Threats In Osama Video

Security Official Tells CBS News Tape Has Recent References; Initial Analysis Suggests Speaker Is Bin Laden

  • Play CBS Video Video Bin Laden's Back

    U.S. officials believe the voice on the latest Osama Bin Laden video is real; it includes unspecific threats to the U.S. Bob Orr reports.

  • Video Is Bin Laden In Pakistan?

    David Martin reports that U.S. intelligence sources believe Osama Bin Laden is in an area of Pakistan where not even Pakistani troops are welcome.

  • Video Bin Laden To Release New Video

    U.S. officials are awaiting the release of a new Osama Bin Laden video message, which al Qaeda says will be released before the sixth anniversary of 9/11. Bob Orr reports.

  • On the left, Osama bin Laden in a video broadcast on Oct. 29, 2004, by the Arab television station Al-Jazeera. On the right, bin Laden in a banner advertisement featured on Sept. 6, 2007, on an Islamic militant Web site where al Qaeda's media arm frequently posts messages. Photo

    On the left, Osama bin Laden in a video broadcast on Oct. 29, 2004, by the Arab television station Al-Jazeera. On the right, bin Laden in a banner advertisement featured on Sept. 6, 2007, on an Islamic militant Web site where al Qaeda's media arm frequently posts messages.  (AP Photo)

  • Interactive Tales Of The Tapes

    Excerpts and analysis of messages believed to have been recorded by Osama bin Laden.

  • Interactive Bin Laden & Al Qaeda

    Where al Qaeda operates, who's been caught, how they're financed and a timeline of attacks on Americans.

  • Interactive Sept. 11 And Since

    Reflecting on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, the day that changed America.

(CBS/AP)  A new videotape purported to be from Osama bin Laden, nearly 30 minutes long, contains no overt threat against the United States, a U.S. security official tells CBS News.

In the video, bin Laden tells Americans they should convert to Islam if they want the war in Iraq to end. He lectures them on the failures of their leaders to stop the war in Iraq despite growing public opposition in the U.S.

"There are two solutions to stopping it. One is from our side, and it is to escalate the fighting and killing against you. This is our duty, and our brothers are carrying it out," bin Laden said.

"The second solution is from your side," he said. "I invite you to embrace Islam."

"It will also achieve your desire to stop the war as a consequence, because as soon as the warmongering owners of the major corporations realize that you have lost confidence in your democratic system and have begun to look for an alternative, and this alternative is Islam, they will run after you to please you and achieve what you want to steer you away from Islam," he said.

CBS News terrorism analyst Paul Kurtz says bin Laden is not just addressing Americans - he is also sending a signal to his sympathizers.

"He's alive and well and he's up to date on what's happening in the world," Kurtz said. "So he's not necessarily living in some cave without broadband; he's connected, he knows what's going on."

Intelligence analysts are still looking at the video image to determine if the speaker is Osama bin Laden, but a U.S. intelligence official says an initial technical analysis suggests the voice on the tape is that of bin Laden, reports CBS News correspondent Bob Orr.

According to the U.S. official, a transcript of the tape reveals the following:

  • The speaker who appears to be bin Laden makes specific references to the U.S. involvement in the Iraq War, which indicates the tape may have been made sometime in 2007.

  • The speaker talks about the politics of a U.S. withdrawal, an issue that was not current at the time of bin Laden's last confirmed video in 2004.

  • The speaker seems to criticize Democrats and their lack of action in pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq. He reportedly makes references to Democrats' campaign promises to start a withdrawal and notes the failure to follow up.

    Officials will not say how the government obtained the tape, but it may have been briefly posted this morning on a Jihadist Web site, reports Orr. That Web site since has crashed.

    U.S. officials said they do not know when, or if, al Qaeda will release the tape. The officials brushed aside questions about whether the U.S. would preemptively put it out.

    Al Qaeda's media arm had previously announced a new bin Laden video would be released ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The video, if authentic, would be the first video from the terror chief in nearly three years.

    On Thursday, the White House said that any new video from bin Laden would serve to highlight threats the West faces. Analysts noted that al Qaeda tends to mark the Sept. 11 anniversary with a slew of messages, and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told CBS News Friday afternoon there is no credible, imminent threat against the U.S.

    Still, if the man in the video is bin Laden, his appearance would be significant. The al Qaeda leader has not appeared in new video footage since October 2004, and he has not put out a new audiotape in more than a year, his longest period without a message.

    One difference in his appearance was immediately obvious. The announcement had a still photo from the coming video, showing bin Laden addressing the camera, his beard fully black. In his past videos, bin Laden's beard was almost entirely gray with dark streaks.

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    by infidel_us September 7, 2007 9:16 AM PDT
    I''ll wait for it to come out on NetFlix.
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    by notblue September 7, 2007 10:06 AM PDT
    It''s hard to believe there are some people in this country who think that we are not aggressively seeking Osama 24/7. The real truth is, the search for Osama is ongoing and will not stop until he is either caught or killed. He has a large support system and is hiding in a mountainous wilderness the size of Texas. The abortion clinic bomber was able to elude the law for over 5 years in the smokey mountain region of North Carolina. These posts have regressed to nothing more than Bush/Amerca bashing leftwing looney bin!
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    by jydavis1 September 7, 2007 10:10 AM PDT
    ..and he''s being interviewed by Entertainment Tonight to talk about the release of his new film.. can''t wait !
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    by hwy71so September 7, 2007 10:20 AM PDT
    "Why didn''''t Bush go after Osama?

    Why are we in Iraq? There were no WMDs!
    Posted by jh6379 at 09:31 AM : Sep 07, 2007"

    I see you''re buying the lies too.

    What a sad state we''re in...
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    by prinzowhales September 7, 2007 10:25 AM PDT
    Maybe OBL will tell us how his Magic Arabs cut the main support columns, pictured in the link below, of the WTC in his much anticipated video that the US intel-connected SITE gang is touting.

    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/06/341238.shtml?discuss

    The leader of the Magic Arabs, Mohammed Atta, received $100,000 from the General who ran ISI. This general was breakfasting with Senator Graham of the Senate Intelligence Committee on the morning of 9-11 in Washington. Amazingly, this general is still on the loose, no time in the Guantanmo calaboose for him...

    A minimum of seven of the Magic Arabs are still alive according to mainstream news agencies. This means that the FBI''s suspect list was wrong by at least these seven...but, we have no more proof that the others were guilty than the living ''suicide'' hijackers.

    Mohammed, devout Islamist that he was, lived with a pink-haired cocktail waitress, loved his booze, jewelry and bar life...his little party even left a Koran at their watering hole--the ''Pink Pony'', if memory serves. His father claims that he is still alive...and, as he has never lied to me--as opposed to the Chimp and coterie of treasonous Neo-Scum dogs--I have no reason to doubt him.
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    by speakinup September 7, 2007 10:35 AM PDT
    jh6379 - so instead of listening to uniformed, well intentioned people, while they pontificate about their limited knowledge, read facts from an independent source, The Brookings Institute.

    http://www.brookings.edu/index/about.htm

    Check out their info about themselves to see if you think I''m trying to put ''spin'' on you, ok. Please give me your opinion of the site once you have done so.

    I encourage you to read their home page.
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    by prinzowhales September 7, 2007 10:39 AM PDT
    notblue-- Here''s a link to the WEEKLY SUB-STANDARD''s editor Fred Barnes being told by the Chimp that catching OBL wasn''t a top priority.

    http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/14/barnes-osama/

    CBS reported that OBL got kidney treatment at a Pakistani military hospital on September 10, 2001. The Arab and Asian press reported him dead years ago.

    Do you think US intelligence will get the fat guy who wore jewelry and used the wrong hand to write to play OBL in this new video?

    Did you ever figure out who cut the WTC columns? Was it Osama''s Magic Elves?
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    by prinzowhales September 7, 2007 10:44 AM PDT
    speakingup--If you think Brookings is independent you have a lot to learn about the world.

    http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/07/a_surge_of_optimism.html

    The War Pig propaganda machine tried to paint O''Hanlon and Pollach from Brookings as ''independent'' when they came out to boost the surge...they supported the war from the beginning...a couple of sheep-dipped Neo-Scum.
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    by gumbo1962 September 7, 2007 10:44 AM PDT
    Yes, your right "notblue", nothing but a bunch of Ant-American Bush Bashing.

    I think the man is dead, from severe health problems he had.

    Hah, maybe from fooling with too many WMD chemicals!
    Anyway read quote and go to link story from CBS News.com
    No WMD %u2013 well we sure did find the chemicals to make them, doesn%u2019t take a genius to figure this out!
    Troops also found containers that held the chemicals.
    Don''t forget the hundreds of people killed by Sudam with these WMD.


    (CBS/AP) %u201CU.N. weapons inspectors said Thursday that vials of potentially hazardous chemical agents removed from Iraq more than a decade ago were discovered near the world body''s headquarters in New York.%u201D

    %u201CUNMOVIC has 1,400 linear feet of files, and it took until Wednesday to find the inventory the number matched which indicated that the material was from Iraq''s main chemical weapons facility at Muthana, near Samarra.%u201D
    Full Story link:

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/30/world/main3221002.shtml?source=search_story

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    by pepperp1 September 7, 2007 10:53 AM PDT



    WHO CARES he will not be addressing me I can assure you, BUT WHY IS THIS MAN STILL ALIVE and obviously free with access to hair dye%u2026%u20261.5 Trillion dollars spent and he is still out there in a country being subsided by the Bush Administration with our tax dollars. Outrageous.
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    by nyckate September 7, 2007 10:57 AM PDT
    Bush is SUCH a freaking tool ... He has athe maturity level of an emotionally stunted 13 year old who''s favorite show is J@cka$$.

    Bush on Iraq: ''We''re kicking ***''

    "We''re kicking ***," Bush said to Vaile Tuesday, according the Herald, after the deputy prime minister inquired about his trip to Iraq.

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    by prinzowhales September 7, 2007 10:59 AM PDT
    Gumbo1962--The issue wasn''t that Saddam had WMDs years ago...we know he had them--WE AND THE EURO-TRASH SOLD THEM TO HIM to use against the Iranians when we sponsored that war of aggression in violation of the Nuremberg Principles.

    The UN inspection team found none.
    Bush found none. Here is a story with pictures from BBC regarding his serious search:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3570845.stm

    Furthermore, Major Scott Ritter of the UN inspection team, said that leads from US intelligence as to where the WMDs were, were ''worse than useless''.

    The Neo-Scum liars will continue to try and sell fear in the form of WMDs to the American people--many are backing Hillary...many in Jeb Bush''s machine are backing Romney. The Fool vote will split between the mainstream War Pig candidates just as it was in the last election, between Kerry and Bush.
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    by donbl1 September 7, 2007 11:17 AM PDT
    nyckate,

    Don''t worry that the war may be showing progress and will wind down next year.

    There will be better subjects for the Demos to run on next year. They must get to work and quit relying on just the emotion of the war.
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    by chicagopoet September 7, 2007 11:20 AM PDT
    Who gives a *** about bin Laden? The only ones keeping him alive is the media buying into this propaganda on a daily basis. While we are wasting a trillion dollars "never forgetting" 9/11 by occupying a country that had nothing to do with it, the American infrastrucutre is crumbling. That''s right, keep us all scared, year after year, so that we would object when you break every international law on the books, Mr. Bush. Hitler would have been proud of your propaganda machine.
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    by incog-nito September 7, 2007 11:22 AM PDT
    Why is this even in the news? Didn''t President Bush say that he doesn''t know where OBL is, and doesn''t care?
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    by speakinup September 7, 2007 11:26 AM PDT
    So, Prinzowhales, your first site is a discussion page where anyone can, "readit, write it, your site, your news".

    While it can be an effective tool for communicating, it does not in anyway meet the litmus test for reliable reporting, any more so than CBS comments will. In short, I could publish on the site that OBL is a god and he placed thermite in the WTC towers.

    I would ask all that read this sort of ''scoop'' give it the reality test. Ask yourself, why hasn''t it hit the main stream media if it has been true, or at least had some influence on the main stream media, as even they have been known to get it wrong.

    In my OPINION, to do otherwise and report it as fact, is telling me you either have an agenda, or you are just aren''t too discerning.
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    by realpatriot1 September 7, 2007 11:27 AM PDT
    notblue,

    You''re correct that he has a large support system and that he''s hiding in a mountainous area the size of Texas. The same could''ve been said when Clinton was looking for him and yet the right still say he did nothing to stop him and Bush is on the case 24/7.

    We have reconnaissance which can follow a single individaul walking down the street from space and from aerial recon; that''s how we ided him at Tora Bora.

    We were told that he got away at Tora Bora because we had contracted out his capture to the local milita. The C.I.A. agents onsite said we had him literally in our sites. Why couldn''t we continue to recon him right up to whatever cave he crawled into after crossing the Pakastan border?

    The questions I have are how did we lose him and why did we take oue "eyes" off him?
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    by bluestardad September 7, 2007 11:30 AM PDT
    BUSHIT IS PULLING OUT THE BOOGIE MAN TAPE AGAIN

    IT WILL SAY SUPPORT THE SURGE IN IRAQ

    ONLY BUSH AND HIS FAILED PLANS CAN SAVE US

    IT WAS MADE AT ROVIAN PRODUCTION STUDIOS IN CRAWFORD TEXAS!

    WANT SOME KOOL AID?
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    by jjp735i September 7, 2007 11:31 AM PDT
    The latest headlines now say the White House has a copy of the tape and are reviewing it! What, Osama offered Bush a private screening?

    One would assume that some web site would post the video for the world at one time. 10 -1 Bush and his good-ol-boys are grearing up the scare tactics of past for 08.

    I just don''t see Bush being given a pre-lease screening from Osama.

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    by realpatriot1 September 7, 2007 11:31 AM PDT
    One more question about Bin Laden''s escape into Pakastan. Once he did cross the border, why didn''t the Pakastanis immediately pick up the chase? Aren''t they supposed to be our #1 ally in the war on terror?
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    by sioux4life1 September 7, 2007 11:40 AM PDT
    How convenient. By looking at this tape IT does not even to appear to BE bin Laden and we approach the 6th anniversary of 9/11 Bu$h does a surprise visit to a safe area of IRAQ to state the surge is working and on the following day 4 solders lose their lives in Baghdad, The al-Quada claims they have armor piecing rockets (they need stinger launcher to go with that G.A.O? they already have many ak-47s thank you very much) The report is DUE out on SEPT 11 on IRAQ AND on SEPT 15 there is a MARCH on WASHINGTON. Where people as we speak are being arrested for solicitation of the event near the WHITE house by the gulag. Silence the opposition! YEP all is well is the HOUSE of BU$H and the HOUSE of $aud. PROPAGANDA! What''s next?
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    by lars008-2009 September 7, 2007 11:42 AM PDT
    it is fascist nazi terrorislam stupid%u2026.

    non muslims of the world unite... fight against the tyranny of the fascist nazi terrorslam imperialist empire of the darkside...

    I was a fanatic...I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist
    By blaming the Government for our actions, those who pushed this "Blair''s bombs" line did our propaganda work for us.
    More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465570&in_page_id=1770
    Bless the Beasts and Children
    Fascist nazi terrorslam kills every man woman and child in the village again%u2026 typical mo for terrorslam%u2026
    http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm

    Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
    http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan

    the truth about fascist nazi terrorislam...
    http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/
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    by barbaraf4 September 7, 2007 11:43 AM PDT
    Osama was given his marching orders by Bush before the first attacks on 911. Aside from being a stockholder in the Bush family business, he is required to periodically submit a tape. This keeps us all scared to death and in the clutches of Bush & Co. Have we learned anything yet? How about if you sacrafice freedom for security, you end up with neither. I''d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
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    by mudrose-2009 September 7, 2007 11:47 AM PDT
    Posted by Hwy71So

    Don''t fret. A lot of these missives are really from islamic sympathizers. The more vile they get the more you can tell who they are. As far as scare tactics are concerned, well we can now pick and choose what we want. It''s either "Fear Mongering" over Al-Qaeda or Global Warming. Thanks to the libos we can now counterpoint Al Bor''es "the sky is falling" b.s.
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    by mnelsonix September 7, 2007 11:49 AM PDT
    LMAO...Please, lets stop with Bin Laden. He''s dead and has been dead for a few years. I too use Just for Men.
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    by realpatriot1 September 7, 2007 11:49 AM PDT
    At least the comedians in Australia looked like Bin Laden. This looks like Mel Gibson in a fake beard.

    Where did the government get the advance copy? Does Netflix have it on dvd yet?
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    by creeper00 September 7, 2007 11:50 AM PDT
    Something''s fishy with those pictures. Look at the one on Wikipedia (not my favorite reference source but useful sometimes) here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden
    How does a man''s beard go from grey to black? How does a mouth change shape?

    I don''t believe for two seconds this is Osama bin Laden. Nor do I believe for two seconds anything my government tells me these days. Take all of this with several grains of salt.
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    by johnshaft4 September 7, 2007 11:51 AM PDT
    Is this the "Buns of Steel" or "Abs of Steel" video from wanted "Dead or Alive"? I have my credit card ready...
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    by September 7, 2007 11:54 AM PDT
    First, Bin Laden got away at Tora Bora because his family has been tied to the Bush family for over 30 years(don''t believe me? check it out yourself, business dealings with the Bin Ladens are public record including the Bin Laden family bailed out Georgie boy on several occasions, so much so that Bandar Bin Laden had been renamed "Bandar Bush". Second, the tape is a fake, the "looks young and healthy" is because he IS young and healthy as this is a tape from 10 years ago, printed and published by the NSA/CIA or whatever spook organization Cheney has developed. Nobody believes the BushCo lies anymore. What you need to know now is BushCo did 9/11 and now another one is in the Look at the news tapes on youtube entitled "September Clues"...what a hoax and we all went for it.....We DO NOT belong in Iraq ALL of the intelligence that said Saddam had WMD''s was FALSE, congress was lied to, the American People were lied to, the reason given by the BushCo has changed a dozen times, the goalposts have been moved back a dozen times...the only reason we are there is to line the pockets of BushCo....
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    by prinzowhales September 7, 2007 11:55 AM PDT
    Posted by speakinup at 11:26 AM : Sep 07, 2007

    Did you bother to click the video of the FOX news report--or, did you think it was just the usual grainy photos characteristic of the ''Best of bin Laden'' video series?
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    by drummer94 September 7, 2007 11:56 AM PDT
    Who gives a flying fug about binposladen? He11 George don''t. 7 more troops were killed in Iraq. That, we do give a flying fug about.
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    by micma-2009 September 7, 2007 11:56 AM PDT



    Why is Bin Laden still free and doing press releases? Why is he even alive? Where is he? Is he in Iraq? Why are we spending a trillion dollars and thousands of lives in Iraq? Why are we in Iraq?



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    by citizenusa-2009 September 7, 2007 11:56 AM PDT
    Bush/Cheney & Co. STILL think we are a bunch of idiots. What a joke!
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    by v_1618 September 7, 2007 11:57 AM PDT
    lars008.. YOU''RE CRAZY LARS YOU ALWAYS PUT STUPID STATEMENTS. ALWAYS YOU''RE WRONG. ARE YOU A STUPID RETARDED OR YOU PUT STUPID STATEMENTS BECAUSE YOU FELL GOOD.
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    by edintex September 7, 2007 11:57 AM PDT
    You morons with your 9/11 conspiracy theories. If you didn''''t make me so d@amned angry you''''d be laughable.
    Posted by crystalblue3 at 11:43 AM : Sep 07, 2007


    Those 9/11 conspiracy theory people are mostly the same ones who still believe we never went to the moon. They must have "experimented" a little too much in the 1960''s OR they are the offspring of people who "experimented" a little too much in the 1960''s !!
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    by prinzowhales September 7, 2007 12:04 PM PDT
    Look at Osama...He gettin'' down...with his bad a** self...got the Gray-Away goin'' on the brush... got a new hat and really stylin''... gonna be struttin'' his stuff for doze hicks in the *** sticks...and the headbangers in America who take this new flick from Grainy Pictures, Inc. seriously. Yo! ''Osama''! If you come by on Halloween, I''ll put some candy in yo'' basket, my man!

    As we await this farce to play out, let''s hope it is not part of a greater scheme...perhaps, a new false-flag operation against the American People by the regime...

    I wonder if this
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    by andrew_693 September 7, 2007 12:07 PM PDT
    in other news, Bush congratulated the "Austrians" from Australia for doing a great job in Iraq. Hehehehe is undeniable that the repubs also known as the queers, represent the dum half of the country. You should have seen the australians laughing their arsees off during the speech. !!our armed forces are doing great: while we are spending more millions on armor improving our Hummers, dragon skin, etc..... they spent 5 bucks less purchasing smaller flying grenades from russia that can penetrate absolutely everything, bringing the grand total for blowing up an armored vehicle that costs us millions to 10 bucks for them. Yeah we are winning!! hey, what happened to the WMD''s (the reason they gave us for invading) did the church-hunting crowd find them yet?how is democracy working over there, are they still throwing flowers like Cheney said they would? talk about a mistake!!
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    by micma-2009 September 7, 2007 12:08 PM PDT



    Neocons/conservatives:


    Why are we spending a trillion dollars in Iraq when Bin Laden is still free to do press releases? Why is he free at all? Why is he even alive? Where is he? Why the hell are we in Iraq?



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    by micma-2009 September 7, 2007 12:08 PM PDT



    Neocons/conservatives:


    Why are we spending a trillion dollars in Iraq when Bin Laden is still free to do press releases? Why is he free at all? Why is he even alive? Where is he? Why the hell are we in Iraq?



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    by pepperp1 September 7, 2007 12:09 PM PDT



    WHY IS THIS MAN ALIVE....and free and have access to hair dye. Billions spent and 6 years. Another terrible failure by the Bush Team.

    And I care nothing about what this murderer Sect leader has to say to anyone other than shot me.
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    by prinzowhales September 7, 2007 12:10 PM PDT
    crystalblue(meth?)and edintex--Perhaps one of you can explain how this main support column on the WTC was cut with thermate at near ground level. Your 9-11 Report doesn''t, neither does the other mainstream conspiracy fairy tale that you take for gospel, the NSIT Report.

    People like you are the ones with the unbelievable conspiracy theory.
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    by red164 September 7, 2007 12:13 PM PDT
    Neo-Cons Enlist Bin Laden''s Help To Counter 9/11 Truth
    Discredited Pentagon-affiliated IntelCenter to release another dubious tape right when Bush needs it most, Osama pops up hours after new Zogby poll shows Americans want new 9/11 investigation for second time running
    Paul Joseph Watson
    Prison Planet
    Friday, September 7, 2007


    The U.S. government, via its closely affiliated IntelCenter front, is to release a new tape of Osama Bin Laden on the sixth anniversary of 9/11 in a desperate ploy to counter 9/11 truth and a new Zogby poll that again proves the majority of Americans are highly suspect of the official story.

    A pre-released image shows an apparently older looking Bin Laden with a dyed dark brown beard, meaning the individual in the tape is either a body double or the terror master has been using Grecian Formula 16 in between his dashing from cave to cave across the mountainous Pakistani border region.

    But whether you think it''s Bin Laden or not is really beside the point, if Bin Laden was dead it would be necessary to perpetuate the myth anyway, the thing to bear in mind here is that Osama has never failed in ensuring his tapes get released at the most politically opportune times - not for ''Al-Qaeda'' - but for the Neo-Cons and the Bush administration.

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    by speakinup September 7, 2007 12:13 PM PDT
    And, once again, prinzowhales uses a blog to ''prove'' his point''.

    ''independent'' does not mean ''left'' point of view only. It means the site does not take a single point of view, it looks at BOTH, and allows the reader to formulate their own OPINION.

    This is something that would be well neigh impossible to get from someone that states things like, "The War Pig propaganda machine tried to paint O''Hanlon and Pollach from Brookings as ''independent'' when they came out to boost the surge...they supported the war from the beginning...a couple of sheep-dipped Neo-Scum." such as you have publicly done.

    Now, to address your above ''OPINION'' itself. If you will go here, granted it is a blog of sorts, but the quote is footnoted, and you may go to the original published area, the Washington Post - hardly a right wing source of information - you will see for yourself that you are mistaken on Michael_O''Hanlon political beliefs.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O''Hanlon

    In short, prinzowhales, as usual - you are long on opinion and short on facts. Go sell crazy somewhere else, we''re stocked up here with your other posts.
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    by johnshaft4 September 7, 2007 12:13 PM PDT
    Hell, this guy has less grey in his hair then Bush...healthier looking, too. Looking good...Work with me, Baby...
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    by micma-2009 September 7, 2007 12:14 PM PDT


    Has anyone else noticed that mudrose works 9-5, monday through friday? He''s clearly a paid GOP hack. Not a very intelligent one.





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    by roger_inkart September 7, 2007 12:16 PM PDT
    I hope Americans are no longer scared by bin Laden''s wizened visage, but instead are angry that Bush has failed to catch the man most responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

    Anyone else find it odd that Osama seems to pop up when Bush needs him the most?
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    by red164 September 7, 2007 12:17 PM PDT
    In addition, the security services and IntelCenter have been caught on numerous occasions doctoring Bin Laden tapes and passing off footage they filmed as originating from Al-Qaeda, as well as claiming that 6-year-old footage is new material. Their credibility on this issue has been shot to pieces again and again and only the supremely naive or the witting dupe would lend any credence to the authenticity of this new tape.
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    by nolalou September 7, 2007 12:18 PM PDT
    That picture on the right looks like the comedian who tried to get close to President Bush in Australia earlier this week!
    http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/253784

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    by red164 September 7, 2007 12:20 PM PDT
    Though such transparent and debase propaganda is still more than enough to fool the remnants of the semi-retarded, kool-aid drinking, Neo-Con cheerleaders out there, many Americans with more than three brain cells to rub together are starting to realize that they have been led on one almighty goose chase, and that no amount of fuzzy "Bin Laden tapes" are going to hold back the stampede of truth that at this time concentrates at ground zero - namely the protest actions and events taking place at ground zero over the next five days in the name of 9/11 truth.

    http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2007/070907_ladens_help.htm
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    by edintex September 7, 2007 12:20 PM PDT
    Perhaps one of you can explain how this main support column on the WTC was cut with thermate at near ground level.
    Posted by Prinzowhales at 12:10 PM : Sep 07, 2007

    I guess that the "conspiracy" you rant about includes most of the people in Manhatten on 9/11 that actually saw the jets WITH THEIR VERY OWN EYES hit the WTC''s. Its amazing how SO MANY people can keep your secret.
    I have decided that I will now vote for ANY presidential Rep or Dem candidate that promises to provide free lithium and bed rest for all of you poor lefties and conspiracy theorists (one & the same, right?) that have survived the last 7 years of President Bush. Hold on....Help is coming for you!!!
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