Voice on Qaeda message is bin Laden -U.S. official

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The CIA is confident that the voice is genuine in a message on Wednesday purported to be from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday.

The official described the content of the message as "part of their ongoing propaganda campaign," and "well-worn" propaganda." He said he was not immediately able to describe when the message may have been recorded.
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The White House said the tape appeared to show bin Laden was trying "to establish himself as relevant and posture himself as the defender of Muslims."

"At the same time his organization continues to specifically target, and lethally target, innocent men, women and children around the world and bring destruction and death to people everywhere who don't agree with their radical views," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN20392230

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geez you could substitute bin laden with bush in Perino's comments and it would make just as much sense.

[gauguin57]

1. Bin Laden? Is THAT guy still hanging around?

Oh yeah ... I forgot ... we don't care about any of that "Dead or Alive" stuff anymore. It's all about the Iraq and the Iran.

[Sabriel]

10. Who?

Oh, him. I think we can all agree we're totally over him now, can't we?

I threw out the clothes he had at my place and gave away his CDs. One of his friends told me the other day he still thinks about U.S. getting back together, but that ain't gonna happen.

[gauguin57]

20. Sabriel, that's the funniest post I've read today.

:+ :rofl:

[uppityperson]

2. I was just reading this on BBC. Well, if the CIA is really really sure, I'm, uh, scared!!!11

"If there is no check on the freedom of your words, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions".

[pinniped]

3. Shit! I'll be posting from my bunker until the (s)election.

:scared:

Call this a no shit moment. The POS* and his wannabe Goebbels asshole buddies have been playing the propaganda card for years. Of course, there are stupid Merkans that still believe this shit.

The official described the content of the message as "part of their ongoing propaganda campaign," and "well-worn" propaganda."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. I think we'd better not have an election...

It might be dangerous.

Let's just let King George continue his wonderful job of protecting us.

:sarcasm:

[onehandle]

4. Osama bin Laden. Dead or Alive? Vote here --->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3034779

[wildbilln864]

7. he's dead!

linky :hi:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. "well-worn propaganda campaign"

the war on terror is a joke. Anything they say came from bin Laden I would believe probably came from either bin Bush or bin Cheney.

[jkshaw]

6. Apologies to both the White House and Reuters but

I don't believe our present administration has a clue whether or not that "voice" is bin Laden's, and in fact it most likely isn't.

[Kaleko]

8. Boo! The ventriloquists are threatening Europe this time...

Hmm, I wonder why... :puffpiece:

[underpants]

9. Nothing says Easter weekend news like the old fear bomb

:nuke:

[truthisfreedom]

11. Been Ladin, done Ladin.

8^)

[AzDar]

12. Osama Bin Impersonated, me thinks.

;-)

[Pastiche423]

13. Emmanuel Goldstein never dies!

But OBL did.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Bush's boogy man is toothless by now

not to mention dead. ( See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3034779

Notice that there are no more videos since the last one they tried was so patently forged that it made laugh lines all over the world.
Now we are down to "tapes" that no one hears but the CIA ( always a trustworthy lot).
Tape they rolled out just by co-incidence during an economy crisis.

"Ohhhh Looky here..a bright and shiny flashy thingy....ohhhh":silly:

[Danieljay]

15. Just in time to 'legitimize' Bush's fear speach yesterday? How convenient. n/t

[ooglymoogly]

16. And once again they are trotting out this old line dance

to scare us. And this is our spy agency? They need to change their name to KSC (Key Stone Cops). The only thing these clowns are competent at is spying on us and that only because they have the help of the I$raeli spy network and its telecommunications stranglehold.

How old would this pathetic old character be by now, needing constant medical care, with cover provided by the C-eye-a? Who was the last bogyman, fall guy in Iraq, the one legged superman who could leap over deserts and countries and be in two places at once, while also needing constant medical attention and how many masterful killings did it take to finally retire this old scare crow, straw man.

[pinniped]

24. al-Zarqawi was a one man wrecking crew.

Who was the last bogyman, fall guy in Iraq, the one legged superman who could leap over deserts and countries and be in two places at once, while also needing constant medical attention and how many masterful killings did it take to finally retire this old scare crow, straw man.

My favorite was the daring taxi cab escape, where he jumped out of a speeding cab being turned into swiss cheese. His notebook puter was recovered, but the US propaganda dept. never said what was allegedly on it. I guess they couldn't crack his super tough xp password.

[ooglymoogly]

26. LOL!

[HuffleClaw]

17. you can tell its fake because they 'authenticate' it so fast

when it was the real deal they'd hem and haw and say the findings were 'inconclusive'

[Megahurtz]

19. Boo! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Well then why the hell didn't you go after him in the first place???:think:

Idiots. :dunce::dunce::dunce::dunce:

Seriously does this shit even work on anybody anymore? :eyes:

[Andrushka]

21. "part of their ongoing propaganda campaign"

Who al-Qaeda's or the * administration's?

[Zorra]

22. How can we believe anything we hear after this administration has lied so profusely? n

[AlphaCentauri]

23. Laden want to decide the election

don't you see

[fascisthunter]

25. You Know What's Really Ironic? Bin Laden is a Right Winger (nt)