I don't think it was out of the question that Osama would be devious enough to realize that the American public would do the opposite of what he said,
That being said, I have not seen either the tape or a transcript thereof. Dana On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:35:32 -0800 (PST), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/33124.htm > > Osama bin Laden warned in his October Surprise video > that he will be closely monitoring the state-by-state > election returns in tomorrow's presidential race — and > will spare any state that votes against President Bush > from being attacked, according to a new analysis of > his statement. > > The respected Middle East Media Research Institute, > which monitors and translates Arabic media and > Internet sites, said initial translations of a key > portion of bin Laden's video rant to the American > people Friday night missed an ostentatious bid by the > Saudi-born terror master to divide American voters and > tilt the election towards Democratic challenger John > Kerry. > > MEMRI said radical Islamist commentators monitored > over the Internet this past weekend also interpreted > the key passage of bin Laden's diatribe to mean that > any U.S. state that votes to elect Bush on Tuesday > will be considered an "enemy" and any state that votes > for Kerry has "chosen to make peace with us." > > The statement in question is when bin Laden said on > the tape: "Your security is up to you, and any state > that does not toy with our security automatically > guarantees its own security." > > That sentence followed a lengthy passage in the video > in which bin Laden launches personal attacks on the > president. > > Yigal Carmon, president of MEMRI, said bin Laden used > the Arabic term "ay-wilaya" to refer to a "state" in > that sentence. > > That term "specifically refers to an American state, > like Tennessee," Carmon said, adding that if bin Laden > were referring to a "country" he would have used the > Arabic word "dawla." > > MEMRI also translated an analysis of bin Laden's > statement from the Islamist Web site al-Qal'a, well > known for posting al-Qaeda messages, which agreed that > bin Laden's use of the word "ay-wilaya" was meant as a > "warning to every U.S state separately." > > "It means that any U.S. state that will choose to vote > for the white thug Bush as president, it means that it > chose to fight us and we will consider it an enemy to > us, and any state that will vote against Bush, it > means that it chose to make peace with us and we will > not characterize it as an enemy," the Web site said, > according to MEMRI's translation. > > > > > --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What tape was that? The only one I've seen recently > > he said it didn't > > matter who was elected and that our security was > > directly related to > > our foreign policy. He said stay out of our > > business and we'll stop > > attacking you. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134257 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
