I've heard both sides spin it. Actually the Dems on Fox said that was Bin Laden�s genius plan.
--- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:134266 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
