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Osama Fin Laden

Osama Fin Laden 12/30/2003 01:28 AM
The fish that threatened national security. Lara Hayhurst, a student at Pace University, needed to take one small thing through the checkpoint at LaGuardia Airport: her pet beta fish MJ. This was, however, an apparent threat to the security of the airport and Lara's flight home to Pittsburgh for winter break. Flush the fish or become a felon? Read about Lara's decision and how the TSA forced her hand. Remember, when 2" long tropical fish can freely gain access to our airliners, the terrorists have... yada yada.

Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda

Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda 09/24/2004 09:43 PM
Here's a Map from the State Department in November 2001 .. US State Department Web page .. long .. map

usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/terrornet/12.htm
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What does a European call Osama
bin-Laden? ... "Sir"

What does a European call Osama
bin-Laden? ... "Sir" 04/09/2004 04:11 PM

Spain has been in the news lately, both for her Muslim guests who bombed the trains of Madrid (killing more than 200 people) and her citizens who voted for a new pro-appeasement government.  U.S. media are expressing shock that the instinctive reaction of Christian Europeans was to cave in to the demands of a violent minority.  Sitting here in a country where any attack is met by voters rallying around the government and pressing for a strong counterattack the European propensity toward appeasement seems odd.

But is there anything truly new here?  Even the mere threat of Islamic terrorism has for several decades been very effective at steering European nations' foreign policy. Going back further consider the Germans in the 1930s and early 1940s.  A small minority of people living in Europe had an ideology and the will to use violence to back up that ideology.  Without a whole lot of effort or actual force they were able to conquer nearly every other European nation and convince those Europeans to accept major elements of their ideology.  European democracies appear strong but apparently are easy to control by anyone who threatens to disrupt the bourgeois comforts of the populace.  Nor do Europeans have the internal strength to dislodge violent minorities who've gained control of their societies.  In the 1940s it was the leveling of German cities by the British and American air forces and Soviet artillery that convinced Europeans of the impracticality of Naziism.

It would be tempting to attribute the cravenness of the average European to the climate or their proximity to Muslim countries.  Yet the English have been stubbornly resistant to both the Nazis and various Islamic threats despite being geographically proximate to Europe and hosting a large Muslim minority within their borders.

Even if we can be sure of the answer to what the average European would call Osama bin-Laden ("Sir") we'll probably never figure out any way to stiffen the backbone of the average Christian European.  The political scientist quoted in this blog on August 28, 2003 was perhaps correct in his prediction that France and other European nations would become Muslim dictatorships within the next generation's lifetimes, partly through demographics and birthrate but mostly because the non-Muslim majority lacked the will to oppose a unified minority.

Reputed Aide to Osama bin Laden
Sentenced to 32 Years

Reputed Aide to Osama bin Laden
Sentenced to 32 Years 05/03/2004 07:21 PM
A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced a man who was reputed to have been a top aide to Osama bin Laden to 32 years in prison for stabbing a jail guard three years ago.

Osama bin Laden writes today's comment
in the Guardian

Osama bin Laden writes today's comment
in the Guardian 01/07/2004 06:59 PM
alleged words of bin Laden .. Resist the New Rome .. give him a byline .. reprinted .. Guardian .. Click

guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1116855,00.html
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"Dean not ready to pronounce Osama bin
Laden guilty... "

"Dean not ready to pronounce Osama bin
Laden guilty... " 12/27/2003 03:06 AM

Juan Cole's reminder of what Osama bin
Laden was trying to accomplish with his
attacks three years ago

Juan Cole's reminder of what Osama bin
Laden was trying to accomplish with his
attacks three years ago 09/14/2004 07:17 AM
he chose, chose, to invade and occupy the nation of Iraq .. September 11th and its Aftermath .. analysis .. loosing

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Madeleine Albright is telling reporters
that the Bush administration may already
have captured Osama bin Laden

Madeleine Albright is telling reporters
that the Bush administration may already
have captured Osama bin Laden 12/18/2003 09:19 AM
Madeline Albright missed her medications again .. statements she made .. Newsmax

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Rich Lowry on Bill Clinton & Osama bin
Laden on National Review Online

Rich Lowry on Bill Clinton & Osama bin
Laden on National Review Online 10/30/2003 08:09 AM
Lowry: Did Clinton Lie About Osama? .. Lowry: Warning B.S .. suspect

nationalreview.com/lowry/lowry200310290829.asp
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"The U.S. government's secret memo
detailing cooperation between Saddam
Hussein and Osama bin Laden."

"The U.S. government's secret memo
detailing cooperation between Saddam
Hussein and Osama bin Laden." 11/15/2003 09:00 PM

Blog for America : Statement by Governor
Dean on Osama bin Laden | December 26,
2003

Blog for America : Statement by Governor
Dean on Osama bin Laden | December 26,
2003 12/27/2003 07:50 AM
Statement by Governor Dean on Osama bin Laden .. is clear

blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/002843.html
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Continuing to help Osama bin Laden with
his recruiting drive, one tortured Iraqi
prisoner at a time

Continuing to help Osama bin Laden with
his recruiting drive, one tortured Iraqi
prisoner at a time 04/30/2004 12:37 AM
Via 60 Minutes, the Memory Hole has these extremely graphic pictures of American soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners. What a command failure -- General Abizaid, the Central Command commander, should be relieved on the spot, as should every commander in the chain of command between the him and the general in charge of the jail. A description of the pictures, from CBS 60 Minutes: 60 Minutes II has a dozen of these pictures, and there are many more – pictures that show Americans, men and women in military uniforms, posing with naked Iraqi prisoners. There are shots of the prisoners stacked in a pyramid, one with a slur written on his skin in English. In some, the male prisoners are positioned to simulate sex with each other. And in most of the pictures, the Americans are laughing, posing, pointing, or giving the camera a thumbs-up .... But the Army investigation found serious problems behind the scenes. The Army has photographs that show a detainee with wires attached to his genitals. Another shows a dog attacking an Iraqi prisoner. Frederick said that dogs were “used for intimidation factors.” Part of the Army's own investigation is a statement from an Iraqi detainee who charges a translator - hired to work at the prison - with raping a male juvenile prisoner: "They covered all the doors with sheets. I heard the screaming. ...and the female soldier was taking pictures." There is also a picture of an Iraqi man who appears to be dead -- and badly beaten. What is this war doing to American soldiers? What are we doing to Iraqis? What will the Arab and Islamic reaction for these foul and barbaric acts be when Aljazeera broadcasts the pictures through the Arab speaking world? We are behaving in Iraq exactly as Osama bin Laden would want us to act. How many more jihadists did we create today?...

Bush: Bin Laden Aide Is Caught in Iraq
(AP)

Bush: Bin Laden Aide Is Caught in Iraq
(AP) 01/26/2004 02:58 PM
AP - The minister in charge of Iraqi police said Monday that al-Qaida was probably behind some suicide bombings in Iraq, and President Bush praised the capture of a senior member of Osama bin Laden's network.

George Bush was told on Aug. 6, 2001,
that supporters of Osama bin Laden
planned an attack within the U.S. and
wanted to hijack airplanes

George Bush was told on Aug. 6, 2001,
that supporters of Osama bin Laden
planned an attack within the U.S. and
wanted to hijack airplanes 04/10/2004 08:47 AM
more than a month .. Oh, hell no

nytimes.com/2004/04/10/politics/10PANE.html?hp
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Bush officials are pressuring Pakistan
to catch Osama bin Laden or his top
deputies before the election. Some even
have a specific date in mind--the middle
of the Democratic convention

Bush officials are pressuring Pakistan
to catch Osama bin Laden or his top
deputies before the election. Some even
have a specific date in mind--the middle
of the Democratic convention 07/08/2004 07:16 AM
"It would be best .. The New Republic .. July Surprise

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"FBI agent Kenneth Williams sent the
below memo to bureau brass in Washington
and New York warning that a cadre of
Osama bin Laden disciples might be
training at U.S. flight schools"

"FBI agent Kenneth Williams sent the
below memo to bureau brass in Washington
and New York warning that a cadre of
Osama bin Laden disciples might be
training at U.S. flight schools" 04/14/2004 03:45 AM

Google Caught Cloaking or Caught
Disobeying Its own Robots.txt?

Google Caught Cloaking or Caught
Disobeying Its own Robots.txt? 03/14/2005 05:25 PM
Are those titles for obtaining traffic from Web search engines, or for keywording their AdWords Support search? Given the wording of the titles and the robots exclusion, I would tend to assume the latter.

Is Osama Hot or Not?

Is Osama Hot or Not? 03/22/2005 04:37 PM
Dear Sex Addict, Is Osama Hot or Not? (Sunday Magazine, Vancouver) I think OBL is totally hot, but my friends think I’ve lost my sense of judgement. What do you think? Do you think Osama is hot or not? Some people find Osama sexy. He is tall and aristocratic looking. Personally, I could do without the beard. I imagine people find him sexy because he is an outlaw. Some people say they find Osama sexy just to be outrageous. I think he looked much sexier when he was younger (don’t we all?); lately he looks tired, old, not vibrant. One thing you can be certain of, though, is that Osama doesn’t find you sexy.

Where's Osama?

Where's Osama? 04/19/2004 01:46 PM

Shocking revelation last night in the 60 Minutes interview with Bob Woodward -- a conspiracy to manipulate oil prices before the November election in order to get Bush re-elected. [Scripting News]

Who's wants to place a bet that they find Osama - oh, I'd say about Oct. 15th?

Who would Osama vote for?

Who would Osama vote for? 07/20/2004 09:09 PM
Paul Krugman is one of the few voices in the mainstream media willing to speak plain truth to power, and he did a bang-up job with today's column, The Arabian Candidate. As he points out, Bush has done everything Osama bin Landen might have hoped for: The Arabian candidate wouldn't openly help terrorists. Instead, he would serve their cause while pretending to be their enemy. After an attack, he would strike back at the terrorist base, a necessary action to preserve his image of toughness, but botch the follow-up, allowing the terrorist leaders to escape. Once the public's attention shifted, he would systematically squander the military victory: committing too few soldiers, reneging on promises of economic aid. Soon, warlords would once again rule most of the country, the heroin trade would be booming, and terrorist allies would make a comeback. Meanwhile, he would lead America into a war against a country that posed no imminent threat. He would insinuate, without saying anything literally false, that it was somehow responsible for the terrorist attack. This unnecessary war would alienate our allies and tie down a large part of our military. At the same time, the Arabian candidate would neglect the pursuit of those who attacked us, and do nothing about regimes that really shelter anti-American terrorists and really are building nuclear weapons. Again, he would take care to squander a military victory. The Arabian candidate and his co-conspirators would block all planning for the war's aftermath; they would arrange for our army to allow looters to destroy much of the country's infrastructure. Then they would disband the defeated regime's army, turning hundreds of thousands of trained soldiers into disgruntled potential insurgents. ... Who knows? The Arabian candidate might even be able to deprive America of the moral high ground, no mean trick when our enemies are mass murderers, by creating a climate in which U.S. guards torture, humiliate and starve prisoners, most of them innocent or guilty of only petty crimes. ... Last but not least, by blatantly exploiting the terrorist threat for personal political gain, he would undermine the nation's unity in the face of its enemies, sowing suspicion about the government's motives. Unfortunately, Osama bin Laden doesn't vote. He uses the murder of innocents to get what he wants. What worries me is what happens when the two people with the most to gain from Bush remaining in power...

Elusive Osama

Elusive Osama 08/18/2004 08:31 AM
Bush can't find him. Pundits can't define him. Now a new book tries to pin down America's most wanted.

Osama bin Lotto

Osama bin Lotto 05/10/2004 08:38 PM
Osama bin Lotto [Flash.] What's your bet on when bin Laden will be captured? Some oddsmakers suggest the last ten days of July. I think the winner should get 22 pounds of tinfoil, and the runner-up some cologne.

"capturing Osama"

"capturing Osama" 09/05/2004 10:10 PM

Osama the peacemaker

Osama the peacemaker 04/15/2004 10:30 AM
Bin Laden offers Europe truce
An audiotape purported to be from Osama Bin Laden, offers Europe a truce if it "stops attacking Muslims"...it's apparently genuine, and offers Europe an opportunity to reconcile with Muslims if the respective European countries pull their soldiers out of the Middle East. Europe (including Spain) has said no, saying it will not negotiate under threat of terrorism. The offer was not extended to the US.

Osama in the booth

Osama in the booth 08/13/2004 12:11 AM
Over on the right side of the fence, we're hearing plenty of voices arguing that al-Qaida wants to see George Bush defeated. From where I sit, it seems equally or more likely that bin Laden and company would love to see Bush re-elected (he's been their best recruiting agent, in Iraq and elsewhere).

But really, to speculate on this subject either way is to go down a rathole. Who cares which candidate al-Qaida might favor? Osama doesn't vote. All that matters is, which candidate will best protect the American people, bolster the American economy, and help build a safer and more peaceful world for our kids?

But the prospect of an October surprise now looms scarily over the electoral landscape. And the most important thing we can do is to inoculate ourselves in advance against it.

The nightmare scenario goes something like this: Sometime in October, al-Qaida strikes inside the U.S. Either (a) Americans rally behind the president, even though the occasion of a second attack might cause us to feel the administration had failed us; or (b) though there might well have been little any president could do to stop the attack, many Americans blame Bush -- and that evokes a patriotic chorus of rally-round-the-prez from our leaders and our media, with sanctimonious cries of "Remember Madrid!"

It barely matters, then, whether the reaction goes for or against Bush. Either way -- if we accept, as U.S. intelligence reports, that "influencing the elections" is an al-Qaida goal -- the result will be an al-Qaida success. Unless we're somehow able, ahead of the fact, to draw some lines in the rhetorical sand.

The "influencing elections" debate began in earnest in March, when the Madrid attacks and subsequent fall of Bush ally Jose Maria Aznar's government led American conservatives to complain that Spain's voters had capitulated to al-Qaida in a shameful act of cowardice. Never mind that the overwhelming majority of Spanish voters had long opposed their government's policy of supporting the Iraq war; never mind that the last-minute swing against the incumbent government was sparked by disgust at the spin games it played in the immediate aftermath of the attack (when it tried to pin the blame on Basque terrorists). Details, details!

There was and is a blunt agenda at work in this gross distortion of the record: the party of Cheney and Rove is laying the groundwork to argue that, in the wake of an al-Qaida attack, it is our patriotic duty to vote for Bush. Otherwise, you know, the terrorists have won.

In a better world, the right thing to do here would be for Republicans and Democrats to agree, in advance, that neither side will attempt to make political hay out of circumstances surrounding another terrorist attack on the U.S. before the election.

I can't help thinking, though, that such a move would really be unilateral disarmament on the Democratic side -- because the Bush administration has broken every promise it has ever made about not turning terrorism into a political football. Since the war on terror is the only issue on which polls show Bush with any remaining appeal to the American public, it has become the administration's political cornerstone. And it is being micromanaged for Bush's personal political advantage.

Here's Tom Ridge, touting the glories of the president's policies out of one side of his mouth and insisting that his Homeland Security Department "doesn't do politics" out of the other! When all accounts suggest that it was an oversensitivity to political winds that led our intelligence astray in the Iraqi weapons-of-mass-destruction fiasco, here's the new choice to head the CIA -- a partisan GOP bulldog! And don't you Democrats dare oppose him, or we'll hang you by your obstructionist thumbs!

No, I don't think it's possible, given these players, to steer the debate onto the high road and keep it there. Instead, we'd all better keep on high alert between now and Nov. 2 -- not only for possible attacks, which remain a true danger, but for the outrageous distortions of the American political process that could result from them.

Of course, we can be thankful for little things: At least the trial balloon of p ostponing elections in the event of a terror attack seems to have been definitively exploded.

Osama the Trojan

Osama the Trojan 07/23/2004 11:35 PM
USA Today Jul 24 2004 3:07AM GMT

Osama hoax a virus to take over
computers

Osama hoax a virus to take over
computers 07/24/2004 11:08 PM
thestar.com.my Jul 25 2004 2:49AM GMT

I hear Osama likes anchovies on his.

I hear Osama likes anchovies on his. 12/29/2003 05:34 PM
Paris Hilton and John Ashcroft are #1 and #2, respectively, on the list of fake names used by people ordering pizza. In other news, people with Dean bumper stickers on their car tip more than those with Bush bumper stickers. And 42 percent of Americans will have pizza on New Year's Eve, while only 2 percent will have caviar. (All this courtesy of a Domino's Pizza survey.)

Hackers use Osama as a bait to infect
your PC!

Hackers use Osama as a bait to infect
your PC! 07/25/2004 12:54 PM
Webindia123 Jul 25 2004 2:48PM GMT

That "Osama Has Been Captured" E-mail is
Spam

That "Osama Has Been Captured" E-mail is
Spam 04/23/2004 09:25 AM

I've gotten about a dozen of these this morning. You probably got it, too. Of course, it's just more garbage from that low form of life called spammers.

What if Osama released albums, not
videos?

What if Osama released albums, not
videos? 12/26/2004 06:32 PM
Xeni Jardin: This Fark Photoshop contest offers a multitude of possible answers. Link (Thanks, Scott)

"Osama offers Europe a truce"

"Osama offers Europe a truce" 04/16/2004 02:33 PM

Osama emerges -- on Kentucky bumpers

Osama emerges -- on Kentucky bumpers 07/20/2004 06:02 PM

French general: U.S. had Osama within
reach

French general: U.S. had Osama within
reach 06/02/2004 06:26 PM

Hackers use Osama as bait to infect PCs!

Hackers use Osama as bait to infect PCs! 07/25/2004 12:54 PM
Sify Jul 25 2004 5:04PM GMT

"Pak 'rewarded' for helping Osama - The
Times of India"

"Pak 'rewarded' for helping Osama - The
Times of India" 06/20/2004 03:52 AM

Osama Probably Alive, in Pakistan, Top
Officials Say (Reuters)

Osama Probably Alive, in Pakistan, Top
Officials Say (Reuters) 09/27/2004 10:55 AM
Reuters - Osama bin Laden and other senior al Qaeda leaders are most likely hiding in Pakistan, the U.S. commander of 18,000 foreign troops hunting militants in Afghanistan said on Monday.

CIA: Voice On Internet 'Likely' Osama
Bin Laden's

CIA: Voice On Internet 'Likely' Osama
Bin Laden's 05/07/2004 02:48 PM
VOA May 7 2004 6:37PM GMT

Kabul: Too Early to Talk About Osama
After Saddam

Kabul: Too Early to Talk About Osama
After Saddam 12/14/2003 10:14 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 14 2003 9:39AM ET
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