On Christmas day there were failed attempts to blow up a U.S. airliner. Supposedly Bin Laden was associated with this attack. A recording was released of Bin Laden admitting that he was in on the attacks, and that it basically easily happen again. The Saudi and Yemeni leaders of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula do have contact with Bin Laden, and it is possible that they sought the approval of Bin Laden before taking action. Bin Laden wants to claim the leadership position for the jihad movement. There is no way of telling for sure if the recording was really Bin Laden, but it does resemble other recordings in the past from Bin Laden. Questions are arising to just how much power Bin Laden has over these groups that act out.
Bin Laden was quoted on the recording in saying, "If our messages had been able to reach you through words we wouldn't have been delivering them through planes." What do you think of this statement? Do you think had the U.S. had better communication that none of this would have happened in the first place?
Yes, and not just the US but all states who have 'created' the Middle Eastern states over the past 100 years. I have an article from a few years ago that describes how ignorant our intelligence officials are when it comes to the nature of Islam and its history - especially regarding the conflicts among Muslims (Sunni v Shia)...how can we resolve differences etc. when we don't even know what is going on?
ReplyDeleteisn't this the first time we've heard directly from Bin Laden in years? doesn't this give proof that he's still alive?
ReplyDeleteThis makes me quite nauseous. The problem with humanity has always been a failure to communicate. We do not understand Bin Ladin and he does not understand the US, and we have not made attempts to understand him, and he has not made attempts to understand us. Clearly the first two planes crashing taught us nothing. He has not observed this rather, he speaks with more planes. Clearly us shooting and bombing our way into dominance has done absolutely nothing to convey our point of view to him, rather it has further widened the gap. We are deaf and dumb and blind and it is disgusting to me. We have not listened, we have not learned, and we are getting no where.
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