Al-Jazeera: Got Bin Laden Tape in Pakistan

[DoYouEverWonder]

OCt 30, 2004

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera said Saturday that it received the latest videotaped message from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden at its offices in the Pakistani capital.

The tape was dropped off at the gate of the station's office in an envelope on Friday, just hours before it aired, said Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, Al-Jazeera's bureau chief in Pakistan.

"We received it in Pakistan. ... Somebody dropped it yesterday at the gate," Zaidan told The Associated Press. "The guard brought it to me along with other mail. It was in an envelope, I opened it and it was a big scoop."

Zaidan said he immediately transmitted the tape to Al-Jazeera's headquarters in the Gulf nation of Qatar.

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Both the bin Laden video and the one aired by ABC News carried banners attributing them to the Sahab Production Committee, a purported al-Qaida propaganda company.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_re_mi_ea/pakistan_bin_laden_tape

[maddezmom]

1. Kick...so caves have podiums now

Talat Massood, a defense analyst and former Pakistani general, said bin Laden probably was in Pakistan, despite the official denials, and that he could be either in the sprawling Pakistani port city of Karachi or well cared for by followers in the tribal region.

"The fact that he has the courage to come out shows that he feel protected in his surroundings," Massood said. His healthy appearance "shows that he is probably living in reasonable comfort and he is being taken care of."

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Bin Laden appeared far healthier in the video released Friday than many would have suspected, considering speculation that he was already ailing in the winter of 2001 when U.S., Afghan and Pakistani forces began their dragnet. U.S. officials have often described him as holed up in a dank and dreary cave, all but cut off from the outside world.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=716&e=3&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_re_as/where_is_osama

[OKNancy]

2. Kick

:kick:

[Skidmore]

3. Yup, the Saudis and the Pakistanis--

our best allies now.

[Emboldened Chimp]

4. Look out...a capture may be imminent...

perhaps this tape is only a precursor to a much larger October Surprise...a double surprise, if you will.

[sonicx]

5. "Somebody dropped it yesterday at the gate"

those terrists sure are high tech now adays...

[bettyellen]

6. Americans were pressured by govt trade official to do biz w/ Pakistan ....

i heard this anecdote from a woman who produces denim, global sourcing for baby phat.
she was already buying lots of denim in Pakistan, but was shocked when govt trade officials tried to pressure her for bigger commitments to buy there. in 20 years in the business, this has never happened. of course for baby phat and all of us, it comes down to price, delivery , social compliance.
but i wonder if she told her boss, Russell Simmons, the entrepreneur/ activist?