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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:33 PM Original message |
Expert on Lehrer says Bin Laden speech was first written in English --->>> |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Written by the CIA maybe? |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Naw... |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. No, I suspect he means Pakistani influenced |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. that may be what he means, but is he correct? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Let's review: It's not allusive, not idiomatic on the contrary, |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well, push on over |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. And have you heard ONE of the UBL "experts" on ANY |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. I thought it odd that it actually mentions public opinion polls |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
47. Do the Pakistanis write in English and then convert to Arabic? |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Or by some Cheney operative? |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. penned by poppy bush himself to save sonny boy from people beginning |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I noticed that they trotted out 41 the other night to try to quiet |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 04:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. i didn't see that but coming from ole 41 it must have sounded just as |
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SupplyConcerns (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Bingo. |
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Dunvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not so much Asian, maybe... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rovian english. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. maybe |
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neoblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, it didn't "sound" like his typical diatribe... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Bingo. And no one in the corporate media is picking up on this. nt |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. You know...I was thinking this speech sounded very different than |
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Pam-Moby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. I find it odd that the word Allah was not used at all in that speech. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 07:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Yes, and in this tape he repeatedly says "Praise be to God" |
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GrumpyGreg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. He's saying it's South Asian? Hmmmm !!!! |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Wouldn't be the first time an Osama tape was faked |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Oh great! |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 08:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
43. "E" is defintiely a different person. |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Now, besides our government assertions, isn't that particular video tape |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. My guess is that Ledeen wrote it and a Pakistani translated it and |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. The "great inspired leader" of AQ has lost his ability to ad lib rhetoric? |
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gunsaximbo (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. FAKE!!!! |
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tonka023 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The first thoughts that came to my head |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
22. Something is rotten in Denmark. |
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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. Cheney did his tour to the Middle East recently. When did we ever hear him |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. the trip was very low key |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. Osama is in Cheney's undisclosed location......... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I'm wondering, when in the history of a people, has there been |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I mentioned this in another thread |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Well, (adjusting tinfoil headgear) haven't they been threatening |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 01:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. But it will be "for our own good" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 02:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I wonder. If you think about it, they've escalated because |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Exactly |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Absolutely agree. And it's the reason they have been setting up the |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
34. Some additional threads casting doubts on tape's authenticity: |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. If I happened to bag Osama, this is just what I'd have him do. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
39. Osama speaks fluent English |
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canichelouis (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. But thinks in Arabic |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. self-delete - posted wrong spot n/t |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Maybe, but would he write a speech in English & then translate to Arabic? |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
44. Rovama Being Laden (nt) |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
45. I assumed it was faked in some way when I first heard of it. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. that's right - before the rep. convention we had that Citicorp threat |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
49. "Hey Shafig, get your crazy brother Usama to read this"... |
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Mudcloth (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
53. Two things bother me about this tape |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. He's alive. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Welcome to DU, Mudcloth! |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
55. There are other options for why it sounds that way. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. The tape sure knocked any chatter of day traders in Frist's office! |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. timing indeed! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
58. Stephanie, you are a treasure! |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. lol! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I wonder what Juan Cole will say about this. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I've got a question into Cole on this. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. cool! |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
61. " Heightened security measures" clued me in - and I only saw the English |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. sounds exactly like a WH talking point |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
66. kick way up! |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
67. "non-Arabic speaking within the al-Qaida network are taking over" |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
68. Fake - inspired by the Cheney/Goebbels propaganda unit |
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