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Ah Xoc Kin Donating Member (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:47 PM
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Osama Bin Laden: what do you imagine he's thinking right now?
Edited on Mon Oct-06-08 07:00 PM by Ah Xoc Kin
Just wondering if you could posit a guess as
to what Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda's leadership
is thinking right now?

I'm curious to know if they believe this economic
situation is connected to their machinations
--or simply a byproduct of bad decisions
by bankers, Bush etc.

Not just Al Qaeda but Motaqa Al Sadr in Iraq,
Hamas, Hezbollah the rest of them.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:49 PM
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1. He's wondering which of McCain's seven houses he should live in NEXT week. n/t
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JBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:11 PM
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11. LOL!
:rofl:
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ileus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:50 PM
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2. Why did Bush frame me...
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:51 PM
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3. Dumbya promised me an October 31st release. How many more days do I have? n/t
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:52 PM
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4. He's thinking 'I'm *dead*, dammit! DEAD!!!! Please don't let them dig me up'
Fox News: "Bin Laden Already Dead"

Wednesday, December 26, 2001

Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader.

"The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfill their cherished goal of getting Usama alive or dead," the source said.

Bin Laden, according to the source, was suffering from a serious lung complication and succumbed to the disease in mid-December, in the vicinity of the Tora Bora mountains. The source claimed that bin Laden was laid to rest honorably in his last abode and his grave was made as per his Wahabi belief.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

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The Death of bin Ladenism
By AMIR TAHERI
Published: July 11, 2002

Osama bin Laden is dead. The news first came from sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan almost six months ago: the fugitive died in December and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, echoed the information. The remnants of Osama's gang, however, have mostly stayed silent, either to keep Osama's ghost alive or because they have no means of communication.

With an ego the size of Mount Everest, Osama bin Laden would not have, could not have, remained silent for so long if he were still alive. He always liked to take credit even for things he had nothing to do with. Would he remain silent for nine months and not trumpet his own survival?

Even if he is still in the world, bin Ladenism has left for good. Mr. bin Laden was the public face of a brand of politics that committed suicide in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, killing thousands of innocent people in the process.

What were the key elements of that politics?

The first was a cynical misinterpretation of Islam that began decades ago with such anti-Western ideologues as Maulana Maudoodi of Pakistan and Sayyid Qutb of Egypt. Although Mr. Maudoodi and Mr. Qutb were not serious thinkers, they could at least offer a coherent ideology based on a narrow reading of Islamic texts. Their ideas about Western barbarism and Muslim revival, distilled down to bin Ladenism, became mere slogans designed to incite zealots to murder.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EFDE1230F932A25754C0A9649C8B63

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Wiley50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:49 PM
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21. " Let's see. Which of these 40 virgins tonight" OOPS! none have been virgin in a long long time
Wonder if Muslims ever think of that:

After the first 40 days it's sloppy seconds forever?
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:53 PM
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5. He is probably figuring out a way to rescue the McCain campaign
Well you don't REALLY think mcCain has any more interest in finding Bin Laden than bush has had do ya?.
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4lbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:56 PM
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6. Bin Laden's laughing his ass off in some villa thinking....
I made them spend over a trillion dollars because of my attack seven years ago, and they have almost nothing to show for it. Meanwhile, their country is almost completely bankrupt.

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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:57 PM
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7. he's dead since December 2001! nt
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:57 PM
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8. "Mission Accomplished! (Thanks for the dialysis machine, George.)"
:shrug:
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Liberal In Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 06:59 PM
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9. "We won...
The Great Satan is falling apart before our eyes..."

Thanks W.

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MadrasT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:10 PM
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10. Nothing. He's dead. n/t
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:13 PM
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12. I think he's dead.
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Cirque du So-What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:14 PM
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13. Has anyone seen my beard dye?


Time for my scary Halloween appearance! BOO!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:16 PM
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14. Dead men think?
That's a new one.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:19 PM
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15. For a long time, I thought the whole "Bin Laden already dead" talk utter nonsense.
Then I saw something which gavce me pause.

Shortly before the Bushies lured her to her death in Afghanistan (another hated Liberal bites the dust to the bullets of Bushie Buddies!) Benazir Bhutto did an interview with David Frost, and casually made mention of "the man who killed Bin Ladeb".

Now, you'd think such a comment would provoke a frirestorm of questions about that from David Frost, but none were forthcoming. In fact, she mentioned it conversationally, as if EVERYONE outside the Bushie False Reality Bubble of Bushie-Corporate M$M knows this, Frost also reacted this way, which is to say he did not react at all.

See for yourself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg

Gives you pause, doesn't it?
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:19 PM
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16. Go McCain!
Edited on Mon Oct-06-08 07:20 PM by tabasco
He knows if Obama is elected. we're going to STOP FUCKING AROUND in Iraq and kill his dumb ass.
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ConcernedCanuk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:20 PM
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17. Old Toon says it all
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:21 PM
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18. How to punish the apostates.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:23 PM
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19. He's probably watching the financial crisis and laughing his ass off.
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:25 PM
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20. "Hey Satan, could you turn down the thermostat just a little?"
I've been burning non stop since 2002. Can't I get a little break? :evilfrown:
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Rocknrule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:50 PM
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22. "Only 4 more weeks until McCain lets me out of his basement"
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Strelnikov_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:50 PM
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23. Sell!! Put my assets into FDIC insured accounts n/t
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 07:52 PM
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24. "America must be broke...George is late with my check this month!"
:hi:

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Marnieworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 08:16 PM
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25. He's dead
And he has been for a while too
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