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KWJams Seaman Recruit
Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 32 Location: Montana
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:31 am Post subject: It's official, Osama endorses Kerry |
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Quote: | Osama Bin Laden Tape Threatens U.S. States Not to Vote for Bush
By: Yigal Carmon*
The tape of Osama bin Laden that was aired on Al-Jazeera(1) on Friday, October 29th included a specific threat to "each U.S. state," designed to influence the outcome of the upcoming election against George W. Bush. The U.S. media in general mistranslated the words "ay wilaya" (which means "each U.S. state")(2) to mean a "country" or "nation" other than the U.S., while in fact the threat was directed specifically at each individual U.S. state. This suggests some knowledge by bin Laden of the U.S. electoral college system. In a section of his speech in which he harshly criticized George W. Bush, bin Laden stated: "Any U.S. state that does not toy with our security automatically guarantees its own security."
The Islamist website Al-Qal'a explained what this sentence meant: "This message was a warning to every U.S. state separately. When he [Osama Bin Laden] said, 'Every state will be determining its own security, and will be responsible for its choice,' it means that any U.S. state that will choose to vote for the white thug Bush as president has chosen to fight us, and we will consider it our enemy, and any state that will vote against Bush has chosen to make peace with us, and we will not characterize it as an enemy. By this characterization, Sheikh Osama wants to drive a wedge in the American body, to weaken it, and he wants to divide the American people itself between enemies of Islam and the Muslims, and those who fight for us, so that he doesn't treat all American people as if they're the same. This letter will have great implications inside the American society, part of which are connected to the American elections, and part of which are connected to what will come after the elections." |
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SA1404
Well it is official now -- Osama bin Laden endorses John Kerry |
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GM Strong Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Joined: 18 Sep 2004 Posts: 1579 Location: Penna
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 2:00 am Post subject: |
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See Global endorements post. OBL is just one of many fine fellows. _________________ 8th Army Korea 68-69 |
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homesteader PO3
Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 294 Location: wisconsin
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 2:14 am Post subject: |
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I grew up speaking Arabic and confirm what is posted above. In Arabic the word for nation is "dawla", country is "balad", "wilaya" means state. The United States in Arabic is "Wilayat al Mutahida". "ay" means any or each. This pronouncement by OBL is a direct threat to each state that casts its electoral votes for the President. The commentator in the article is correct. |
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wwIIvetsdaughter Captain
Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 513 Location: McAllen, Texas
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:27 am Post subject: |
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OBL can kiss my red state's (Texas) a**! Who does he think we are, Euro-weines? |
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Mustang0302 Seaman Recruit
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:47 am Post subject: |
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And this hasn't been reported to us by the MSM...why? They are not Un-American, they're just on the other side. _________________ Semper Fidelis, and God Bless America! |
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rparrott21 Master Chief Petty Officer
Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 760 Location: Mckinney, Texas
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