Aggie Hoopsfan
11-01-2004, 01:47 AM
Interesting read...
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SA1404
The states thing concerns me, being in a Bush state. But also...
Another conspicuous aspect of the tape is the absence of common Islamist themes that are relevant to the month of Ramadan, which for fundamentalists like bin Laden is the month of Jihad and martyrdom. Noticeably absent from the Al-Jazeera tape was his usual appearance with a weapon, and more importantly the absence of references to Jihad, martyrdom, the Koran, the Hadith (Islamic tradition), Crusaders, Jews, and the legacy of the Prophet Muhammad on the duty to wage Jihad against the infidels. For the followers of the Al-Qa'ida ideology, this speech sends a regressive and defeatist message of surrender, as seen in the move from solely using Jihad warfare to a mixed strategy of threats combined with truce offers and election deals.
While I personally thought "ho hum, another Osama speech", he did seem to be rather reserved. Couple this with the NY Post report that part of Osama's speech was lamenting the fact that our manhunt for him and his followers had significantly weakened his organization, and it is certainly an interesting development.
But I bet the liberal media will bury this, and no one will know about it here in the US until after Tuesday.
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SA1404
The states thing concerns me, being in a Bush state. But also...
Another conspicuous aspect of the tape is the absence of common Islamist themes that are relevant to the month of Ramadan, which for fundamentalists like bin Laden is the month of Jihad and martyrdom. Noticeably absent from the Al-Jazeera tape was his usual appearance with a weapon, and more importantly the absence of references to Jihad, martyrdom, the Koran, the Hadith (Islamic tradition), Crusaders, Jews, and the legacy of the Prophet Muhammad on the duty to wage Jihad against the infidels. For the followers of the Al-Qa'ida ideology, this speech sends a regressive and defeatist message of surrender, as seen in the move from solely using Jihad warfare to a mixed strategy of threats combined with truce offers and election deals.
While I personally thought "ho hum, another Osama speech", he did seem to be rather reserved. Couple this with the NY Post report that part of Osama's speech was lamenting the fact that our manhunt for him and his followers had significantly weakened his organization, and it is certainly an interesting development.
But I bet the liberal media will bury this, and no one will know about it here in the US until after Tuesday.