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NEWS > EVERYONE ELSE > OSAMA BIN LADEN THREATENS FRANCE, INFIDELS, SOME GUY NAMED MIKE
OSAMA BIN LADEN THREATENS FRANCE, INFIDELS, SOME GUY NAMED MIKE
January 23 2011
Qatar, UAE – For the better part of a decade there has been no bigger boogeyman than Osama bin Laden. Since the attacks in the United States in 2001 bin Laden and his cohorts have become the stuff of nightmares for many people around the world,
monsters lurking around every corner and underneath every bed. Since those attacks however bin Laden and Al Qaeda has done little to earn that reputation, relying instead on one horrific day a generation ago on which to build their fearsome reputation.
True, there have been attacks and bombings in the last decade but nothing has approached the grandeur or the global reach of the World Trade Center attacks. No follow up has shown the organization capable or willing to do anything even approaching that level of fear mongering again. Still, Al Qaeda has remained in the public realm both as a result of ongoing warnings from military and intelligence officials and as a result of intermittent videos and recordings of the man himself, warning the west of impending attacks and continued anger. While those threats inevitably garner a lot of attention, many observers are starting to wonder about the integrity and veracity of his continued threats due in part to the lack of action and in part to the increasingly obscure and personal nature of his verbal assaults.
“Paris will pay a high price fur it’s polcies and the fates of French hostages depends on the removal of French troops from Muslim lands. We repeat the same message to you: The release of your prisoners in the hands of our brothers is linked to the withdrawal of your soldiers from our country,” said bin Laden in part on the latest recording. “The refusal of your president to withdraw from Afghanistan is the result of his obedience of America and this refusal is a green light to kill your prisoners.”
The recording was partially obscured, but translators were also able to discern a non-specific threat against infidels and somebody named Mike who may or may not have fleeced the Al Qaeda leader in a game of Tarneeb, a popular card game in the Middle East.
“There is little doubt that Al Qaeda is still a threat. Assuming otherwise would be a dangerous thing. Regardless of the upper management or the level of destruction that has been levied on their ability to wage war, Al Qaeda still retains a lot of ideological power over a very specific group of people and they can cause damage,” said Scrape TV Terrorism analyst Doug Davids. “The underestimate the influence of Al Qaeda and bin Laden himself would be a dangerous thing to do. Regardless of what he is as a person or what he can do, he is a symbol for his fight, much like Batman. The idea of bin Laden carries a lot of weight and can be as powerful as the man himself, perhaps even more so.”
It has long been speculated that bin Laden has in fact been dead for a number of years and that subsequent recordings are of an imitator.
“That said, they really need to control their content a little bit better. I personally believe that bin Laden is alive and that his threat is real, but regardless they still need someone
to edit these statements before they are released. I get that he’s the big guy and the punishment for standing up to the boss is pretty harsh, but for the good of the movement, they really need to do something to keep certain things out of the speeches,” continued Davids. “Every great leader has great speech writers. I get that he’s done well writing his own stuff so far but if he starts to include these personal affronts, well then perhaps it’s time to bring in some fresh blood. Maybe that’ll make them a little meaner, get people worried again. Well people other than Mike or the French because the world doesn’t really care about them.”
Bin Laden is apparently a terrible Tarneeb player but for some reason wins every time.
Emil Uliya, International Correspondent
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