Bin Laden's Earlier Statement, Quoted by UPI from 'Unmat', a pro-Taliban paper"

[Borba100@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 10/11/01 10:48:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dwalters@xxxxxxx writes:, refering to my assertion that bin Laden had made an 
earlier statement that he was not anti-US:


>I didn't see this...which interview did this take place in? To this day, bin
>Laden has yet to actually claim credit for 9-11 (I for one don't argue he
>did until the evidence is produced like many gov'ts are asking for). He
>praised the actions, but didn't take credit for it.
"


First, the issue is not whether he took credit.  What the US government 
needed, and which bL handily supplied, was AN EMOTIONAL ASSAULT ON THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.  That was the key.  He had to insult, to goad, to taunt.  
The point was to emotionally justify aggression.  That's what he so handily 
did.  

As for the source of the earlier bin laden statement, it is the same as for 
the later one: the Western media.  Of course, it is possible that one or the 
other or both have been tampererd with.  I supplied one of the several 
sources that I have found - the UPI -  in "BIN LADEN, TERRORIST MONSTER, TAKE 
TWO!"  For the second time, Mr. Walters would benefit by reading the things 
with which he claims to disagree...

Here is the bin laden quote, from UPI.  It is also available from other 
sources.  (Quote taken from "OSAMA BIN LADEN,TERROIST MONSTER, TAKE TWO!"  (I 
posted the article on the 9th on this list; I just reposted it)

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Bin Laden was interviewed September 28th by a pro-Taliban newspaper. Here's a 
summary: 

"In an interview with 'Ummat' -- a publication sympathetic to Afghanistan's 
ruling Taliban -- bin Laden said both he and al Qaida had 'nothing to do with 
the terrorist attacks in America' and that 'hard-line Jewish organizations 
might be involvedâ' 

"Ummat said it sent questions to bin Laden through Taliban officials, and 
received written responses. Bin Laden reportedly said in his replies that 
dozens of terrorists organizations from countries like Israel, Russia, India 
and Serbia could be responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and 
Pentagon that left over 6,000 people dead or missing. 

He also insisted that al Qaida does not consider the United States its 
enemyâ" ('United Press International,' 28 September 28, 2001, Friday)

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Jared Israel
www.tenc.net
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