[PEN-L:32523] recent Bin Laden letter

[Chris Burford <cburford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As published in the Observer

http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html

> Online document: the full text of Osama bin Laden's "letter to the
> American people", reported in today's Observer. The letter first appeared
> on the internet in Arabic and has since been translated and circulated by
> Islamists in Britain.
>
> Observer Worldview
>
> Sunday November 24, 2002
>
> In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,


This illustrates the idealist role of radical islam in opposing the
contradictions associated with imperialism and US hegemonism as they affect
the muslim countries on the periphery of the large capitalist powers.

Interesting features are the support for a radical islamic state in
Algeria, which was stopped by undemocratic interference in the election
followed by severe repression;

Opposition to US opposition to the Kyoto treaty;

Opposition to comprador governments in islamic countreis that conform to
the will of the USA.

A marxist influence approach to answering the contradictions in the world
is essential if we are to reduce the divisions between working people of
different faiths and cultures.

Chris Burford

London