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Puck
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Bin Laden: Bush Led U.S. Into Quagmire
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
CAIRO, Egypt � Terror mastermind Usama bin Laden (search) claimed in new video footage broadcast Wednesday that President Bush (search) ignored warnings against invading Iraq because he was dazzled by the country's "black gold" and ended up leading the United States into a quagmire.
The full video, portions of which were broadcast Friday, was posted on a Web site used by Islamic groups Wednesday. The tape show the author of the Sept. 11 attacks accusing Bush of acting out of what he calls "private" interests � and allusion to his oil business past.
Bush ignored the warnings because "the darkness of the black gold blurred his vision and insight, and he gave priority to private interests over the public interests of America," bin Laden says in the portions of the tape that the Arab network Al-Jazeera (search) did not broadcast Friday.
"The war went ahead. The death toll rose. The American economy bled, and Bush became embroiled in the swamps of Iraq that threaten his future," bin Laden said.
Accusing America of oppressing and killing Arabs, bin Laden asks: "Is defending oneself and punishing the aggressor objectionable as terrorism? If it is, then it is unavoidable for us."
Al-Jazeera, which is based in Qatar, published a transcript of the full tape on its Web site on Monday. The transcript matches the video posted on the Islamic Web site.
Analysts say bin Laden issued the tape in a bid to influence the U.S. presidential elections, which took place four days after Al-Jazeera broadcast it.
In another partial portion of the video released Monday, bin Laden vowed to bleed America to bankruptcy, boasting that for every $1 Al Qaeda has spent on terrorist strikes, it has cost the United States $1 million in economic fallout and military spending, including emergency funding for Iraq and Afghanistan.
"As for the size of the economic deficit, it has reached record astronomical numbers," bin Laden said, estimating the deficit at more than $1 trillion.
Actually, the war against terror and other factors have resulted in an expected $377 billion shortfall for 2003 � the highest deficit since World War II accounting for inflation. The total U.S. national debt is near the $7.4 trillion statutory limit.
The terror mastermind credited the religiously inspired Arab volunteers that he fought with against the Soviets in Afghanistan with having "bled Russia for 10 years, until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in defeat." He suggested the same strategy would work against the United States.
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TrekkieMage
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| Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:35 pm |
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Remind me, why did we stop serching for bin Laden? He needs to be stopped. But we aren't doing everything we can.
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Hitchhiker
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| Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:36 pm |
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| TrekkieMage wrote: | | Remind me, why did we stop serching for bin Laden? He needs to be stopped. But we aren't doing everything we can. |
Because the U.S. has sunk too many resources into Iraq 
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IntrepidIsMe
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| Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:36 pm |
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Iraq was a larger threat. All Bin Laden can do now is whine. He has no power.
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Puck
The Texan
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| Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:36 pm |
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We stopped searching for Bin Laden...hmm, must have missed that headline  .
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Jeremy
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| Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:46 pm |
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They'll still be looking for him, but he never was a "main" person in Al Quida. Yes, he is the most hated man, and he is their voice, but he never had a big part in organising the attacks as such.
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TrekkieMage
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| Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:17 pm |
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Yes, but didn't we say we'd stop at nothing to catch him?
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Link, the Hero of Time
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| Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:45 pm |
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Yeah, but Bush had to find something to take people's eyes away from the Failure that was Afganistan.
He didn't plan for it to take this long.
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Puck
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| Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:47 pm |
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Yes he did, I think we seem to forget how he stressed that this war will be long and drawn out. And I don't know when we put Afghanistan in the failure column...mst have missed that too.
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Superman
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| Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:53 pm |
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| JanewayIsHott wrote: | | Yes he did, I think we seem to forget how he stressed that this war will be long and drawn out. And I don't know when we put Afghanistan in the failure column...mst have missed that too. |
I know it's a different world now. But let me say this. It took years for Germany to become a democratic country, following WWII. It wasn't easy but eventually, the German people, with a lot of help, did it.
I wish that Afghanistan and Iraq could be sorted out. But these things do take time. I don't want the troops to stay any longer than they have to but I also don't want them leaving prematurely.
Whatever your view on the war, the troops have done some of their job. It is only right that they are kept in there to help out as much as possible before they leave (I am referring to Afghanistan and Iraq).
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Defiant
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| Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:47 am |
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They quietly stopped massively searching for bin laden, because hes off in some other country, and they cant go there. Well, not until Bush decides to go off invading again.
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Founder
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| Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:42 am |
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| TrekkieMage wrote: | | Remind me, why did we stop serching for bin Laden? He needs to be stopped. But we aren't doing everything we can. |
Why this question again? Tell me where it is said we stopped looking for him. How the hell do you know we aren't doing everything we can? What position do you have in the higher offices of the American Government again?
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Defiant
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| Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:28 am |
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We cant do anything. Hes off in some other country being harbored, and there isnt *beep* we can do.
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Republican_Man
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| Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:15 pm |
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| Founder wrote: | | TrekkieMage wrote: | | Remind me, why did we stop serching for bin Laden? He needs to be stopped. But we aren't doing everything we can. |
Why this question again? Tell me where it is said we stopped looking for him. How the hell do you know we aren't doing everything we can? What position do you have in the higher offices of the American Government again? |
EXACTLY.
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Captain Dappet
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| Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:23 pm |
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| Defiant wrote: | | We cant do anything. Hes off in some other country being harbored, and there isnt *beep* we can do. |
EXACTLY.
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