21st February 2003, 01:07 PM
In bin Laden’s mind, progress is everywhere (http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=14&ID=85738&r=0)
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
JAMES P. PINKERTON
My plan is working well. When I, Osama bin Laden, ordered the blessed events of Sept. 11, I hoped to provoke an apocalyptic conflict between the faithful and the infidels. And not only is that happening, but also the Americans and Europeans are breaking up their alliance.
Happy is the man who watches his enemies fight each other.
My audiotape, released last week, has sealed the fate of that socialist apostate, Saddam Hussein. I see Colin Powell on CNN saying it proves a “nexus” between my al-Qaida and his Iraq. Hah. As I said on that tape, the only connection between me and my enemies is my swordpoint hitting their neck.
The Americans have never understood that it has always been my dream to rid the Muslim Ummah — our world — of those secular Arabs who strut around like colonialist colonels in their epaulets and berets, men who preen like women, like peacocks. Such evildoers are obstacles to Islamic purity, to a return to the blessed days of the Caliphate, when mosque and state were united in holiness.
Now, thanks to the Americans, those red infidels will be gone, buried under smart bombs. Who says the Great Satan can’t be made to do God’s work?
Almost five years ago, in a Fatwah issued on Feb. 23, 1998, I enunciated three goals for my jihad: First, the United States out of my homeland, Saudi Arabia. Second, relief for Iraq. Third, a counter-crusade against Israel. So how am I doing?
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Wednesday, February 19, 2003
JAMES P. PINKERTON
My plan is working well. When I, Osama bin Laden, ordered the blessed events of Sept. 11, I hoped to provoke an apocalyptic conflict between the faithful and the infidels. And not only is that happening, but also the Americans and Europeans are breaking up their alliance.
Happy is the man who watches his enemies fight each other.
My audiotape, released last week, has sealed the fate of that socialist apostate, Saddam Hussein. I see Colin Powell on CNN saying it proves a “nexus” between my al-Qaida and his Iraq. Hah. As I said on that tape, the only connection between me and my enemies is my swordpoint hitting their neck.
The Americans have never understood that it has always been my dream to rid the Muslim Ummah — our world — of those secular Arabs who strut around like colonialist colonels in their epaulets and berets, men who preen like women, like peacocks. Such evildoers are obstacles to Islamic purity, to a return to the blessed days of the Caliphate, when mosque and state were united in holiness.
Now, thanks to the Americans, those red infidels will be gone, buried under smart bombs. Who says the Great Satan can’t be made to do God’s work?
Almost five years ago, in a Fatwah issued on Feb. 23, 1998, I enunciated three goals for my jihad: First, the United States out of my homeland, Saudi Arabia. Second, relief for Iraq. Third, a counter-crusade against Israel. So how am I doing?
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