Comments on: Osama’s bin Readin’ the NY Times http://www.philipklein.com/2006/01/osamas-bin-readin-the-ny-times/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JG http://www.philipklein.com/2006/01/osamas-bin-readin-the-ny-times/comment-page-1/#comment-637 JG Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:33:03 +0000 http://www.philipklein.com/?p=876#comment-637 Well at least Osama's truce offering (request) has been completely absent from mainstream media. Wouldn't want to scare any 'mericans into thinking that we're actually gaining ground. Well at least Osama’s truce offering (request) has been completely absent from mainstream media. Wouldn’t want to scare any ‘mericans into thinking that we’re actually gaining ground.

]]> By: Playing into Bin Laden's hands http://www.philipklein.com/2006/01/osamas-bin-readin-the-ny-times/comment-page-1/#comment-636 Playing into Bin Laden's hands Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:16:34 +0000 http://www.philipklein.com/?p=876#comment-636 A high-level government review of the �¢â�¬��war on terror�¢â�¬� two years after the invasion `focused on how to deal with the rise of a new generation of terrorists, schooled in Iraq over the past couple years. Top government officials are increasingly turning their attention to anticipate what one called �¢â�¬��the bleed out�¢â�¬� of hundreds or thousands of Iraq-trained jihadists back to their home countries throughout the Middle East and Western Europe. �¢â�¬��It's a new piece of a new equation,�¢â�¬� a former senior Bush administration official said. �¢â�¬��If you don't know who they are in Iraq, how are you going to locate them in Istanbul or London?�¢â�¬��¢â�¬â�¢ (Washington Post) Last May the CIA reported that �¢â�¬��Iraq has become a magnet for Islamic militants similar to Soviet-occupied Afghanistan two decades ago and Bosnia in the 1990s,�¢â�¬� according to US officials quoted in the New York Times. The CIA concluded that �¢â�¬��Iraq may prove to be an even more effective training ground for Islamic extremists than Afghanistan was in Al Qaeda's early days, because it is serving as a real-world laboratory for urban combat.�¢â�¬� Shortly after the London bombing last July, Chatham House released a study concluding that �¢â�¬��there is `no doubt�¢â�¬â�¢ that the invasion of Iraq has `given a boost to the al-Qaida network�¢â�¬â�¢ in propaganda, recruitment and fundraising,` while providing an ideal training area for terrorists.�¢â�¬� Naturally, apologists for the invasion will continue to ignore inconveniant facts such as these, even when they come from the Bush Administration, and continue to pile abuse on the anti-war movement, the very people who correctly warned of the increase in terror. I don't make a habit of of paying attention to the completely un-serious PR attempts of an opportunistic psychopath like Bin Laden and I see no reason to start now. A high-level government review of the �¢â�¬��war on terror�¢â�¬� two years after the invasion `focused on

how to deal with the rise of a new generation of terrorists, schooled in Iraq over the past couple

years. Top government officials are increasingly turning their attention to anticipate what one

called �¢â�¬��the bleed out�¢â�¬� of hundreds or thousands of Iraq-trained jihadists back to their home

countries throughout the Middle East and Western Europe. Ã?¢âÂ?¬Ã?Â?It’s a new piece of a new equation,Ã?¢âÂ?¬Ã?

a former senior Bush administration official said. Ã?¢âÂ?¬Ã?Â?If you don’t know who they are in Iraq, how

are you going to locate them in Istanbul or London?�¢â�¬��¢â�¬â�¢ (Washington Post)

Last May the CIA reported that �¢â�¬��Iraq has become a magnet for Islamic militants similar to

Soviet-occupied Afghanistan two decades ago and Bosnia in the 1990s,�¢â�¬� according to US

officials quoted in the New York Times. The CIA concluded that �¢â�¬��Iraq may prove to be an even

more effective training ground for Islamic extremists than Afghanistan was in Al Qaeda’s early days, because it is serving as a real-world laboratory for urban combat.Ã?¢âÂ?¬Ã? Shortly after the London bombing last July, Chatham House released a study concluding that Ã?¢âÂ?¬Ã?Â?there is `no doubtÃ?¢âÂ?‰Â?¢ that the invasion of Iraq has `given a boost to the al-Qaida networkÃ?¢âÂ?‰Â?¢ in propaganda, recruitment and

fundraising,` while providing an ideal training area for terrorists.�¢â�¬�

Naturally, apologists for the invasion will continue to ignore inconveniant facts such as these, even when they come from the Bush Administration, and continue to pile abuse on the anti-war movement, the very people who correctly warned of the increase in terror. I don’t make a habit of of paying attention to the completely un-serious PR attempts of an opportunistic psychopath like Bin Laden and I see no reason to start now.

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