Reuters AlertNet - INSTANT VIEW-Bin Laden tape aired on Al Jazeera: "'Osama bin Laden is looking for political recognition as a formidable force in the Middle East ... I think he is playing politics here.
'He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the world -- he also has a political agenda, he is using this terrorism for political ends. That is the message he would like to pass: yes we are fighting, but at the same time we are willing to talk, we have our political agenda.
'He said 'we are winning in Iraq and the Americans are losing because of the escalation of their casualties' -- financial losses and also human losses ...
'He is trying to differentiate between the American people and the American administration ... He's saying 'I'm talking to the American people: your problem is your government, and your president is lying'.'"
I thought that I might be able to offer more insightful analysis over what these folks offered in this article, but turns out Abdel echoes my sentiments exactly.
'He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the world -- he also has a political agenda, he is using this terrorism for political ends. That is the message he would like to pass: yes we are fighting, but at the same time we are willing to talk, we have our political agenda.
'He said 'we are winning in Iraq and the Americans are losing because of the escalation of their casualties' -- financial losses and also human losses ...
'He is trying to differentiate between the American people and the American administration ... He's saying 'I'm talking to the American people: your problem is your government, and your president is lying'.'"
I thought that I might be able to offer more insightful analysis over what these folks offered in this article, but turns out Abdel echoes my sentiments exactly.
