Osama Says: Boycott Iraq Vote
Purported Bin Laden Tape Calls for Boycott
In an audiotape broadcast Monday by Al-Jazeera satellite television, a man purported to be Osama bin Laden endorsed Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi as his deputy in Iraq and called for a boycott of next month’s elections there.
The new tape, together with one that appeared online earlier this month, continues a new political slant adopted by the al-Qaida leader, whose past proclamations have been more a call to arms than a promotion of a cause. They appear to back up recent suggestions by Middle East experts that bin Laden may be trying to become more of a political leader than a terrorist.
The speaker on the tape condemned the Jan 30th Iraqi elections. “In the balance of Islam, this constitution is infidel and therefore everyone who participates in this election will be considered infidels,” he said. “Beware of henchmen who speak in the name of Islamic parties and groups who urge people to participate in this blatant apostasy.”
Some believe Osama is trying to make the move from terrorist to politician – - yet he is stating that those who take part in the election process are infidels and we all know what he and his group of murderers do to those they consider to be infidels. Once a terrorist…
December 28, 2004 - 08:45 AM on December 28th, 2004
I don’t buy the fact that he is going from terrorist to statesman.
December 28, 2004 - 09:05 AM on December 28th, 2004
Osama, if you let us know where you are, we’ll get right back to you with a response.
December 28, 2004 - 09:11 AM on December 28th, 2004
December 28, 2004 - 09:20 AM on December 28th, 2004
He should have learned how effective he was in impacting OUR election.
December 28, 2004 - 11:02 AM on December 28th, 2004
The largest Sunni coalition pulled out of the election yesterday, citing security concerns and unfair registration. The US and the Iraqi Interim government better be preparing for a distaster and to answer questions of what constitutes a ‘fair election’.
December 28, 2004 - 02:42 PM on December 28th, 2004
I hope we get Osama bin Laden soon.
December 28, 2004 - 02:48 PM on December 28th, 2004
6 – Do you think he’s that effective anymore?
A serious question. I am not being sarcastic – man, that’s hard to show over the internet.
December 28, 2004 - 02:51 PM on December 28th, 2004
I just don’t know. I guess it depends on what the average Islamic radical thinks about him.
Either way though, I think it would be great if we could catch him.
December 29, 2004 - 08:33 AM on December 29th, 2004
Frankly we should come up with a smart bomb that will seek out bin laden and blow him to smitherinies:cool: