Posted on 04/20/2006 10:33:27 PM PDT by Jacob Kell
Rumors of Osama bin Laden's death are greatly exaggerated and the al-Qaida leader is preparing his next video broadcast to be aired on al-Jazeera, reports an acclaimed Pakistani journalist who has interviewed him.
In an exclusive interview with Paul L. Williams, author of the new book, “The Dunces of Doomsday,” and David Dastych in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin, Hamid Mir says bin Laden is not only alive and well but in the process of preparing a video-taped appearance for al-Jazeera, the Qatari Arabian news network.
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Farah's a nutjob or a closet case. He's not right.
I don't know much about this Farah guy, and the prior comments seem to indicate that he shouldn't be taken seriously. How much credibility should we be giving to this article and its assertion that Osama has nukes?
He has been pushing these whacked out nuke stories for the past couple of years. So far the 30+ Al-Qaeda nukes have yet to go off nor has the Iranian EMP destroyed the United States.
I assume this Paul Williams is not Paul Williams the band leader, who recorded "Hucklebuck," one of the biggest hit records of 1949.
Hmmmmm
paul williams . . . wasn't that the guy with the blond bowl cut who played piano in the 70's.
If that is inded his prayer, then I pray he is in that city.
A lot of people on this board think Farah is nuts, but if one or more American cities is ever nuked, I wonder what these Freepers will say then?
Farah and Williams have been pushing their alarmist bullshit for the past two years or so. If bin laden had nukes he would strike. Nukes are perishable and prone to detection, so he certainly would not be sitting on them.
paul williams . . . Little Enis in 'Smokey And The Bandit'
A 10 KGB bomb would be pretty bad, but we'd probably only lose about a hundred thousand people.
IMO if they had one, why don't they just blow it up here already. Its not like they can't just walk over our border. Plus if they get caught they could just blow up were they are and still do major damage.
Yeah, because Osama Bin Laden is the only Arab in the world with the money or desire to get a nuclear weapon. Our entire military should be dedicated to finding this one guy 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
How many movie clips of OBL will it take to make him appear again?
This pile of human excrement, "OBL" would use nukes if he had possession of one, if, and that is a big if he were alive and, as sick as some claim him to be he would have already pulled it off as so he could observe the damage.
I haven't seen any positive proof he is alive and, I am not saying he is either dead or alive, it's just many things written of him doesn't make sense. Whether he is alive or dead is not relevant now, he started a movement that can exist with or without his presence.
Yeah...the Planet of the Apes guy! Dr. Zaius, I think!
If Osama has nukes, it's only because he's glowing in the dark...
If he has them, he'll use them but don't make the mistake of thinking he'd rush out and use them right away. Al Qaeda is patient, if nothing else. If they have something like that they will wait for the exact right moment and do years of training and preparation leading up to the attack.
HE's dead Jim
Actually, he played Virgil in Battle for the Planet of the Apes. He was also in a movie called 'phantom of the paradise' which is a pretty good film.
I see your point. Al Qaeda and OBL are patient. But I don't think they have nukes. Nukes are not something you can just put in a locker or bunker or "cache" and sit on for months or years just to be "patient". Nukes, due to the natural decay of the radioactive material are dangerous just lying around, and require frequent maintenance and component replacements just to keep them "usable".
;-)
Elvis Bin Laden: "I'm better when I move."
Early morning alligator crawl on Fox had it that Russian and American experts had found a large cache of nuclear material in someplace...Ukraine? that had been reported missing.
There is and was a lot of non-weapons-grade nuclear material around the ex-USSR, there were even little nuclear "generators" that made heat out in the woods to power equipment. I think most of it was not usable to build a nuke, but merely nasty, toxic stuff that could be used to build a dirty bomb.
Didn't catch details about whatever nuclear material they'd found, though. 'Dirty bombs' that fit in a suitcase...enough to scare you to death. This new policy of letting people take small scissors and knives on planes didn't make sense, you had to know something was missing. Like logic. Then, the other day they finally said airport screeners needed more time to look for IED's. That's reassuring. Not.
I'll sure be glad when they capture that guy. </StatingTheObvious>
Farah doesn't want American cities to be destroyed. Rather, he likes to warn Americans about the dangers of AQ terrorists who have nuclear weapons and would like nothing better than to use 'em. Quite a few FReepers think that Farah is basically exagerrating the possible threat. The reason why some say he "prays" for that is because he keeps warning us again and again.
And without tritium refuling in the last couple of years, they've got paperweights at best, fizzles at worst.
just an old fasioned terrorist threat . . .
Well if you say enough different things, one of them is bound to turn out right...
And that's when they discover that their patience, training, and preparation let the nukes decay to the point where they don't produce a nuclear yield.
Nuclear weapons are extremely perishable, and require periodic maintenance that involves removing and replacing decayed components that aren't exactly available at Radio Shack or Fry's.
No, he just likes to sell his particular flavor of BS to the gullible.
He's also got a CD out too!
Would you cite some evidence that Bin Laden has the bomb. If not it's a scare story for Campfire Girls.
You could check out this symposium and get the CDs for it -- listen to the speakers.
http://www.americastruthforum.com/symposium.htm
And then, you might read up on Hamid Mir. I just snagged this link real quckly. I'm sure you could find a lot of other links for further information.
http://www.maldivesculture.com/maldives_osama_bin_laden.html
Regards,
Star Traveler
You said -- "I see Farah is still hoping and praying that Al-Qaeda will acquire a nuke and blow up an American city."
He's never said that or indicated that. Rather..., that happens to be your "spin" on not liking him.
What he is doing is repeatedly warning on a particular topic that many in the news seem to want to ignore. The information is there. You only have to read it and listen to various people. There is a symposium going on this weekend on that very thing. Check it out or get the audio afterwards.
See my other posting (above) for that link.
Regards,
Star Traveler
You said -- "I don't know much about this Farah guy, and the prior comments seem to indicate that he shouldn't be taken seriously. How much credibility should we be giving to this article and its assertion that Osama has nukes?"
The other "comments" are the "spin" given to their own particular viewpoints. If you check out Farah, he's been in the newspaper business for a long time. He started his own online newspaper, because he saw that was the way things were going.
He's a Christian; he's been interviewed in many different places and on some Christian TV shows and ministries. He has that particular viewpoint to many of the news articles. I believe he's from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent. Everytime I refer to anyone like that I always think of Brigitte Gabriel (from Lebanon herself). Look her up if you don't know who she is.
You can look at his "stable of writers" -- as he has many different ones there. All in all, I think it's a good news site and I check it all the time, in addition to checking here at Free Republic.
Regards,
Star Traveler
You said -- "Yeah, Farah is a total loon."
It's interesting that you put it that way. Farah, being in the newspaper business for many decades and starting his own online newspaper, having a Christian viewpoint in his stories, too -- and featuring a lot of national writers -- speaking out against Islam and the evil religion that it is -- and from that -- "Farah is a total loon"??
Well, let me point out a total loon that Farah himself talks about. That's the President of Iran -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Now, *there* is a "total loon" for you.
It's interesting that you describe Farah that way -- when it's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is the total loon and it's Farah that has been warning about him. Isn't that quite a "flip-flop".
And also you say -- "He has been pushing these whacked out nuke stories for the past couple of years. So far the 30+ Al-Qaeda nukes have yet to go off nor has the Iranian EMP destroyed the United States."
Boy..., those are "famous last words".
I can just see that kind of statement in some big Fortune 500 company's PR statement about their "security". They say, "We've never had our security compromised in over 15 years." And the next day it is compromised. Ha!
It's like -- since it has never happened -- it's never going to happen. Where do you get that kind of logic. Believe me, it's not for lack of trying by those "Islamics". When they say they are going to nuke the United States -- then I say you better listen and you better beef up the security and *make sure* it doesn't happen.
Security is not from saying "It's never happened in the last five years".... If that's your definition of security, let's make sure that you're not in charge of it.
Regards,
Star Traveler
You said -- "if he wants nukes we should send one his way"
Where has he said that he wants nukes? I have never seen that.
In fact, what I read is that he's warning people to be aware of this threat so that they can *prevent nukes* from being exploded here.
It's amazing that you can turn a warning about nukes being here -- into someone *wanting nukes* here.
Where on earth do you get such a thing?
Regards,
Star Traveler
You said -- "If that is inded his prayer, then I pray he is in that city."
Where do you get the idea that this is his prayer? Everything that I've read is that he want to *prevent* them from coming here -- and/or -- stop them if they are here.
I just don't know where you come up with that...
Regards,
Star Traveler
You said -- "A lot of people on this board think Farah is nuts, but if one or more American cities is ever nuked, I wonder what these Freepers will say then?"
I just have to think that the people who say that about Farah have some kind of negative personal agenda against him. I'm not saying that they know him personally -- but rather -- because of some personal issues they have (with something that he wrote or other people have written on his site) -- then they have some kind of personal agenda.
He has a lot of national writers on board his site and it's a good news site. And, he is also a Christian, gives a Christian viewpoint to many of the things that he (his news site) writes about. He has Christian writers on that site, too.
He will tell about things on his site that you will find scarce at other places. Why is some of this scarce at other sites and the mainline media? Well, it seems that a certain "political correctness" has invaded many places. And with Farah, he doesn't have that. And many times that results in some attacks against him. However, his information is valid and it's worth taking a look and and evaluating for oneself.
You ask what they would say if he's right. Well..., I've seen the kind of comment that you'll get from some who have a personal agenda against him. They's say something like -- "Well, even a broken clock is right twice a day."
And with that, they'll dismiss the whole thing. Some people simply do not want to get their head out of the sand (and in this case, it's the "sands of the Middle East").
Regards,
Star Traveler
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