[RobFromGa]

should be interesting.

[DoctorMichael]

"Tape" is "real"............................

...........but, is the voice.

[Quick1]

I heard this was an audio tape. It would be great if someone could analyze it and figure out if it's really Osama or if it's someone else.

[rs79bm]

Yippity. I'll set my Tivo.

[1Old Pro]

I wonder why OBL doesn't fedex these tapes to FOX or CNN?

[riri]

Last I heard, they said they never heard of any tape?! When did they find it? Am I in a bad dream? Can this be for real?

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Albert Jazeera causes trouble again. Damn him!

[Frank_Discussion]

It appears that Powell spoke clearly and with confidence once again. Now, why oh why did Al Jizmezera deny the tape at first?

[hellinahandcart]

"Oh wait...we DO have a tape!"

[shadowman99]

Step 1: Al Jazeera gets new tape.

Step 2: ?????????

Step 3: Al Jazeera plays tape.

So can we infer that Al Jazeera is waiting for a cue to play the tape? Does it seem to anyone that they may have some prior knowledge of an upcoming event?

[blam]

It was suppose to be aired after the Hajj. Al Jazarra got caught now, they'll have to air it early.

[kevao]

Is this the same Al Jazeera that earlier today denied the existence of the tape?

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Alright I have not been following this. What did OBL slip and claim some fame to So Damn Insane right from a Bagdad bunker?

[Indy Pendance]

'Bin Laden tape to show Iraq link'

Al-Jazeera has aired previous al-Qaeda statements

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said a new tape attributed to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will show links between the militant group and Iraq.

Arab TV station al-Jazeera has confirmed it has an audio tape which it is examining, despite earlier denying any knowledge of it.

Several other statements allegedly made by al-Qaeda members, including Bin Laden, have been broadcast by the station.

Mr Powell sought to make a connection between Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime and al-Qaeda during a presentation to the United Nations Security Council last week.

Jordanian's role

Mr Powell told the Senate Budget Committee on Tuesday that he had read a transcript "of what Bin Laden, or who we believe to be Bin Laden, will be saying on al-Jazeera during the course of the day".

"Once again he speaks to the people of Iraq and talks about their struggle and how he is in partnership with Iraq," Mr Powell said.

At the Security Council, Mr Powell laid out what he said was proof that Baghdad was linked to al-Qaeda, whom the US blames for the 11 September attacks on New York and Washington.

His evidence focused on the role of a Jordanian al-Qaeda associate, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whom he said was operating in northern Iraq.

The testimony was greeted with a significant level of scepticism on both sides of the Atlantic.

On Tuesday, the head of the CIA, George Tenet, warned of an increased risk of al-Qaeda attacks in the US and on the Arabian peninsula.

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Looks like the same bin laden photo from his first tape.

[FairOpinion]

Debka says they have excerpt:

"Those who did not understand the message I sent in New York and Washington after your previous crimes, and because you are about to attack (he did not say whom), in the name of Allah, I will strike”

http://www.debka.com

[dennis1x]

wow...an audio tape...it must be real then....bin laden really is alive!!


BIN LADEN IS DEAD.

[beckett]

C'mon...tape is real? Give me a break. Have we all gone brain dead or something?

Two things are going on: 1) the US gov't has decided it is in its interest to pretend Bin Laden is alive, and 2) he clearly is not alive, since no other strategic move available to the Islamofascists would give more of a boost to their cause than to prove it. Since they are creating these con job tapes instead, Bin Laden is clearly dead.

[concerned about politics]

Well this certainly puts the lefties in a bind.
The tape is from Bin Ladin whether it is or not. That can't deny it because they said Bush is failing the war on terror for not getting 'ol Binnie , i.e., he's still out there!
They can't deny the connection between 'ol Binnie and Saddam because it's on the tape to be aired.
Poor lefties. Bush slams them once again.

[steve-b]

Tape is real.

The tape itself is no doubt real. The voice on the tape is real.

It was not, however, recorded by Osama bin Laden, unless it was done before his death fourteen months ago.

[KansasConservative]

Maybe Osama will volunteer to become a human shield for his buddy Saddam