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It didn't take long for reporters hostile to President Bush to begin spinning the news of Saddam Hussein's capture. "The one thing to remember is that, even though we've got Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden is still out there," complained Washington Post reporter Robin Wright on NBC's "Meet the Press." "And in many ways he's far more dangerous than Saddam Hussein was," she added. On the same program, Time Magazine columnist Joe Klein suggested that another 9/11 attack could revitalize Democrat hopes of defeating Bush next November. "This election, more than any other I've covered, is out of the hands...

Bin Laden Tape Is Old Material - French Expert Thu September 11, 2003 09:41 AM ET PARIS (Reuters) - A leading French terrorism expert cautioned Thursday against taking the latest Osama bin Laden video at face value, saying it was largely an edited collection of old footage and sound tracks that have already been aired. Wednesday, the Al Jazeera Arabic television station broadcast a tape of bin Laden and his right hand man Ayman al-Zawahri, in which the al Qaeda leader urges supporters to bury Americans in "the graveyard of Iraq." But Roland Jacquard, head of the Paris-based International Observatory...

swissinfo February 12, 2003 4:34 PM Swiss researchers who last November analysed a tape attributed to Osama bin Laden say they won’t be scrutinising the latest recording broadcast by the Arabic television network, Al-Jazeera. The Swiss analysts said the previous tape was almost certainly faked, despite US claims to the contrary. The Dalle Molle Institute for Perceptual Artificial Intelligence (Idiap) in Martigny told swissinfo on Wednesday that it had no intention of analysing the latest tape. United States officials say the recording, which calls on Muslims to fight the US and repel a war against Iraq, is “probably” the voice...

CBS and NBC were satisfied Tuesday night to note how Secretary of State Colin Powell contended Osama bin Laden's audio tape offered proof of his links to Iraq and then to point out how others in the government fear it's a signal of an impending terrorist attack on the U.S. But ABC's Peter Jennings wasn't satisfied with just doing that. He once again offered the most anti-administration spin of the night with a trilogy of three stories addressing subjects not touched by CBS or NBC. Anchoring the February 11 World News Tonight from Phoenix, Jennings argued that "a lot...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- White House and State Department officials Tuesday confirmed the authenticity of an audiotape with Osama bin Laden's voice aired on the al Jazeera network in which the al Qaida leader urges the Iraqi people to engage in martyrdom operations against American "crusaders." On the tape, bin Laden says: "Those who attack your brothers cannot be your friend. Fight with them, even if it means sacrificing your life for defending your brothers. Iraq is not an aggressor, America is." He went on to say, "We hope that our brothers in Iraq will learn from our martyrs...

All the Media wants to see is the "face" of OB? Why? So they have a face to put with the dead and dying that may or may not come to fruition. We know they want the dead and dying for their front paged sickness for the advertising bucks. All well and good, but again, where is any "puuf" that this sicko Ladin is even alive? The Loon is dead, otherwise his face would be seen over and over again, for that is the way of the Arabian Knights We who enjoy NASCAR love to see the faces of our...

Tape is real.....they will play it later.

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”

Tue February 11, 2003 01:36 PM ET DUBAI (Reuters) - The al-Jazeera satellite television channel declined to confirm or deny reports on Tuesday that it had received a statement from Osama bin Laden pledging solidarity with Iraq. Al-Jazeera's news gathering section said the channel "most probably" had no statement from the Saudi-born militant, but promised a firm reply later. It was not immediately known whether the Qatar-based station had received a statement and was checking its authenticity or if it did not wish to air it for political reasons. Earlier Tuesday, Secretary of State Colin Powell told the U.S. Senate...