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  • Bin Laden tapes are as phony as Sept. 11's connection to Islam [from Ph.D. Islamologist and Arabist]

    02/14/2006 3:24:30 PM PST · by SJackson · 126 replies · 2,626+ views
    Capital Times ^ | 2-14-06 | Kevin Barrett
    As a Ph.D. Islamologist and Arabist I really hate to say this, but I'll say it anyway: 9/11 had nothing to do with Islam. The war on terror is as phony as the latest Osama bin Laden tape. It's a tough thing to admit because I know on which side my bread is buttered and dropping Islam from the 9/11 equation is dropping my slice of bread butter-side-down. The myth that 9/11 had something to do with Muslims has poured millions, if not billions, into Arabic and Islamic studies. I finished my Ph.D. last year, so all I have to...
  • Analysts See Shift in Bin Laden's Rhetoric

    12/28/2004 6:05:13 PM PST · by wagglebee · 14 replies · 656+ views
    NewsMax ^ | 12/28/04 | AP
    WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence analysts believe Osama bin Laden has shifted from outright calls for violence to political arguments in recent taped messages in hopes of driving a wedge between the United States and its allies, officials said Tuesday. The analysts believe bin Laden is making the tactical shift to try to exploit some allies' concerns with U.S. policy in the Middle East and to attract more moderate Muslims who distrust the United States but have not embraced al-Qaida's violence, the officials said. One U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the CIA's technical analysis of a two-minute, five-second...