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Fact Check: Did Obama selectively quote Usama bin Laden in counterterror speech?
Fox News ^ | May 28, 2013

Posted on 05/28/2013 3:32:02 PM PDT by don-o

President Obama is being accused of selectively quoting Usama bin Laden, by using a snippet of an anti-America screed to make it sound like Al Qaeda was breaking under the weight of the U.S. drone program. snip Thomas Joscelyn, a senior fellow with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, argued that bin Laden's full quote has a far different meaning than that conveyed by the excerpt Obama cited last week.

"When you look at the context of the whole statement, it doesn't support their story," he told FoxNews.com.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201303; 201305; alqaeda; binladen; obamaspeeches; obamaspeople; obl; osamabinladen; terrorism; threatmatrix; usamabinladen; wot
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1 posted on 05/28/2013 3:32:02 PM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o

Why wouldn’t Obama quote Osama?


2 posted on 05/28/2013 3:35:07 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: don-o

Believe nothing this man says. He ALSO speaks to rhe ummah. One thing for you, another for them.


3 posted on 05/28/2013 3:43:58 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: don-o

Unremarkable since they both have the same speech writers.


4 posted on 05/28/2013 3:44:56 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: don-o

Impossible. He’d never lie to us or even shade the truth.


5 posted on 05/28/2013 3:47:50 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: don-o

6 posted on 05/28/2013 5:04:20 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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