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Osama bin Laden's hatred of West developed after visiting Shakespeare's birthplace
The Guardian ^ | 2 November 2017 | Jason Burke and Kareem Shaheen

Posted on 11/03/2017 7:08:27 AM PDT by Cronos

Osama bin Laden’s distaste for western culture grew when he visited the UK as a teenager, newly released documents have revealed.

...“We went every Sunday to visit Shakespeare’s house," bin Laden wrote of his travels to the UK as a teenager. "I was not impressed and I saw that they were a society different from ours and that they were a morally loose society.”

He added: “I got the impression that they were a loose people, and my age didn’t allow me to form a complete picture of life there.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: shakespeare; stratford; warwickshire
Brits with loose morals?

naaah

Oh you mean in Essex as in Essex gals?


1 posted on 11/03/2017 7:08:27 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Why would anyone go to Shakespeare’s house every Sunday? Makes no sense.

Ok, it’s all England’s fault.


2 posted on 11/03/2017 7:14:28 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Cronos

“We went every Sunday to visit Shakespeare’s house...”
The horror! It all makes sense, now!


3 posted on 11/03/2017 7:21:07 AM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...".)
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To: Cronos

When I first glanced at the article, I misread is as “Obama’s hatred of West....


4 posted on 11/03/2017 7:22:50 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: miss marmelstein

Ping M.M.


5 posted on 11/03/2017 7:23:45 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Cronos

I will never grasp why people who so hate the West continue to send their children to Western universities for an education.


6 posted on 11/03/2017 7:32:57 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: SMARTY

“I will never grasp why people who so hate the West continue to send their children to Western universities for an education.”

You send your kid to a western university to MAKE SURE they hate western culture also (based on what I see going on at the universities).


7 posted on 11/03/2017 7:37:13 AM PDT by safeasthebanks ("The most rewarding part, was when he gave me my money!" - Dr. Nick)
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To: KC_Lion

I’m here! I have to wonder (with others) as to why he visited Shakespeare’s house every Sunday. Odd.


8 posted on 11/03/2017 7:47:17 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: safeasthebanks

Right-and they can score all kinds of US aid to ‘foreign students’

How STUPID we are!


9 posted on 11/03/2017 7:47:33 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: bgill

“a society different from ours and that they were a morally loose society”

The problem with the Muslim culture is not so much their laws as what they do to people that violate them. We don’t chop people up, throw them off of buildings, burn them alive, drown them, blow up or mow down innocent people.


10 posted on 11/03/2017 7:57:20 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Cronos
Osama bin Laden's hatred of West developed after visiting Shakespeare's birthplace

Yet another statement that puts UBL directly in agreement with leftist elements in American University humanities and english departments.

11 posted on 11/03/2017 8:01:18 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Cronos

Cowards die many times before their deaths

Julius Caesar 2.2.34


12 posted on 11/03/2017 8:54:09 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (em now.)
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To: SMARTY
Right-and they can score all kinds of US aid to ‘foreign students’ How STUPID we are!

Don't ask.

13 posted on 11/03/2017 8:58:06 AM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: SMARTY

Back in the 70s, we got an invasion of Iranian students are our college. They HATED being here and never spoke to us. Of course, the profs were ordered to pass them whether they bothered to show up for class or do the work. It played heck with the bell curve with American students.


14 posted on 11/03/2017 9:24:25 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

Universities are absolute whores for fed $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


15 posted on 11/03/2017 9:46:19 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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