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Fri - Dec 17 -

BIN LADEN'S LATEST LECTURE -

**The new tape repeats bin Laden's demand for the Saudi government's overthrow...

On the tape, bin Laden cheered on the insurgency in Iraq, calling the U.S. occupation the "largest stealing operation" in history and urging Muslims not to miss the chance for "targeting Americans" there. In particular, he urged targeting of oil fields in Iraq and the Persian Gulf to disrupt U.S. access to "cheap oil."

Bin Laden also made clear, with praise for the attack on the U.S. Consulate, that he was avidly following current events from his hideout...

In the lengthy speech, he ranges widely from the fate of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu, who was publicly executed in 1989, to alleged American involvement in Saudi religious education and the flaws of current leaders in Jordan and Morocco... **

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+ My Comments:

So, now we know why he was so keen to expel the American military forces from KSA. He's scheming to attack their oil facilities. But the government there probably has options to deal with such a prospect. I'm just guessing that since they employ a lot of Pakistanis already, they might call on some Pakistani military forces to protect the installations. Or there's always the French Foreign Legion-- that's the kind of thing they do. And there are probably other options available to them.

He's avidly following current events from his hideout...

Where do you suppose he is? How avidly?

I'm just guessing that he must be the houseguest of a wealthy international businessman at this point.

He certainly doesn't understand Global Economics. Are the Chinese "stealing" oil, too? He's a nihilist-- this is strictly Year Zero stuff... you know, like the Khamer Rouge in Cambodia. His sinister plan would shut down the whole planet like in that movie. And what would that accomplish? How would that make the world a better place? Think about it. Obviously, he didn't. That Cambodian phenom had a Purification intent, as I recall.

And everything in the world would be dictated by those male floozies he runs around with-- remember them? Those guys who wear eye makeup. Even Philip K. Dick couldn't have imagined a world like that. It's enough to give one the vapors...

In the lengthy speech, he ranges widely...

Wouldn't it be a lot simpler
if he just got a Blog of his own?!

:: Excerpts From:
:: C Whitlock and SB Glasser, WaPo ::
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