RE: [OPE] The Science of 9/11

We are dealing with matters of myth and legend here, bolstered by
low-res videos. I really think that our profound insight into the
workings of OBL's mind mediated by Al-Jazeera videos is horse laugh
material. Securibabble. I find it difficult to understand how can you
discuss this seriously. I just get the giggles.

On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 12:56 +0100, GERALD LEVY wrote:
>
> > How about, for instance, the Al-Jazeera transcript of bin Ladin's
> > speech of 2004 in which he took responsibility for the attacks?
> > That's an NSA fake-up too?
>
>
>
> Hi Allin:
>
> OF COURSE he took credit for 9/11. I'm sure you're aware for
> almost every high profile criminal case there are attention
> seekers who falsely claim responsibility for a crime. But,
> note that he didn't provide any information in his statement
> or afterwards that would lend credibility to his assertion
> (e.g. by providing information about the event that were
> unknown to the public or the criminal authorities). And, surely,
> you must recognize that from his perspective, taking responsibility
> for 9/11 increased the prestige of al-Qaeda and helped in their
> recruitment drives. It's not accidental, After all, that images
> of the WTC falling featured prominently in al-Qaeda recruitment
> videos.
>
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