I've been wondering why Bin Laden is sounding more and more like a westerner. Here's one plausible explanation.
Elsewhere in Reason: Brendan O'Neill's bin Laden theory.
[Via Antiwar.]
Heavy Metal Jihad Lot
Comments to "Heavy Metal Jihad Lot":
I'm sure if "Azzam the American" is ever caught and imprisoned, the next International ANSWER protests will have FREE AZZAM t-shirts and signs.
Ray G | September 10, 2007, 10:39pm | #
I've honestly assumed OBL was dead simply because he didn't do more video taping of himself. Both sides of the political spectrum have reason to keep him alive, and I'm not saying he's actually dead, but I was surprised that this does seem to be him, minus his real beard.The whole beard thing is weird though. They're not supposed to cut their beards, but they have shown that they think it's warranted in the course of their war, such as when the 9/11 terrorists shaved, drank, went to topless bars, et cetera.
Why would he have need of a fake beard? Either he's hiding out in a place where he's totally free to be himself i.e. not a cave. Or perhaps his health has been poor. Poor health would explain the absence of more videos in the last few years. Maybe he was wounded, or just maybe living in primitive conditions has taken it's toll.
Cesar | September 10, 2007, 10:41pm | #
Ray G-I don't think hes really in a cave, Al Qaeda might like everyone to believe that for propaganda reasons. But all the senior leaders of Al Qaeda captured so far have been in the urban areas of Pakistan. So, it makes you wonder if he isn't, also.
Aresen | September 10, 2007, 10:43pm | #
Heavy Metal Jihad LotOsama, no longer a bogeyman, just boogying.
What? Nothing about Cuban healthcare? OBL is so out of touch these days.
Brett | September 10, 2007, 11:03pm | #
I knew it. You can just make out a Rage Against the Machine t-shirt underneath his religious garb.douglas Gray | September 10, 2007, 11:04pm | #
My Intel sources tell me the video is partially genuine but partially fake. For the more recent dialogue, the frames are frozen, so the part that allows Bush to act out his Captain America fantasies are phoney.Bee | September 10, 2007, 11:35pm | #
OBL, "The biggest gas bag in the terrorist world".Is it a sinister ploy to lull us into ignoring him by nagging us to brush our teeth....or is he now simply a delusional windbag?
My theory has always been the OBL lives in a luxury condo in the Watergate.
bill | September 11, 2007, 2:15am | #
Adam Gadahn is really Adam Pearlman, an American Zionist Jew. He's a neo-con agent and false flag operator. Not one major media outlet has commented on bin Ladens (if it is him) obviously FAKE (not dyed) beard or that the video freezes for 10 minutes as mentioned above. Jeez, "THEY" are so sure their plan is going to work they aren't even trying anymore.Mad Max | September 11, 2007, 2:45am | #
May I interrupt this thread to mention that a public school in NY had a policy against calling 911, resulting in a the school waiting over an hour before calling an ambulance when she had a stroke?The apparent reason for this thing is the desire to avoid being designated as a dangerous school under federal law and local policy.
http://tinyurl.com/2mvnfh
"when she had a stroke" should read "when a student had a stroke"
Stevo Darkly | September 11, 2007, 4:30am | #
The next Osama video will start with some amateurish camera zooms, cheap title effects, and Osama singing, "Osama's World! Osama's World! Party on! Ex-cellent!"Rick Barton | September 11, 2007, 5:28am | #
Punk Jihad:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAkfHShATKY
Ok, that was a tad of a stretch (good song anyway) but speaking of old school punk groups, here's some newer punk in the old school style:
Switchblade Kittens - "Solar Plexus Kick"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xFWAUH0lsY
I think it's pretty good.
tarran | September 11, 2007, 7:28am | #
Mad Max, that was horrendous."We put the welfare of the child foremost" indeed.
Doctor Duck | September 11, 2007, 8:02am | #
A former senior US intelligence official said: "It has Adam Gadahn written all over it."Well, that just makes it too easy!
John | September 11, 2007, 8:05am | #
Mad Max,That is horrible. That is as bad as the school in Saudi Arabia where the girls were allowed to burn to death becuase the fire department wouldn't let them out of a burning grade school lest they mix with little boys. Our nanny-staters and bureaucrats are just as bad as whahabbists.
Jacob | September 11, 2007, 8:18am | #
It's funny that none of the mainstream media think the reason why he looks younger is because he IS younger in the video. They also fail to mention the obvious freeze frame.Call me a nut, but I'm beginning to suspect that the media is in the pocket of the government.
Allah is my bitch | September 11, 2007, 9:10am | #
Bin Laden is the Count Floyd of terrorists. Really, really scary boys and girls. Owwwwwwwwwooooooooooo!Andrew Ian Dodge | September 11, 2007, 9:39am | #
Yeah, I figured if that cretin liked "heavy metal" it would be of the rubbish rap-metal variety like RATM, Slipnot and Hed(pe).joe | September 11, 2007, 9:50am | #
Rap-metal isn't inherently crappy. Remember "Bring Tha Noize?"But it certainly is easy to draw that conclusion.
TrickyVic | September 11, 2007, 10:24am | #
Here's what really happened to OBLhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfYGZfpbcpA
ChrisO | September 11, 2007, 11:57am | #
Do you suppose that Howard Stern has operatives working day and night to slip "bababooey" into one of bin Laden's speeches?Bin Laden hasn't looked healthy for quite awhile, but that latest still of him looks positively deathly.
When I saw the video I thought that Goldstein's, um, I mean bin Laden's, nose looked different and that the beard looked fake. But that's just me.