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| Arab mag sez it has Binny's will... |
| 2002-10-27 |
| The editor-in-chief of a London-based Arab news magazine said a purported will it published Saturday was written late last year by Osama bin Laden, and shows "he's dying or he's going to die soon." "He did write the will as someone saying good-bye," Hani Nakshabandi of the Arab news magazine Al Majalla told CNN. He said one of the magazine's reporters obtained the four-page document, said to be signed by the leader of the al Qaeda terrorist network and dated December 14, 2001, in Afghanistan. Guess he was saying goodbye. The Bad Guys were getting creamed at Tora Bora at the time... In the document, which was translated for CNN, the writer expresses disappointment with the Taliban, who harbored him in Afghanistan, speaks of betrayal, and urges his children to shun al Qaeda. "Even amongst the students of religion, only few stood their ground and fought, and the rest either surrendered or fled," the document says, referring to the Taliban, according to a translation for CNN. If genuine, it sounds like he was feeling considerable and justified despair at the time. He'd certainly have noticed the stellar performance of the Talibs. Telling the kiddies to shun al-Qaeda doesn't quite ring true, though. Or maybe he doesn't want his kids to become cannon fodder like he became... Despite the setbacks, the purported will says, "We will be victorious against the U.S. and the infidel West even if it takes tens of years." Make that tens of thousands and you might have it... "My last advice is to the mujahedeen everywhere," the document says. "Take a breather and put aside for the time being, fighting the Jews and the Crusades, and instead devote your efforts to purifying your groups from the agents and the cowards and those impostors who claim to be scholars amongst you." Calling for purges rings true — that's the usual reaction when Bad Guys have been thoroughly beaten up, or even good guys for that matter. My guess, though, would be that this is a forgery, not that there's ever been one of those in the Muslim world... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |