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| Mr. Anonymous sez Binny has religious approval to use nukes |
| 2004-11-12 |
| Like via Drudge, so it'll disappear pretty soon. Osama bin Laden now has religious approval to use a nuclear device against Americans, says the former head of the CIA unit charged with tracking down the Saudi terrorist. The former agent, Michael Scheuer, speaks to Steve Kroft in his first television interview without disguise to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, Nov. 14 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Scheuer was until recently known as the "anonymous" author of two books critical of the West's response to bin Laden and al Qaeda, the most recent of which is titled Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror. No one in the West knows more about the Qaeda leader than Scheuer, who has tracked him since the mid-1980s. The CIA allowed him to write the books provided he remain anonymous, but now is allowing him to reveal himself for the first time on Sunday's broadcast; he formally leaves the Agency today (12). Even if bin Laden had a nuclear weapon, he probably wouldn't have used it for a lack of proper religious authority - authority he has now. "[Bin Laden] secured from a Saudi sheik...a rather long treatise on the possibility of using nuclear weapons against the Americans," says Scheuer. "[The treatise] found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them. Muslims argue that the United States is responsible for millions of dead Muslims around the world, so reciprocity would mean you could kill millions of Americans," Scheuer tells Kroft. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #12 I helped train and fought alongside Osama and his fellow Muslims against the Soviets in Afghanistan - I can believe he needs "religious authority" because, as I've said on the Net over the years, Osama SOULFULLY believes he is SALADIN INCARNATE, and MAHDI/Messiah and Savior of ALL Islam, the per se "living" re-incarnation of the great Muslim-Islamic leaders of history. Someone who is so needs psychological and spiritual "acceptance", however grudgingly, by respected religious leaders if not from all of them, as to personal and divine validity. I'll say this - no matter where he is in the world, and no matter what Muslim country he attacks or overthrows, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO IRAN, THE GREAT MYTHIC FINAL BATTLEGROUND OF HEAVEN AND APOCALYPTIC ISLAM! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2004-11-12 11:15:15 PM |
| #11 Oh, boy! 60 Minutes! What's next, "Weekly World News"? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-12 9:29:21 PM |
| #10 Old Spook, you there? Do you know this joker? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-12 8:06:07 PM |
| #9 I'd be worried about this normally, but seeing as somebody *religious* gave their blessing, I'm sure its going to turn out just fine. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2004-11-12 7:32:25 PM |
| #8 RWV---Right on! 60 minutes is no endorsement of your story, quite the contrary, it probably means that you are pushing some LLL agenda. Kinda like the Better Housekeeping seal of approval for nutjobs. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-12 6:41:43 PM |
| #7 If the man had any credibility, he wouldn't choose 60 Minutes as a platform from which to expound. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-11-12 6:05:53 PM |
| #6 Agreed. If binny had the capability to Nuke us he'd nuke us. This guy is trying to drum up sales for his book. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-11-12 4:00:34 PM |
| #5 RJS, To further your point, even if Bin Laden had no religious authority whatsoever, how many names would he have to call from the Islamic Yellow Pages (under Fatwa - Please See Religious Edicts) before he found some nutball who would give him the green light to nuke our cities, pee in the shower and park in handicapped spots without a permit. A non-story from a man desperately trying to be relevant. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2004-11-12 3:18:23 PM |
| #4 Gotta agree there -- Binny's been talking the "kill millions" line for years. He doesn't need special dispensation from yet another nutjob imam. Although, it would be appropriate to give the Saudi in question a .50 caliber headache. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-11-12 3:15:49 PM |
| #3 Bin Laden has been called Sheik and he's sent out Fatwas meaning he's of equal religious authority as anyone else (that's easy in Islam). This is a bunch of crap in my humble opinion. Binny wouldn't ask for permission. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2004-11-12 2:33:51 PM |
| #2 he's criticising Clinton period but wonder he only talks now... |
| Posted by: anon2 2004-11-12 2:23:30 PM |
| #1 guy heads field unit. Guy fails miserably. Guy blames lack of resources, gripes about resources spent on central staff. Then writes book blaming American Foreign Policy. WITH permission from the agency. Unprecedented? Faster please, Mr. Goss, faster. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-11-12 2:12:59 PM |