ErichRaulfestone
10/16/01 06:41 PM
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Questions for Osama bin Laden
October 16, 2001 Posted: 6:10 PM EDT (2210 GMT)
(CNN) -- As you probably know by now, Al Jazeera is the Arabic-language
news channel that has played such a prominent role in reporting on the
U.S.-led attack on Afghanistan.
Based in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, Al Jazeera has been reporting live from
inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan throughout the past week.
It has provided most of the video you have seen from inside Afghanistan. And it
has been the outlet for the three video statements released last week by Osama bin
Laden's al Qaeda network.
Now, someone claiming to represent al Qaeda has asked Al Jazeera and CNN to
submit written questions for Osama bin Laden -- questions they say bin Laden will
answer on videotape and send back to Al Jazeera. This proposal came in to Al
Jazeera, which then notified CNN.
CNN has some questions we would like to put to Osama bin Laden, but first we
want to be absolutely clear about this process:
-- We want to stress that CNN has no information about where bin Laden is or
whether he is alive or dead.
-- We do not know how al Qaeda communicates with Al Jazeera or how Al Jazeera
plans to get the questions to bin Laden.
-- We agree to no prohibitions or preconditions from Osama bin Laden's
organization or from the Al Jazeera television channel.
-- By submitting our questions, we are making no commitment to air bin Laden's
response. We will look at the tape, if there is a tape, and decide how much or how
little to run. If we believe his comments are not newsworthy, we will not run any
of them.
-- We claim no exclusivity over this tape, and we will allow other news
organizations to make their own judgments on how to use bin Laden's answers.
We have submitted six questions to Al Jazeera. They are:
1. Your spokesman has praised the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed
thousands of innocent people and threatened to carry out more attacks involving
planes and tall buildings. How can you and your followers advocate the killing of
innocent people?
2. What was your role and the role of the al Qaeda organization in the September 11
attacks?
3. What was your role and the role of your organization in the subsequent anthrax
attacks in the United States?
4. Did any of the September 11 hijackers or their accomplices receive al Qaeda
financial support or training at al Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, and was any other
government or organization involved?
5. In the past, you called on your followers to acquire weapons of mass destruction
-- nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. Do you or your followers have any
such weapons and, if so, will those weapons be used?
6. The vast majority of Muslim and Arab leaders, including Muslim clerics and
Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat, say there is no justification in Islam for
the terrorist attacks you advocate. They have denounced you, your followers, and
your self-declared holy war. How do you respond to their criticism?
We have no idea if bin Laden will answer these questions, and we intend to run
only what we think is newsworthy. We will report back to you as this process
unfolds.
God and the soldier we adore, In time of danger, not before!
The danger passed, and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.
--unknown
Erich Raulfestone
Rangers, Lead the Way!
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
Isaiah 6:8
......and I went......
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Black_Phoenix
10/16/01 07:05 PM
207.252.105.130
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CNN's questions:
1)Where are you hiding?
2)What is with the towel?
3)Why don't you just give up? (We're gonna kick your a**es if you don't)
4)Why are your people so dumb that they can't hit an American plane with an American "stinger" missile?
5)Do you realize that everyone in America is calling you Yo' Mama Bin Laden?
This is the genius that is CNN. (Nothing up here, nothing up here and nothing up here (points to head).)
*There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved by a suitable application of Diplomacy, Compromise, and High Explosives or Tactical Nuclear Strikes.*
History is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever.
-Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
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ErichRaulfestone
10/17/01 12:59 PM
141.211.174.241
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LOL!!!!!! :)
God and the soldier we adore, In time of danger, not before!
The danger passed, and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.
--unknown
Erich Raulfestone
Rangers, Lead the Way!
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
Isaiah 6:8
......and I went......
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