D_Raay
11-14-2004, 01:40 PM
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041113-101804-4752r.htm
A Saudi sheik has given Osama bin Laden religious approval to use a nuclear device against U.S. civilians, CBS News reported Saturday.
Osama gets Islamic approval to nuke U.S.
New York, NY, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Saudi sheik has given Osama bin Laden religious approval to use a nuclear device against U.S. civilians, CBS News reported Saturday.
In response to a question from the al-Qaida leader about using massively destructive weapons, the unidentified sheik wrote a treatise concluding bin Laden would be "perfectly within his rights to use them," said Michael Scheuer, a CIA official who had been in charge of tracking down bin Laden.
CBS will air Scheuer's interview Sunday during "60 Minutes." He is the author of several books, the latest of which is entitled "Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror."
"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 said bin Laden was criticized by some Muslims for the Sept. 11 attack because he killed so many people without enough warning and before offering to help convert them to Islam. But now, bin Laden has addressed the American people and given what he regards as fair warning.
Saudi Arabia, if it were so inclined, could destroy the United States overnight by perfectly legal and moral means, simply by yanking out all the cash investment they have made in the American economy. There is no need to nuke the US to wreck it, and moreover, setting off a nuke would give the US Government justification to seize all Saudi assets in the US economy. So, the Saudis would have to yank their investment first anyway.
Israel, on the other hand, has always been jealous of Saudi Arabia's influence in the US based on that investment. Saudi Arabia pours money into the US economy. Israel continually pumps it out. Israel would love to find a way to sabotage relations between the US and Saudi Arabia and if in the process the US were allowed to grab hold of the Saudi money at the same time, so much the better.
And do you really believe that either the Saudi Sheik or the real Osama (if he were alive) are going to announce their intention of setting off a nuke in the US, much less put it into writing?
It is a setup, people.
A Saudi sheik has given Osama bin Laden religious approval to use a nuclear device against U.S. civilians, CBS News reported Saturday.
Osama gets Islamic approval to nuke U.S.
New York, NY, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Saudi sheik has given Osama bin Laden religious approval to use a nuclear device against U.S. civilians, CBS News reported Saturday.
In response to a question from the al-Qaida leader about using massively destructive weapons, the unidentified sheik wrote a treatise concluding bin Laden would be "perfectly within his rights to use them," said Michael Scheuer, a CIA official who had been in charge of tracking down bin Laden.
CBS will air Scheuer's interview Sunday during "60 Minutes." He is the author of several books, the latest of which is entitled "Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror."
"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 said bin Laden was criticized by some Muslims for the Sept. 11 attack because he killed so many people without enough warning and before offering to help convert them to Islam. But now, bin Laden has addressed the American people and given what he regards as fair warning.
Saudi Arabia, if it were so inclined, could destroy the United States overnight by perfectly legal and moral means, simply by yanking out all the cash investment they have made in the American economy. There is no need to nuke the US to wreck it, and moreover, setting off a nuke would give the US Government justification to seize all Saudi assets in the US economy. So, the Saudis would have to yank their investment first anyway.
Israel, on the other hand, has always been jealous of Saudi Arabia's influence in the US based on that investment. Saudi Arabia pours money into the US economy. Israel continually pumps it out. Israel would love to find a way to sabotage relations between the US and Saudi Arabia and if in the process the US were allowed to grab hold of the Saudi money at the same time, so much the better.
And do you really believe that either the Saudi Sheik or the real Osama (if he were alive) are going to announce their intention of setting off a nuke in the US, much less put it into writing?
It is a setup, people.