Officials: Bin Laden Urges Zarqawi to Hit U.S.

[Roland99]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,148999,00.html

WASHINGTON — Recent communications between Usama bin Laden (search) and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search) indicate that bin Laden has "encouraged Zarqawi and his group to focus on attacks inside the United States," multiple U.S. officials told FOX News on Monday.

The sources would not get into detail about how the communication was made or how it was intercepted by the United States. They also said that there is nothing specific in the message, such as maps or references to particular cities or buildings. Rather, the communication simply encourages a "focus" on attacks inside U.S. borders, sources said.

Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda (search) in Iraq and believed to be the inspiration of the ongoing bombings, beheadings and attacks on Iraqi and American forces, pledged his alliance to bin Laden last year and changed the name of his group in Iraq to reflect his ties to Al Qaeda. Iraqi officials said they expect to take Zarqawi soon; they recently nabbed a key associate and the driver of Jordanian-born terror leader.

U.S. officials say Zarqawi has "his hands full" trying to stay out of U.S. or Iraqi custody in Iraq and they question whether Zarqawi's group would have the ability to pull off an attack inside America. Also, officials are wondering aloud what this means about Al Qaeda and whether it means the group is reaching out to its central leader because they are under significant pressure.

But, Bush doesn't care about bin Laden. He's been marginalized.

I suppose they have to raise the FUD level in light of the recent massive casualties in car bombings and the failing of the SS propaganda.

[Up2Late]

1. Boo! Bin Laden's Bin dead for over 2 years now

I wish they would cut the crap and just admit it.:mad:

[Roland99]

2. Sorry, I don't buy that. Explain the videos and audio tapes, then.

[radwriter0555]

22. Seriously? You believe the admin that told you Iraq had wmds as opposed

to legitimate news sources and your own eyes?

Try and apply simple logic. Explain how a man in the last stages of kidney disease (as of July 2001, when he was admitted to the American Hospital in Dubai) has survived in a cave or on the run without dialysis?

[Roland99]

28. You honestly think he's still in a cave? Puh-leeze!

His ass escaped thru to Pakistan and beyond long ago.

[egoprofit]

30. hes hanging with elvis and tupac n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

42. Unless you speak Arabic

and even then, there is no way to know what they are really saying or what it means, no less have any way to verify when the tape was made or who it is in the tape.

Aside from that, go ahead and believe what the CIA tells you. That's your prerogative.

[Up2Late]

31. Here, check out these web sites

<http://www.ertu.org/>
Opps, sorry, I bet you don't read Arabic

Try this one <http://www.welfarestate.com/binladen/surprise/>

[Roland99]

65. LOL!! You're believing Karzai, Israeli Intelligence and our FBI

that bin Laden *might* be dead?


Subscribe to conspiracy theories much?

[Up2Late]

70. It's a lot less Foolish than believing ANYTHING the B*sh Cabal...

...says, they lie about just about EVERYTHING.

You might want to try something. Start by assuming that both what's on this web page (and what everyone here has said) are wrong. Then, assume * and the entire U.S. Government is Lying to you. :argh:

Now take all the facts and everything * and is fellow liars have said (over the 3 years) you can find, and then try to prove BOTH stories are right and true. If you spend some time, logically sorting it all out, you'll see who the fool is and which story makes the most sense.

I'd rather be a skeptic and a, so called, "conspiracy theorist" than a gullible "coincidence theorist.":grr:

[leesa]

63. Easy. Films made by CIA. The tape where he allegedly

"admitted" doing 9-11 didn't even resemble OBL...about 50 pounds heavier and a different face. Your teevee told you it was him and they told you what he said.

[Coastie for Truth]

3. Sorry - he's got an evening and weekend job

as an Elvis impersonator at a wedding chapel in Reno -- commutes back to Afghanistan.

[bpilgrim]

4. lol - i think his one super 'terrorist' has his hands full in iraq

something tells me the admin is planning another MAJOR distraction.

keep your heads down and your eyes and ears open.



peace

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

6. Social Security diversion...

... is not working, not enough people like GW's plan. So we get this diversion. I guess Putin really pulled a number on GW this past week.

2 Russian Reporters Challenge Bush <http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/28/003.html>

[Laurab]

36. That's EXACTLY what I thought

when I saw the headline. Surprise, surprise, they reported it to FAUX "news". Wonder what they're planning.

[mallard]

49. Does the timing of this announcement...

.... coupled with a high profile appearance by the new secretary of HS at the annual governor's dinner strike anyone else as eerie?

[TexasLawyer]

5. the secret info source...

"The sources would not get into detail about how the communication was made or how it was intercepted by the United States."

Could it have been "Curveball?"

[Roland99]

8. Probably came from that Zarqawi "lieutenant" that was just "Captured"

[displacedtexan]

7. What kind of dipstick would fall for this crap again?

Never mind.

[jpak]

9. What fucking Horseshit

Karl Rove' s make-believe Bogeyman Zarqawi communicating with omnipotent OBL deep within his Fortress of Solitude???

And the Easter Bunny calls Santa Claus on his wrist radio....

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Bush's on the run.

Lower approval rating, the problems he's having with his SS destruction and the EU siding with Iran. Little man is having a bad day and his minions are trying to make it all better.

[Gman]

11. Sources: Cheney urges Bush to Hit the Bottle

and Bush complies.

BFD.

[Up2Late]

33. That was Funny

LOL

[neweurope]

12. "The sources". "U.S. officials say". When they "say" they lie. It's

getting so old.

Unfortunately most people still believe them. To the point that WERE something to "happen" again even a lot of people on this board would think it were the "terrorists". It COULD be, after all. *sigh*


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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[Megahurtz]

13. Oh here it comes

the diversion to the Social Security Issue.

Ya can't fool me!!!:P

Geez, I thought for sure they would pick another cartoon character to push "tolerance" instead, but maybe the public is actually getting tired of hearing that one.

[underpants]

14. We need to seal off the Mexican border

how else could he get in this man with a fake leg or a sinus problem or he has his leg sewn to his nose...something like that. Anyway the only way he can get in the country* is over the Mexican border so we need to build a wall (the good kind) and keep him out.

*-other than in a shipping container, across the Canadian border, a small boat, a private jet, in a car, on foot, in a plane, space/time travel.

[jpak]

16. You forgot the "Flying Carpets of Death"

left over from Saddam's mighty arsenal of WMD.

[radwriter0555]

23. That's right, you DO know the muslims are massing down in mexico getting

ready to invade the US and steal your women and children?

Well at least the freepers think so.

[Blue_Tires]

15. Osama! haven't heard THAT name since

he released his 'tape' two days before the election!! (what curious and fortuitous timing for the bush admin!)

[MissWaverly]

45. No, he had a tape to wish us a lousy valentines day

too bad he can just send us a hallmark card.

[Pastiche423]

17. One dead man urging another dead man

I fear The Sequel.

[mikita]

18. don't you just love...

how they can intercept his "conversations", but they don't know where the fuck he is? Of course, that's if you believe all this boogeyman shit to begin with..... :mad:

[Horse with no Name]

19. Okay let's see

1. The economy is in the shitter.
2. Last month the earnings were down.
3. Social Security doesn't look like it's gonna pass.
4. His Euro tour wasn't successful. The other countries see the poseur for what he is. He made the bed for Iran and Russia to lie down in.
5. His approval rating is down.


Ohhhh Osamaaaaaaaa....cum here....daddy needs you.

Gawd this badministration kills me.

[Tempest]

20. Officials said to FAUX NEWS?

My bullshit meter just peaked out.

I guess this is what is replacing the terror warnings.

[radwriter0555]

21. Risen from the dead more times than jesus, that

one, now isn't he?

[plasticsundance]

24. Yeah ... but

Both Bin Laden and Zarqawi are getting second billing.

Look at the top distraction for the American people ...

http://www.cnn.com/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[Up2Late]

35. I guess CNN didn't get the memo

I don't see it on the CNN.com front page

[bpilgrim]

41. Jacko Documentary 'a Train Wreck' - FAUX-NEWS

everyone of our M$MW teeVee networks are leading with this :argh:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com
http://www.cbsnews.com
http://abcnews.com
http://www.foxnews.com
http://www.cnn.com

they are all fucking WHACKOS and they wonder why they are irrelevant :puke:

peace


http://images.globalfreepress.com

[Walt Starr]

25. TERRA TERRA TERRA!!! BE AFRAID!!! BE VERY AFRAID!!!!!!!

Drudge linking to Terra news on Faux is NOT LBN, IMO.

[Roland99]

26. Good point...we should have Late Breaking Propaganda forum up here

solely for Bush admin press releases.

[LiberalCompassionate]

50. Late Breaking Propaganda forum

That is a good idea. Reframing the message - it's not news, it's propaganda. Especially when it comes from the biggest propaganda mill of all, FAUX propaganda outlet. (which is, of course, spewed directly from Our Great Leader and his fawning minions)

This FAUX propaganda report that Osama told Zarqawai to attack the U.S. is totally ridiculous. It reminds me of the superheroes movies where there are one or a few super arch enemies that single-handedly place the entire world in peril. Pleeeassse,...like Zarqawai is just gonna jump on his batjet, fly over Saudi Arabia, land on his bat yacht, sail over the ocean and RPG an SUV in South Carolina. BS :eyes:

[Monkie]

27. get ready for 9/11 part 2:Zarqawi backed by iran,syria attack the homeland

a faux news and Cia News Network co-production coming to your screen soon...

[robertpaulsen]

29. Sounds like FAUX got a big serving of CHALABIGANDA!

Talk about a collossally full of shit story!

[egoprofit]

32. bin laden is a fictional character

"question whether Zarqawi's group would have the ability to pull off an attack inside America."

uuuh lets not question this, i don't see why it would be that hard..

[shadowknows69]

34. this is news?

I thought it was an ongoing war. Oh that's right, shrub's little Iran campaign has hit a roadblock. Gotta have a terra scare. Yee Haw!!! Freedom's on the march!!!

[daleo]

37. Fox news, unsourced, no specifics, terror, terror, terror.

Could any "news" be any less news?

[OneMind]

38. Osama bin "Bogeyman" died in 2001, and he didn't do 9/11. n/t

[Southern Dem 2005]

59. What? Are you serious?

Please say you were being sarcastic.

[OneMind]

69. I'm serious. That's old news. n/t

[Frederik]

39. I hate to be cynical, but...

They don't have the faintest idea where Osama is hiding, but they have no problems listening in on his satelite telephone calls. Hmmm, yeah I guess that makes sense.

So Zarqawi is the 'inspiration to the ongoing bombings and beheadings'. Yeah, if they get him it'll all go away and everybody will be happy.

[WoodrowFan]

60. he stopped using his satellite phone years ago

when the Washignton Moonie Times reported we were listening to them, he stopped using them. This must be from calls from others on disposable cell phones.

[NNN0LHI]

40. Zarqawi's going to limp over here on his one leg and get us

Boo.

Don

[Jacobin]

43. This just means Smirky's poll numbers have dropped below 50%

It is so predictable that it is boring. When his numbers drop, they issue a terra lert.

That is all.

[kuozzman]

44. "Recent communications"? If we can monitor their communications,

shouldn't we be able to catch him? (Rhetorical question) This "news" is crap.

[Chicago Democrat]

46. Load of Shyte, proves how impotent Bin Laden has become.

:puke:

[Career Prole]

47. AP jumps on board Faux Terra Train!

Bin Laden Enlisting Al-Zarqawi for Attacks

WASHINGTON - New intelligence indicates that Osama bin Laden is enlisting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, his top operative in Iraq, to plan potential attacks on the United States, federal officials said Monday....

....The government has no immediate plans to raise its national terror alert level, Roehrkasse said. But, he said, the intelligence "reiterates the desire by al-Qaida and its associates to target the homeland."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050301/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_threat


The government has no immediate plans to raise its national terror alert level, but the Bullshit Alert Level is off the charts!


"Bin Laden was in contact with al-Zarqawi within the past two months in an effort to enlist him in attacks, said an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity."


"I see dead people plotting..."

[Charles19]

48. Propaganda to justify U.S. role in Iraq

Sooner or later a lot of politicians in the democratic party are going to start asking why the U.S. tax payers are paying 80 billion plus a year for Shiites to take control of the country.

Repugs need to be able to answer with "well if we weren't there keeping Zarqawi busy, he would be attacking the U.S., see even Bin Laden is asking him too, lucky we are there huh..." *white house reporters nodding*

Personally the Shiites having extra say in the country isn't such a bad thing, but politicians will attack this as a weakness.

[Hissyspit]

51. MSNBC: Bin Laden Message To Iraq Insurgent Reported Intercepted

Bin Laden message to Iraq insurgent reported intercepted
Officials say it instructs al-Zarqawi to attack U.S. targets outside Iraq

By Jim Miklaszewski
Correspondent
NBC News
Updated: 8:13 p.m. ET Feb. 28, 2005

WASHINGTON - The United States has intercepted a message believed to be from fugitive al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, instructing the leader of the Iraqi insurgency to expand his operations and begin attacking U.S. targets outside Iraq, intelligence officials told NBC News on Monday.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the message was obtained within the past several weeks and prompted the Department of Homeland Security to send a bulletin to state and local law enforcement agencies.

The officials refused to reveal exactly how the message from bin Laden to al-Zarqawi was intercepted.

Message described as ‘quite vague’
A U.S. official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the message was “quite vague” and did not instruct al-Zarqawi to carry out attacks inside the United States. Instead, it discussed the need to begin planning operations “outside Iraq,” the official said.


MORE: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7047304/

[Bluebear]

52. Message is "quite vague" but enough to scare the crap out of people again

:eyes:

[Hissyspit]

55. Well, this is a dupe, Bluebear, but the original posting was from Fox News

and also there's some different info in it, so I'm gonna leave it up, and let the moderators make the call on it.

[Bluebear]

56. Yes, I was quoting the article, not asking you to take the message down

The CLIP said the bin laden message was "quite vague".

[Up2Late]

57. This is the part that really bugs me is...

"...The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
said that the message was :hi:obtained within the past several weeks":hi:

[kevinmc]

53. All I have to say on this............

Released on 02/27/05: Bush Approval at all time low 46%

Released on 02/28/05: Officials: Bin Laden Urges Zarqawi to Hit U.S.

[liveoaktx]

54. I **** Do ***** Not ****** Believe ****** it

Far too convenient to have this *vague* messge SUPPOSEDLY from Bin Laden that ties these 2 together... gee, JUST what the Liar Bush ordered.

[Junkdrawer]

58. Pearl-Harbor-for-Iran ???

There have been indications this was coming.

[0007]

61. Why post FAUX garbage? It has absolutely no value or true meaning!

[Bragi]

62. Bush Lie Corrected

I'm sure the Bushies are pleased to promote the idea that Iraq now has terrorists who pose a serious threat to U.S security.

In due course, fewer and fewer people will notice that this terrorist presence is the result of US policy in Iraq, rather than the cause.

The big lie thus mutates to become self-justifying.

Hey ho.

- B

[bvar22]

64. " U.S. officials told FOX News on Monday."

" U.S. officials told FOX News on Monday."

Whats the matter?
Jeff Gannon "too busy"?

[Roland99]

66. Maybe we should start altering FOX News articles like they alter AP news

We could have FUN with it!

[sarcasmo]

This came out when 110 died in one day in Iraq and the Kings approval

rating came out on the decline. I smell a rat.

[sarcasmo]

This came out when 110 died in one day in Iraq and the Kings approval

rating came out on the decline. I smell a rat.

[sarcasmo]

67. This came out when 110 died in one day in Iraq and the Kings approval

rating came out on the decline. I smell a rat.

[clem_c_rock]

68. This is the most laughably stupid thing I've heard all day

Does the pentagon propaganda machine hire WWF writers to come up w/ these story lines??

Amazing.