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Christian Science Monitor
by Jeffrey A. Miron

01/28/10

Earlier this week, Osama bin Laden praised the Christmas Day attack in which a Nigerian-born man living in London attempted to blow up a Detroit-bound airplane by igniting explosives in his underwear. Mr. bin Laden’s endorsement, along with recent attacks in Baghdad, raise concerns about a new round of attacks against the United States. Politicians, security experts, and pundits have therefore called for heightened security measures at airports and on airplanes. It won’t work without addressing why there are attacks to begin with...

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Read between bin Laden’s lies

Boston Globe
by staff

01/29/10

Nobody in his right mind would expect any truth-telling from Osama bin Laden’s latest audiotape, a one-minute burst of bravado broadcast on Al Jazeera TV. Still, it is important to spot the particular deceptions bin Laden is peddling, because they reveal how badly Al Qaeda has alienated Muslim audiences around the world. … Never mind that the Yemen-based group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula already took credit for the Christmas attack, calling it retaliation for US intelligence assistance used by Yemen’s government in attacks on the terrorist group. Bin Laden’s big lie came with his evocation of the Palestinian cause … to counter revulsion in the Muslim world at scenes of innocent Muslims being killed and maimed by fanaticized murderers acting in the name of Al Qaeda...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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