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Subject: Al Jazeera on the Tape: A Bad Cut & Paste Job?
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 19:11:57 -0500
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Al Jazeera on the Tape: A Bad Cut & Paste Job?
Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit
The Osama Show: Bad Disinformation, Poorly Produced
[It is bizarre that this videotape -- real or fake -- is the best
that the US Government can do after months of ignoring constant pleas
from all over the world for their "compelling evidence" of bin
Laden's guilt, all the while bombing innocent Afghans. After
initially promising the world they would produce their so-called
"evidence," they stonewalled and instead assigned the British
Government to manufacture a long document that is short on facts but
heavy on inneuendo. That is not "evidence." If this tape is
"evidence," and it's the best they've got, then they have nothing.
Far from compelling, it's not even very "credible."
On the same day they release this videotape, which we are supposed to
believe was miraculously found by the CIA in a private home in
Jalalabad, the US Government is refusing to release to the US
Congress documents on all kinds of other criminal investigations --
unrelated to bin Laden-- which were subpoenaed by a bi-partisan group
of Congressional representatives. Bush Junior has now stepped into
the role of Nixon II, invoking "executive privilege" to deny the
legislative branch of the Government information it requires to do
its job. Rep. Dan Burton, a member of the illegitimate President's
own party, has threatened to take Bush to court for contempt of
congress over this outrageous behavior.
If anyone cares to look at their piece of embarrassingly bad video
disinformation, go see it at abcnews.com. Decide if you can hear it
or, for that matter, if you can even identify the major player with
any confidence as Osama bin Laden. -- NY Transfer]
*
Story from Al Jazeera;
www.aljazeera.net/news/america/2001/12/12-13-3.htm
English machine translation by Ajeeb.com edited by NY Transfer
Thursday 28/9/1422 Hijri
Thursday, 13 December 2001 18:39 GMT
Pentagon releases videotape of Bin Ladin about the attacks
Tape marked by bad sound and picture
* The English translation of the tape attributes to Bin Laden
his saying that he did not expect a complete collapse of the
two trade center towers and that those who carried out the
attacks did not know their mission until they were about to
board the hijacked planes.
* A researcher in Islamic affairs tells Aljazeera that the
tape is fabricated and that the words of congratulation on it
come from the occasion of the marriage of Bin Laden's child.
* Christopher Ross, a US State Department consultant, admits
the English translation is not accurate, confirming that he
replayed the tape fifty times while working on the translation.
The US Department of Defense has released a videotape "proving" that
Osama bin Laden was involved in the September 11 attacks on the
United States. According to the tape, which has very bad sound and
picture quality, bin Laden says he expected that only three or four
stories of the world trade centre towers in New York would be
destroyed, not expecting the complete collapse of the two towers.
In the tape, which was broadcast with muffled sound accompanied by
English translation, bin Laden said that he believed that the fire in
the plane would result in the collapse of the iron infrastructure of
the world trade center and consequently the part of the building
above where the plane crashed would collapse.
bin Laden, who seems to be speaking to his assistants, added that he
anticipated the number of "enemy" killed because of his field
experience. According to the tape, he confirmed that those who
carried out the September 11 attacks did not know the details of the
operation until they were boarding the planes they hijacked, saying
that Muhammad Atta was the one in charge of the group which carried
out the attacks.
Bin Laden said in the tape that he told his associates when the first
plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York that they
should be patient, revealing his knowledge of other hijacked planes.
He said that he had been informed in advance of the operation's date
and that after work, he listened to the radio with his assistants.
He said that it was half past five local time in Afghanistan when he
heard news about the plane crashing into the World Trade Center tower
and he began to listen to the broadcast where the crash was announced
at the end of the bulletin.
Analysts Comment
Aljazeera hosted a number of analysts to comment on the content of
the tape which the US navy found in Afghanistan, according to
Washington. [Note: the "find" has been variously attributed to the US
Army, the Navy, the "military" and of course to the CIA, which is
operating in military drag in Afghanistan, and which is undoubtedly
the true source of this Crusade Production.--NY Transfer.]
One specialist in Islamic affairs, Hani Al Sibaei, described the
video tape as "fabricated and a scandal for the greatest democratic
country in the world."
In a telephone call with AlJazeera from London, he noted the
congratulatory wishes on the tape and bin Laden's happy expression,
and said that this segment of the tape was taken from a tape of Osama
bin Laden being congratulated on the marriage of his child to the
child of Aiman Al-Zawaheri -- an event that took place four years
ago.
The expert said that it boggles the mind that an organization like
AlQaeda would create such simple-minded videotapes and then leave
them behind in a private home. He added that bin Laden has twice
denied involvement in the attacks and said that he had sworn to
Mullah Mohamed Omar, leader of the Talban movement, that the AlQaeda
organization pledged it would not plan attacks against other
countries from inside Afghanistan.
In contrast, Christopher Ross -- a consultant hired by the US State
Department -- says that the tape is genuine and not a fabrication. In
a conversation with AlJazeera, he acknowledged he had to replay the
tape tens of times in order to hear the conversation because the
sound was so bad. He also indicated that in order to improve the
translation, he then replayed the tape another 50 times with the
translator. He confirmed that the translation is not literal, because
of the poor quality of the original tape's sound. Ross said that he
considered the tape "proof" that bin Laden had considerable knowledge
of the details of the attacks on America, and that he was shocked
when he saw bin Laden rejoicing over the attack on the buildings and
the murder of people.
source: Al Jazeera Channel + agencies
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