US Bin-Ladin Hunt Phoney
By Juan Cole
The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Persian Afghan press alleging that French troops were at one point close to capturing Usamah Bin Ladin in Afghanistan, but that American forces stopped them from doing so. - The argument is that the Bush administration needed Bin Ladin to be at large in order to justify its military expansionism.
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Did you hear about the Geography Professors that think they know exactly where Osama Bin Laden is? They have been looking at satellite photos to make the determination. My problems is this... If you know that why not pass it on the military instead of making it a public deal? By the way, the general area is in Pakistan, which most people already feel is where he is.
Muslim Publics Oppose Al Qaeda's TerrorismBut Agree With Its Goal of Driving US Forces Out
By World Public Opinion
A study of public opinion in predominantly Muslim countries reveals that very large majorities continue to renounce the use of attacks on civilians as a means of pursuing political goals. At the same time large majorities agree with al Qaeda's goal of pushing the United States to remove its military forces from all Muslim countries and substantial numbers, in some cases majorities, approve of attacks on US troops in Muslim countries. Ref. Source 4