Duke Professor Skeptical of bin Laden Tape

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Duke Professor Skeptical of bin Laden Tape

 

 

 

 

 

Duke Professor Skeptical of bin Laden Tape

 

 

I'm inclined to believe this as every time the Merchant of Death opens

his mouth it is a lie.

 

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?%20section=local & id=3828678

By Amber Rupinta

 

(01/19/06 -- DURHAM) - A Duke professor says he is doubtful about

Thursday's audiotape from Osama bin Laden.

Bruce Lawrence has just published ?Messages to the World: The

Statements of Osama Bin Laden,? a book translating bin Laden?s

writing. He is skeptical of Thursday?s message.

 

?It was like a voice from the grave,? Lawrence said.

 

He thinks bin Laden is dead and has doubts about the tape. Lawrence

recently analyzed more than 20 complete speeches and interviews of the

al Qaida leader for his book. He says the new message is missing

several key elements.

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?There?s nothing in this from the Koran. He?s, by his own standards, a

faithful Muslim,? Lawrence said. ?He quotes scripture in defense of

his actions. There?s no quotation from the Koran in the excerpts we

got, no reference to specific events, no reference to past atrocities.?

 

While the CIA confirms the voice on the tape is bin Laden?s, Lawrence

questions when it was recorded. He says the timing of its release

could be to divert attention from last week?s U.S. air strike in

Pakistan. The strike targeted bin Laden?s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri,

and killed four leading al Qaeda figures along with civilians.

 

Lawrence believes faulty Pakistani intelligence led to the strike and

the civilian deaths, and the tape was leaked by Pakistani authorities

to divert attention from their mistake.

 

?It led to a failed military operation where America got blamed, but

they people who are really to blame are the ones who provided the

intelligence,? Lawrence said. ?I think this is an effort to say were

not going look at this terrible incident that happened.?

 

Another element that Lawrence takes issue with in bin Laden?s latest

message is it?s length - - only 10 minutes. Previously, the shortest

was 18 minutes.

Amber Rupinta

 

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