April 15, 2004
That truce maker Osama (by guest blogger Peter)
It's bad enough that the word martyr has been disgraced these past few years; now the press is going ahead with another semantic mistake of disgusting proportions. Today's top story involves Osama bin Laden offering a "truce" to European nations.
That's right, a truce.
Upon hearing of this truce, I imagined a weary Osama emerging from his cave with arms outstreched to his European enemies and saying, "Enough of this fighting. Let's put aside our differences, end this terrible war, and learn to live harmoniously as neighbors."
Nope. He simply told them that if they don't get out of Iraq, they should expect more terror attacks. Sounds to me like Osama issued Europe a threat.
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Spot On, Peter.
Posted by: candace at April 16, 2004 12:37 AMI can see what your saying, but I suppose it could tecnically be construed as a truce because the threat has always been there. He offered to lift the threat if certain conditions were met.
Not that the words matter too much. The offer - whatever it was, has been thrown back in his face.
Posted by: Urbane McMeercat at April 16, 2004 08:31 AMI thought the threat to Europe was because they participated in the Iraq war? Which is it?
Posted by: Karol at April 16, 2004 09:33 AMOHMIGOSH, I read the title really quickly and I thought it was about OMAROSA! Hmm... OSAMA,OMAROSA, OSAMOROSA... this can't be a coincidence?
Posted by: Dawn Summers at April 16, 2004 10:01 AMOk, I put down the pipe and read the rest of the post. Excellent point! Good eye, this is why we're colleagues now.
Posted by: Dawn Summers at April 16, 2004 10:03 AMIt seems like an attempt to use the Iraq war as a tool to divide the West. Islamic extremists were operating in Europe prior to the Iraq war.It has been pointed out several times on this site that the most zealoted extremists don't differentiate between Westerners.
Seems pretty desperate. But then again, with it's proximity to N.Africa, you would assume Europe would be an easier target than the U.S. Maybe it's a final warning. Who knows.
I hear Sadr is also picking out coalition countries - calling for the realease of kidnap victims from other countires.
Posted by: Urbane McMeercat at April 16, 2004 01:32 PM
