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Terrorist as Eco-Crusader? Bin Laden Blames U.S. for Global Warming
Has Osama bin Laden gone green? Probably not, but the al-Qaeda leader has called on the world to boycott American goods and the U.S. dollar, blaming the United States and other developed countries for global warming, the Associated Press reports. Bin Laden said drastic measures are needed to halt environmental catastrophe, and proposed "bringing the wheels of the American economy to a halt."
"We should stop dealings with the dollar and get rid of it as soon as possible," he said in a tape broadcast on Al-Jazeera. "I know that this has great consequences and grave ramifications, but it is the only means to liberate humanity from slavery and dependence on America."
The new tape is the second from the al-Qaeda leader in less than two weeks. A recording released last week featured bin Laden praising the attempted bombing of an airliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day, and connected al-Qaeda's global jihad with the plight of the Palestinan people.
It was the first message from bin Laden directed at climate change, and one of the few to be almost entirely devoid of religious language. He blamed Western industrialized nations for hunger, desertification and flood around the world, and said that only "drastic solutions . . . not solutions that partially reduce the effect of climate change," are the way to address the threat.
Bin Laden also expressed hope that a concerted effort to impede the American economy would frustrate the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- a return to familiar ideological territory for him. Most of his previous statements have been warnings to the United States that its role in the Middle East and elsewhere overseas would be answered with terrorist attacks.
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Chuck
10:51AM Jan 29th 2010
What? Is it getting too hot in those caves without air conditioning? Come on out into the fresh air and quit complaining.
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demsrlousylovers
10:56AM Jan 29th 2010
OK..Now its official..Osama has become a Democrat!!!!!!
If we catch him , his team of lawyers that the administration appoints can plead GREEN !
If we catch him , his team of lawyers that the administration appoints can plead GREEN !
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(8) grrywalk
1:33PM Jan 29th 2010
Democratic talking points from the cave.
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(6) beckjr2000
11:02AM Jan 29th 2010
Move over Earth Liberation Front, the big dog has arrived! He must be coordinating his agenda with our President and his party!
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(3) crossrabbswitch
11:27AM Jan 29th 2010
Well, you would have to agree that, if global warming is man-made, radical islam could be an answer. Nothing like living in the 8th century to get rid of all the problems of modern civilization. Nothing like having something like shoes to be consider high-tech to reduce green gas emissions. And, it would do wonders for population control. Now, Bin Laden might be able to fool all the idiots of western civilization, but the big dog would still be out there. China. And, if Bin Laden was their problem, they would resolve the issue in about a week.
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(17) rann948
11:34AM Jan 29th 2010
In fact, Islamic terrorists ARE a problem in China. Of course, once caught, no one ever hears of them again. Killing dissent is something China is good at.
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(13) walkingman50
12:46PM Jan 29th 2010
Rann948, Not all Chinese Islamo-terrorists are never heard from again. The lucky ones are captured by the US, taken to Guantanamo, and then furloughed to a Carribean island of their choice by Obama and Holder to enjoy a long vacation courtesy of the US taxpayer.
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(7) gtojoe
11:33AM Jan 29th 2010
He fell for that BS about global warming too! Maybe Al Gore can sell him an electric car that explodes.
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(14) mrsaep
11:34AM Jan 29th 2010
Well, maybe all those enslaved people ought to pay back the US all the money we've given them over the years. Yeah, we'll just walk away from Haiti and let the Saudis help them out. How much have they sent in aid? Oh, right-zero.
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(11) amabeau
11:39AM Jan 29th 2010
LOL it looks like he didn't get the memo about global warming.
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(10) altollew
11:42AM Jan 29th 2010
wonder if algore will use this as an endorsement of his wacked out crusade?
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(12) msdsr6
11:42AM Jan 29th 2010
Don't you just love it------this Muslim murderer talking about climate change while he is constantly planning to destroy our world??? He should stick to what he knows----murder!!!!
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(13) MARK
11:45AM Jan 29th 2010
BinLaden was allowed to live......as a means to keep the war machine profiteers living the high life. As a co-spokesperson for Al Gore Inc., BinHiden will now be able to afford to make his cave....the most luxurious in all Trashkanistan !
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(8) legalcld
11:50AM Jan 29th 2010
Wonder if he was a special guess at copenhagen?
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(9) demsrlousylovers
11:54AM Jan 29th 2010
Now we have ANOTHER millionaire preaching about Global Warming..this shows the credibility of the "climate change is our fault" movement.
Im not sure but i think i saw a peace symbol on his sandals.
After we take out Osama were going after Algore.
Im not sure but i think i saw a peace symbol on his sandals.
After we take out Osama were going after Algore.
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(8) Richard
11:58AM Jan 29th 2010
Al Gore and Osama, likely partners in the global warming crusade. One lives in a cave and stinks like a camel, the other lives in a mansion and smells like a fairy. But lets face it folks, they both are lying stinking a$$-holes. example....Winter storm warnings were in effect from New Mexico to North Carolina, and Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe declared a state of emergency. The storm threatened to dump up to a foot of snow across the region after leaving 13 inches in the northern Texas Panhandle,
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(7) tnash26170
2:01PM Jan 29th 2010
So the report you have says there is no global warming. But I live in NE Oregon, on a farm, and we are having temperatures 15 degrees above normal. The snow is so low in the mountains there may not be enough irrigation for the Summer.
See, what if you are wrong and these problems are actually affecting people...which they are. There are some large cities in South America running out of drinking water because the mountain snows are diappearing
See, what if you are wrong and these problems are actually affecting people...which they are. There are some large cities in South America running out of drinking water because the mountain snows are diappearing
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(-6) naac3
11:55AM Jan 29th 2010
I don't mean to make light of the horrible events of 9/11, but I need to ask, what is the carbon footprint of blowing up 4 airliners?
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(10) Al
2:14PM Jan 29th 2010
No problem, Bib Laden can buy carbon credits from Al Gore!!!
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(6) van
5:07PM Jan 29th 2010
He seems very concerned about the rest of mankind for the #1 terrorist in the World. I how he finds time to read about such matters between his poppy business, putting bombs in babies diapers and blowing up the World Trade Center and other matters of destruction. It may just be that his insulin level is up again and he is need of diabetes treatment???? Hmmmm. Where is the Doctor that tends to to his Diabetes??? Has he not read the book "Osama Bin Laden"??? Why does he have such a deep hatred for George W? There Fathers were friends. I suppose that he just not let go of the fact that we are friends with Saudi Arabia and he is not allowed to be buried at Mecca there. Oh well, poor big baby Osama deserves far worse then the Death Penalty. I feel it's in his best interest that everyone send him CANDY immediately with that everyone in America get a chance to fanny pat that big baby. I would love to see him tried in New York just so that everyone there can tell him 3 of the vestal virgins he is promised happen to be MEN. Now as Americans can we at least agree on that one??
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