Posted by caraher on September 8, 2007, at 16:41:23
In reply to Re: Bin Laden speaks some truth..... » Meri-Tuuli, posted by Sigismund on September 8, 2007, at 14:44:24
I've heard there are some questions about the authenticity of this latest bin Laden video. At least the Al Jazeera web story in English saw fit to call it a "purported" bin Laden video and added this quote:
"Adel Darwish, political editor of Middle East magazine, told Al Jazeera that he had "doubts" about the authenticity of the tape.
"Any kid these days with an electronic kit can alter images and edit the way that he or she likes," he said on Friday.
"There is no close-up of bin Laden, the beard is thick and black and then there are large segments where the image is a still.""The text is a bit odd in that its audience seems to be Americans. Some speculate that an American associate of bin Laden wrote it. Some left-leaning conspiracy-minded folks I know of think it's a fake produced for domestic US political purposes (basically, to hammer relatively liberal politicians by saying "That's what bin Laden says.")
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