Breaking Al-Qaeda Code Islamically: New OBL Video Possibly Announcement Of His Death � Ali EterazIf he isn't, he's got one hell of a continuity crew behind his production efforts.Osama Bin Laden recently emerged in a new video from Al-Qaeda in a 37 second clip, praising martyrdom. The rest of the forty minutes of the video was some kind of collage/montage of Al-Qaeda activity.
As quickly uncovered, the images of Osama are from a video shot in October 2001. Compare the pictures, including the leaves above him and the mountains behind him (h/t Hot Air):
A 37 second clip - non-specific, and shot about the same time as a 2001 video... I don't know, it's pretty hard to use this as proof he's still alive. I think he's pinin' for the fjords myself, and is decidedly an ex-parrot... most likely worm food since Tora Bora. But hey - he might show up in a video tomorrow showing a recent copy of the NYTimes (Home edition)... but I don't think so.
The speculation at the site here is that the folks releasing this clip are using it to prep the ground for his 'death' as a martyr, and for Zawahiri to put on the bulls-eye. (Or a red shirt, whichever gets more shots.) Osama's been a croaker for a long time, but they've been waiting for a proper 'figurehead' to take over.
Interesting speculation - and I can see the reasoning behind it. Zarqawi might have made the grade, if he hadn't gone stupidly homicidal. Zawahiri's longevity mean's he's about at the top of the dung heap, and there's nobody who's a serious threat to his power. So it's now time to anoint Osama's successor... but first, you have to get the cat up on the roof. (Two points to the first person who cut and pastes the full text of that joke into a comment.)
J.
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there are multiple versions of this old saw, I have it on a Charlie Brill & Mitzi McCall album from the sixties. her's one version:
John had just won first prize at a cat show and had received a
10-day cruise to the Puerto Rico. The catch was, though, pets
weren't allowed on the cruise. So John decided to leave his cat
with his best friend, Al.
Al agreed to come over to John's house and live with his mom for
the duration of the cruise. John told Al, "Just feed the cat three
meals a day, and take good care of him. He's my prize-winning
cat!" And with that, he left.
The next day, John phoned Al on his cell phone and asked, "How are
things?" To which Al responded, "Things are fine."
"How's Mom?"
"Mom's fine."
"How's the cat?"
"The cat's fine." Satisfied, John hung up.
Next day, John called Al again, asking the same questions.
"How are things?"
"Things are fine."
"How's Mom?"
"Mom's fine."
"How's the cat?"
"The cat's DEAD."
"WHAT?!?" John was quite distressed. "How could you let it die?
It was my prize cat!"
"Well, John, I'm sorry, but I couldn't do anything, I didn't see
it. But what I think happened was that the cat was on the roof,
fell off, and broke his leg. Then, he hobbled out into the road,
and got run over."
John was cooling down a bit now, and said, "Well, couldn't you
have tried to break it to me over time? You could have said it
bit by bit. For example, you could have first said 'The cat's on
the roof', then the next day said 'The cat fell off the roof, and
broke its leg', see what I'm saying."
"Yeah, yeah, I get it. See you later, John."
"Ok... bye." John hung up.
The next day, John phoned Al again.
"How are things?"
"Things are fine."
"How's Mom?"
"Umh," Al said, "Mom's on the roof."
Posted by James | July 16, 2007 12:30 PM
Posted on July 16, 2007 12:30
Two points!
(Pay no attention to the link below - trying to figure out how to remove a microwave in preparation for a new one.)
http://products.geappliances.com/ProdContent/Dispatcher?REQUEST=SKUOBJECTS&DOCUMENT=Installation%20Instructions&SKU=JVM1460AA
Update: Yep, removal was the reverse of installation. New one went up, works fine...
J.
Posted by JLawson | July 16, 2007 2:48 PM
Posted on July 16, 2007 14:48