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...most brilliant warfare waged in the 1980s and 1990s and holding off first the Soviet Army and then the Taliban regime for years. Many people now, however, know him as the man assassinated by Al Qaeda terrorists just days before the Sept. 11 hijackings. (Terrorism experts believe Osama Bin Laden meant to prevent him from participating in any retaliatory action led by the United States...
...Osama bin Laden, Avnery said, does not care about the Palestinian issue, although the media has often focused on the dynamic between the United States and Palestinians...
Instead, Avnery said, bin Laden’s primary purpose is to topple the ruling monarchy of Saudi Arabia by capitalizing on the current negativity amongst the Arab world towards American foreign policy...
...Wednesday the networks agreed to edit out parts of Osama bin Laden’s televised statements, preposterously arguing that they posed a threat to Americans...
Well, maybe this isn’t so preposterous, but the reasons that National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice brought to the network executives were. Rice told them not only that the bin Laden broadcasts might contain hidden signals to terrorists already in the country (messages that they couldn’t get on the web or by phone?), but that they might provoke further violence against Americans. The latter claim makes even less sense knowing that bin Laden’s statements are already being broadcast worldwide in Arabic. Those who would be incited by his words are hearing them...