Osama wants regime change, too

David Morris fqmorris at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 12 13:15:25 CST 2003


--- prozak at anus.com wrote:
> 
> > [...] And then something happened that neither the U.S. administration nor
the media anticipated: bin Laden called Saddam an apostate.
> > 
> > The audio message goes on to reveal that bin Laden believes Saddam to be a
socialist and declares that "socialists and communists are unbelievers,"
thereby labeling Saddam an apostate of Islam, an infidel. It is worth
mentioning that the government of Iraq is quasi-socialist and secular, and not
Islamic.
> 
> Why is it that the Western media missed this? Proverbs for - oh, I see.

Missed what?  That Saddam is an infidel in the eyes of people like Bin Laden? 
That is by no means a secret to anyone who's paid even the slightest intention.
 But that doesn't mean the two might not use each other for their own ends.

David Morris  

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