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October 17,
2001
Bin Laden Speaks
By David Vest
Osama bin Laden, in an interview with the Pakistani
paper Ummat, claims that the United States has deliberately concealed
the true enormity of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon.
"According to my information,"
says bin Laden, "the death toll is much higher than what
the US government has stated. But the Bush administration does
not want the panic to spread."
The place and date of the interview with
bin Laden, published on 28 September, were not revealed. His
remarks were republished on the web site www.khilafa.com.
The comments attributed to bin Laden
appear to bear out the report, first published in CounterPunch
on September 26, that the perpetrators of the attack hoped and
intended to kill a much higher number of people (as many as 250,000)
than has appeared to be the case.
Clearly bin Laden is still claiming that
the attacks were a much greater "success" than has
been reported. However, he continues to deny direct responsibility
for the attacks.
At one point in the interview he suggests
that American Jews, still upset about the presidential election,
may be responsible. (First they voted for Buchanan in Palm Beach,
then this?)
He also suggests that America may have
bombed itself in order to justify directing more money to intelligence
agencies.
Or maybe Russia did it, or India, or
Serbia, he suggests.
However, he continues, since the American
system is "totally in control of the American Jews,"
and "the American people are themselves the slaves of the
Jews and are forced to live according to the principles and laws
laid by them," Israel should be punished for the attacks.
Why American Jews would attack a system
that is "totally under their control" is not addressed
in the interview. CP
David Vest
is a writer, poet and piano player for the Cannonballs. A native
of Alabama, he now lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit his webpage
for samples of the Cannonballs' brand of take no prisoners rock
& roll and other Vest columns: http://www.mindspring.com/~dcqv
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