Bin Laden, Refined
It seems as though another dispatch has been received from al-Zawahiri calling on the mujahideen to concentrate their attacks on oil assets.
Today, oil futures are down on supply figures in what has to be a personal slight against bin Laden to move the markets as he once did.
On the other hand, if concerted attacks occur against oil producing Muslim counties, or other types of attacks in the same countries may have the effect of lifting oil prices.
Now for the interesting part of the story. Right at the end of the article we have this:
That bin Laden hates Saddam hardly comes as a shock, but the suicide pact is interesting.
The Koran seems clear about the suicide issue. From public sources:
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UPDATE: The BBC is now reporting that the bin Laden/Zawahiri video tape was received by al-Jazeera in September. So, one of the big themes the media picked up on - that ObL survived the Afghan quake - is still unknown.
Today, oil futures are down on supply figures in what has to be a personal slight against bin Laden to move the markets as he once did.
On the other hand, if concerted attacks occur against oil producing Muslim counties, or other types of attacks in the same countries may have the effect of lifting oil prices.
Now for the interesting part of the story. Right at the end of the article we have this:
A book of interviews with people who know bin Laden reveal he vowed never to be taken alive and once gave his bodyguard a pistol with two bullets to shoot him if it appeared he might be caught. The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History by CNN security expert Peter Bergen also claims bin Laden intensely dislikes deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
That bin Laden hates Saddam hardly comes as a shock, but the suicide pact is interesting.
The Koran seems clear about the suicide issue. From public sources:
Suicide and MartyrdomThis certainly lends credence to the oft-stated meme that bin Laden's version of Islam is a perverted one. Although I am certain that in bin Laden's mind he is at war, and his death under these conditions would please Allah. Maybe. Okay, so it might be a stretch.The Koran makes it very clear that suicide is forbidden: 4:29.
But it states several times that the martyr can expect an afterlife in
paradise: they are "alive" (3:169), and have a blessed afterlife: 3:170-174,22:58.
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UPDATE: The BBC is now reporting that the bin Laden/Zawahiri video tape was received by al-Jazeera in September. So, one of the big themes the media picked up on - that ObL survived the Afghan quake - is still unknown.
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