What proof do we have for this interesting but arguably dramatic statement? Osama’s code name for his terrorist attacks are as follows: the attack on Kenya was known as “The Holy Ka’aba (which is in Mecca) and the attack on Tanzania was known as the “Al Aqsa” (which is in Jerusalem). We have been told that Osama’s code-names for some of his terrorist operations bore the name of these mosques. This may suggest that Osama is also (unconsciously) trying to destroy what his father has built.
Osama bin Laden is a sadistic, political serial killer. He is taunting President Bush and America with this tape in the same way that serial killers taunt the police with notes, calls, and with the tableaus of the dead that they so carefully stage. Osama’s rage is not merely tactical or strategic. It may also be motivated by his early childhood and family dynamics.
Let us make sure that America defeats Osama and his followers. Let us hope and pray that, despite every obstacle, America can help free Muslims – especially women, intellectuals, dissidents and the poor, who have been held hostage by savagely reactionary rulers for too long.