08-02-2004, 08:50 AM
From CBS.......
"There is one who does seem to feel he has a vote. Osama Bin Laden and his al Qaeda commandoes have been threatening to pull off a spectacular terrorist attack on America prior to the election. In a close race, that might be enough to tip the scales - as it did in the recent Spanish election.
The question is which candidate would it help? Some of the smartest observers seem to feel that a last minute terrorist attack would have the opposite effect of the Madrid train bombs and would help ensure a Bush victory.
Why would Bin Laden want more of the same from Washington? Because, say these observers, the war in Iraq has been a recruiting ground for al Qaeda supporters. And anything that furthers Bin Laden's grand plan for a clash of civilizations between Islam and the infidels is worth supporting. Even a Bush re-election. "
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"There is one who does seem to feel he has a vote. Osama Bin Laden and his al Qaeda commandoes have been threatening to pull off a spectacular terrorist attack on America prior to the election. In a close race, that might be enough to tip the scales - as it did in the recent Spanish election.
The question is which candidate would it help? Some of the smartest observers seem to feel that a last minute terrorist attack would have the opposite effect of the Madrid train bombs and would help ensure a Bush victory.
Why would Bin Laden want more of the same from Washington? Because, say these observers, the war in Iraq has been a recruiting ground for al Qaeda supporters. And anything that furthers Bin Laden's grand plan for a clash of civilizations between Islam and the infidels is worth supporting. Even a Bush re-election. "
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