911 MEMORIAL POST: BIN LADEN STILL FUGITIVE

So, a couple of days ago bin Laden released a new video in sync with the build-up to the official extremist-Muslim holiday of Rubbingourfacesinnine'eleven. The funny thing is that he apparently bitched about many of the things that are bugging most Americans these days. Mortgages, debt, etc. It seems like he's trying to either appeal to us or help Bush work some reverse-psychology mojo on us. Either way it's creeping me out.

Now, here we are, on the sixth anniversary of 911. We haven't caught bin Laden and on the heels of the release of his video release we get some interesting comments from the USG in a September 10, 2007 article (here: http://urltea.com/1gl1) from AP.org and News.Google.Com--check out a cutting:

Ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes, White House aide Frances Fragos Townsend made a clear attempt to diminish the influence — or the perception — of the man who masterminded those attacks.

"This is about the best he can do," Townsend said of bin Laden. "This is a man on a run, from a cave, who's virtually impotent other than these tapes."

Haha, so, bin Laden is no longer a threat?

Not quite, according to more comments from Townsend:

"We know that al-Qaida is still determined to attack, and we take it seriously," Townsend said. "But this tape appears to be nothing more than threats. It's propaganda on their part."

Wow! Talk about the pot calling the kettle! Anyway, the point, here, is that one minute bin Laden's got no sperm and the next minute we need to take him seriously because he's gonna kill us. Then, in another article from September 10, 2007 from VOA.com (here: http://urltea.com/1gl5), DHS head Skeletor Michael Chertoff is reported as saying of Al Qaeda and pals:

"They are still intent on carrying out attacks on the United States, preferably in the homeland, and if not, against American interests elsewhere," he said. "I think they are looking both to develop operatives who can launch from overseas, and they are also hoping to radicalize those within this country."

Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell says al-Qaida has regained a significant level of its capability, despite U.S. efforts to crack down on the terrorist network.

Hm... sounds like America is low on sperm.

And if ObL and AQ are such big threats, I have to wonder why to this day the FBI website's page for bin Laden still makes no reference to 911 what so ever. Have a look at a couple of screen caps I took just before I started writing this post:

Pretty depressing, huh? 911, despite it being almost constantly used as a rallying cry against Al Qaeda and Iraq, is not actually mentioned on bin Laden's FBI Most Wanted page (here: http://urltea.com/1gln). I blogged on this last year (here: http://urltea.com/1gls) when there was a completely different layout to ObL's most wanted page but still failing to mention that whole "911" thing.

And check it out--the reward for bin Laden is a measly $25 mil. The USG spent WAAAAY more than that to get Saddam.

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