Something curious about the Bin Laden tape. [View All]

[Cleita]

Did anyone watch "The News'Hour" tonight. There was an Arab language expert on and he said that this wasn't typical of Bin Laden's style. Usually, Osama's language is very flowery with references to the Koran. He said that this speech sounded like it was written by someone else in English and translated into Arabic.

He was trying to make the case that Osama was no longer in charge of Al Queda, but was just acting as a messenger or front guy. But that seems too neat an explanation to me. I can't imagine Osama accepting something like this, especially English to Arabic.

It seems rather strange to me.