Bin Laden explains why the price of oil should be $100 a barrel.

[Ms. Clio]

Friday, January 7, 2005

Bin Laden's Latest Tapes Stir Arab Media Debate

WHAT's interesting about Osama Bin Laden's recent tapes is that they didn't trigger debate among religious scholars but rather among Arab economists.

Unlike Western media, which focused on Bin Laden's call on Iraqis to boycott the scheduled elections, Al Jazeera highlighted his sudden interest in economics.

Similarly, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, a London-based independent newspaper, says the latest Bin Laden tape is significant because it suggests a specific strategy to cause maximum damage to the American economy.

In the tape aired on Al Jazeera on Dec. 27, Bin Laden reiterates his call to supporters to target oil installations in Iraq and the Gulf as a way to foil American plans to control and profit from them.

And in another tape on Dec 16, Bin Laden uses economic concepts to explain why the price of oil should be $100 a barrel.

http://www.namibian.com.na/2005/January/columns/0588FD2672.html


Looks like Bin Laden is about to get just exactly what he wants. Interesting how that this all working out so well for him, huh?

[Ms. Clio]

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