Bin Laden goes with victimhood in message

Telegraph:

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Bin Laden said: "Elderly people, children and women fled their homes and lived in tents as refugees after they have lived in dignity in their homes. Let the American people be ready to reap what the White House leaders have sown.

"Obama and his administration have sown new seeds to increase hatred and revenge on America. The number of these seeds is equal to the number of displaced people from Swat Valley."

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White House aides said it was calculated to distract Muslims who would be receptive to Mr Obama's attempt to improve relations with the US after the Iraq invasion and President George W. Bush's eight years in office.

Opinion polls released in advance of Mr Obama's visit have shown improved attitudes towards American leadership in most Muslim and Arab countries since he took office.

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Bin Laden acts as if there was no provocation for the fighting in Swat. He has always acted as if al Qaeda and the Taliban are free to engage in mass murder for Allah and any response is an insult to Islam. This is a pretty nutty attitude, but it has had some success in the Muslim victim culture.

The claim that Bush was at war with Muslims is just as bogus, but it is one that Obama is exploiting in his "out reach." Bush liberated 50 million Muslims from oppressive regimes. Most of the deaths since them have been a result of al Qaeda and the Taliban waging a bloody war against the Muslims and the US forces trying to protect them from bin Laden's weird religious beliefs. The war has been a result of al Qaeda's religious bigotry and not that of the US.