tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post7568429742822115487..comments2023-10-29T05:13:15.825-05:00Comments on Another War-on-Terror Blog: Hooves for Peace? Horse Race Across North Africa Planned by bin LadenBrian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-23412159244948941082008-03-13T18:40:00.000-05:002008-03-13T18:40:00.000-05:00Anonymous, I see what you mean. Just the same, odd...Anonymous, <BR/><BR/>I see what you mean. Just the same, odd coincidences happen (for example, "<A HREF="http://anotherwaronterrorblog.blogspot.com/search?q=times+square" REL="nofollow">Times Square Bombing: "We Did It" Didn't</A>" (March 7, 2008)). <BR/><BR/>The timing is suggestive, but that's as far as I'd go. It's possible, based on what little I know, that the younger bin Laden had been preparing his race for some time, in competition with the Dakar rally: and made a dubiously wise decision to grab the opportunity that the race vacuum provided. <BR/><BR/>I'm certainly glad that I don't have responsibility for investigating possibilities like that.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4162431493776686444.post-56242504784097176822008-03-11T17:12:00.000-05:002008-03-11T17:12:00.000-05:00The timetable is very suspicious. Day 0: al-Qaida...The timetable is very suspicious. Day 0: al-Qaida kills four French tourists. Day 11: the Dakar rally is cancelled due to al-Qaida threats. Day 18: Omar Osama bin Laden is sitting down to an interview with the AP about a horse race to replace the Dakar Rally. Now sure, maybe he's just really good at spotting and reacting to an opportunity and had no trouble getting to the world press... maybe it has nothing to do with being the son of the leader of the group that caused the opportunity, the roommate of the second-in-command while training at al-Qaida camps for six years. After all, he says he's reformed. You think?<BR/><BR/>I still don't know for sure whether with his past he is the same as "Omar Awad bin Laden" flown out of the U.S. eight days after the September 11th attacks with no FBI investigation who was involved with organizing WAMY, which sent charity to Hamas. Like to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com