BUSH PLAYING INTO OSAMA'S PLAN FOR HOLY WAR

Yahoo! News Message Boards Top Stories: "Because Bush is playing right into bin Laden's hands:

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''...a radical remake of the faith is indeed the underlying
intention of bin Laden and his followers. Attacking America
and its allies is merely a tactic, intended to provoke a
backlash strong enough to alert Muslims to the supposed
truth of their predicament, and so rally them to purge the
faith of all that is alien to its essence...

''A STATEMENT FROM AL-QAEDA following the Madrid
bombings clarified this intent. It said the organization HOPED
GEORGE BUSH WOULD WIN REELECTION, 'because he acts
with force rather than wisdom or shrewdness, and it is his
religious fanaticism that will rouse our (Islamic) nation,
as has been shown. Being targeted by an enemy is what will
wake us from our slumber.' Quoted on the Arabic news Web
site www.elaph.com: 'Bayaan lil qa'ida yuhhammal tawqi'
kataib abu hafss al massri,' March 17, 2004.'' "