The respected Middle East Media Research Institute, which monitors and translates Arabic media and Internet sites, said initial translations of a key portion of bin Laden's video rant to the American people Friday night missed an ostentatious bid by the Saudi-born terror master to divide American voters and tilt the election towards Democratic challenger John Kerry.

MEMRI said radical Islamist commentators monitored over the Internet this past weekend also interpreted the key passage of bin Laden's diatribe to mean that any U.S. state that votes to elect Bush on Tuesday will be considered an "enemy" and any state that votes for Kerry has "chosen to make peace with us."

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2002

NOV 01, 2004 01:06 PM

oh come on.

rottenart

Norman, OK

February 2004

NOV 01, 2004 01:09 PM

ha ha ha...

under "last-ditch effort" in the dictionary, there's a picture of this thread.

[Edited on Nov 01, 2004 by rottenart]

PoopooHead

Brooklyn, NY

September 2003

NOV 01, 2004 01:12 PM

What happens if we vote Nader? Aha! Gotcha, Mr. bin Laden!!!!

Feifer

Encinitas, CA

October 2002

NOV 01, 2004 01:12 PM

not the real osama anyhow... just forget about it

beedlebaum

Brooklyn, NY

March 2003

NOV 01, 2004 01:15 PM

Nice try, NYPost...I guess reverse psychology works on 12 year olds and Post readers.

Funny that the only paper reporting this is a notorious rag. Why is this even here? And what, exactly did Totten "edit"? I mean, there are only 14 words that didn't come directly from the Post.

Great job, guys.

Horrorflick

Detroit, MI

February 2003

NOV 01, 2004 01:16 PM

I can't believe people are as stupid they make them in this country. When this gets out, you can guarantee more than a few points will tilt towards bush and his gang of criminals...

Cash

USA

OLD SKOOL

NOV 01, 2004 01:16 PM

lepton said:
In an updated translation of Bin Laden's pathetic rant, he threatens the red states.

the tinfoil is cutting off the circulation to your brain.

life_returns

Oakland, CA

April 2003

NOV 01, 2004 01:17 PM

bah.

beedlebaum

Brooklyn, NY

March 2003

NOV 01, 2004 01:18 PM

The best part is the end of the tape, where Osama comes back out and the band starts to play "pieces of me" AGAIN....and you can hear his voice, but the mic is nowhere near his mouth! and he totally doesn't know what to do, so he launches into an awkward dance and storms off in tears.

Then he shoots his band.

[Edited on Nov 01, 2004 by beedlebaum]

minibeanie

Vancouver, WA

February 2004

NOV 01, 2004 01:21 PM

Thats too funny.......if all hell breaks loose in my state cause it went Bush, I can always just pack up and move to a Kerry state

darwinsjoke

Virginia Beach, VA

July 2003

NOV 01, 2004 01:24 PM

in other NY post new, post editors say "hey kettle, your black!"

Admiral_Pants

Austin, TX

May 2004

NOV 01, 2004 01:26 PM

Keith said:
oh come on.

My exact words.

bigsissy

Portland, OR

February 2003

NOV 01, 2004 01:34 PM

darwinsjoke said:
in other NY post new, post editors say "hey kettle, your black!"

heh heh!

Idjit

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

NOV 01, 2004 01:35 PM

For a second there I thought this was going to be about Osama threatening China, N. Korea, and Cuba. Oh well.