31 October 2004

Bush wins boost from terror tape

Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 |
Classical terrorist tactics: whatever you do must encourage increasingly repressive measures so as to alienate the people from your enemy. Bin Laden, I reckon, realises that Bush is the best bet for furthering the Al Qaeda agenda and that this kind of 'intervention' will favour Bush ... QED.

The interesting thing is the double bluff nature of the move.
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