{"article":{"id":145149,"heading":"Diabolus ex Machina: The Convenient Reappearance of Osama bin Laden","author":"Daith\u00ed Mac Lochlainn","created":"2006-01-22 22:20:46","modified":"2026-10-25 17:02:53","last_modified":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:02:53","article":"

”He thinks bin Laden is dead and has doubts about the tape. Lawrence recently analyzed more than 20 complete speeches and interviews of the al Qaida leader for his book. He says the new message is missing several key elements...”

In the ongoing Tragedy of the Bushling, these manifestations of Osama bin Laden serve as a deus-ex-machina, remarkable in their timeliness and ready convenience. Indeed, how accommodating and considerate of Mr. Bin Laden to appear once again when an old family friend is crashing in the public’s esteem and direly needs an occasion to demonstrate bravado once again!

How resourceful of the cave-dwelling Osama to use parlance that the media wingnuts can later compare to the “Democrats’” arguments against the NeoCons’ disastrous mischief! “Forget that they’re true! ‘Bin Laden’ said ‘em!”

Timing is everything! This, we have seen when the White House leaked Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan’s identity to the press to distract attention from the Democratic National Convention in the Summer of 2004…

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<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/gaelicstarover.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/diabolus-ex-machina.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"\u2026from WTVD-TV (ABC News, Raleigh\/Durham, NC):\r\n\r\n\u201cA Duke professor says he is doubtful about Thursday's audiotape from Osama bin Laden.\r\n\r\nBruce Lawrence has just published \u2018Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama Bin Laden,\u2019 a book translating bin Laden\u2019s writing. He is skeptical of Thursday\u2019s message.\r\n\r\n\u2018It was like a voice from the grave,\u2019 Lawrence said.\u201d","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/01\/145149.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}