the semiotics of binladenism

Seth Ackerman sia at nyc.rr.com
Sat Jan 19 18:40:45 PST 2002



>From the Jan. 2002 Le Monde Diplomatique, "Al-Qaeda, the sect" -

Bin Laden condemned the US as "the modern world's symbol of paganism". This mixture of theology and anti-globalisation mirrors the deep schizophrenia of Saudi society, which enjoys abroad what it will not allow at home. At the same time it considers anywhere else, particularly the US, hell. Yet that inferno is much like paradise, since wine and women will greet the martyr, according to the notebook in Atta's bag. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20020119/3c6f376e/attachment.htm>



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