[lbo-talk] ABC News: Bin Laden on Chomsky and US mortgage crisis

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 7 13:46:27 PDT 2007


From: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/09/new-obl-tape-ir.html

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He goes on to call Noam Chomsky "among one of the most capable of those from your own side," and mentions global warming and "the Kyoto accord."

He also speaks to recent issues grabbing headlines in the United States, referring to "the reeling of many of you under the burden of interest-related debts, insane taxes and real estate mortgages; global warming and its woes..."

"To conclude," bin Laden says, "I invite you to embrace Islam." He goes on to say: "There are no taxes in Islam, but rather there is a limited Zakaat [alms] totaling 2.5 percent.”



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