Islamists shift focus to Europe as jihad enters third phase
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,15205,1353771,00.html
Simon Tisdall
Thursday November 18, 2004
The Guardian
Osama bin Laden's latest videotape, released before the US
presidential election, was denounced by many as a crude attempt to
scare voters and damage George Bush.
But, beyond the US, interpretations differed. Some analysts said the
tape showed America was winning the "war on terror" and al-Qaida was
in retreat. "The tape is one of capitulation and bankruptcy," wrote
Mamoun Fandy in Egypt's al-Ahram. "This tape tells George Bush: 'Leave
us alone and we will leave you alone.'" According to the French
academic Gilles Kepel Bin Laden's holy war, as originally conceived,
is failing. Far from vanquishing the west, it has created a crisis in
the heart of Islam, setting Muslim against Muslim.
Simon Tisdall
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