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July 03, 2008

What Bin Laden Wants, Bin Laden Gets

By: Bernard Chazelle

On October 14, 2001, Roger Diwan, a managing director of the Petroleum Finance Company, cited this quote from bin Laden in a Times interview:

[Bin Laden] said at one point that he wants oil to be $144 a barrel'' -- about six times what it sells for now.

In today's news:

Oil prices raced above $145 a barrel for the first time.

h/t Jerome a P.

— Bernard Chazelle

Posted at July 3, 2008 03:50 PM
Comments

Of course the notion that bin Laden had a significant role in achieving that is incredible. In other news, the older bin Laden gets, the warmer the Earth becomes. Coincidence? I think not!

Posted by: saurabh at July 3, 2008 04:10 PM

What else did bin Laden want, hmm, oh yeah the US troops out of Saudi Arabia. Wow.

Posted by: Doctorb at July 3, 2008 04:24 PM

I was wondering how Ole Bin Laden was doing, YOU think Ole "Wanted Dead or Alive" will EVER catch 'em? I'll bet he's having a cool refreshing summer in the mountains, fresh air clean water and all, waving at the sattelites(nonexistant) as they don't fly by (they're used to spy on U). I'd like to see that bastard hang at the Albahy NY Courthouse, after a fair and honest TRIAL. That way WE can find his confederates and hang them too.

Posted by: Mike Meyer at July 3, 2008 04:45 PM

OT: Let's talk DIGBY into running as the INTERNET CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, YOU all know her, she'd do well.

Posted by: Mike Meyer at July 3, 2008 04:49 PM

Doctorb beat me to it -- OBL's wishlist is getting checked off a hell of a lot faster than mine is by the U.S. government.

Bases out of Saudi Arabia; oil prices sky high; U.S. war/occupation in at least three Muslim lands (don't forget Somalia!) with no end in sight...

Posted by: Nell at July 3, 2008 05:29 PM

Bush is a traitor, but a consistent traitor. Even when he fucks up, he helps his Saudi friends, even if he happens to be on the outs with one of them at the time.

"An honest politician is one who stays bought."
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It's better to be a Saudi enemy of Bush than it is to be an American ally of Bush. Just think about that.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 3, 2008 08:40 PM

So, who's been hurt least by being our arch-enemy, Castro or Bin Laden?

Posted by: Christopher at July 5, 2008 03:39 AM

Call Nan 1-202-225-0100 DEMAND IMPEACHMENT.

Posted by: Mike Meyer at July 5, 2008 03:55 AM