The response in the United States was as expected. Most Americans were already convinced of bin Laden's culpability, and now many Muslim-Americans are convinced that OBL was behind the attacks. But, the tape was primarily released to sway opinion in the Arab world overseas that Osama was indeed behind the attacks, and thus U.S. bombing is justified. While some have been convinced, many remain skeptical:
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Many in Arab World Call Bin Laden Video a Fake
DUBAI (Reuters) - Washington's allies were quick to judge the latest videotape of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) to be final proof of his guilt on Thursday, but in the Arab world many dismissed the footage as false propaganda.
While some senior Arab officials declared themselves convinced, it was harder to find ordinary citizens who did and most governments in the region maintained silence on the issue.
``I think this recording is forged ... I don't believe this tape is authentic,'' said Sheikh Mohammad Saleh, a Saudi cleric.
Ali, a Saudi civil servant, concurred. ``The picture is real but the voice is not. It could be a voice over,'' he said. He had to watch the videotape on a regional satellite station as Saudi state television failed to broadcast it.
``Do the Americans really think the world is that stupid to think that they would believe that this tape is evidence?'' asked Abdul Latif Arabiat, head of Jordan's mainstream Islamist party the Islamic Action Front.
``In my view this tape has been fabricated by Washington to condemn bin Laden and conceal America's ugly crimes in Afghanistan (news - web sites),'' said Yousef Abdul Hamid, an Amman taxi driver.
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Is there anything the U.S. can do to convince the Arab world that Osama deserves our wrath? No matter what we say, it seems, we'll be dismissed as spreading "propaganda".
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Many in Arab World Call Bin Laden Video a Fake
DUBAI (Reuters) - Washington's allies were quick to judge the latest videotape of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) to be final proof of his guilt on Thursday, but in the Arab world many dismissed the footage as false propaganda.
While some senior Arab officials declared themselves convinced, it was harder to find ordinary citizens who did and most governments in the region maintained silence on the issue.
``I think this recording is forged ... I don't believe this tape is authentic,'' said Sheikh Mohammad Saleh, a Saudi cleric.
Ali, a Saudi civil servant, concurred. ``The picture is real but the voice is not. It could be a voice over,'' he said. He had to watch the videotape on a regional satellite station as Saudi state television failed to broadcast it.
``Do the Americans really think the world is that stupid to think that they would believe that this tape is evidence?'' asked Abdul Latif Arabiat, head of Jordan's mainstream Islamist party the Islamic Action Front.
``In my view this tape has been fabricated by Washington to condemn bin Laden and conceal America's ugly crimes in Afghanistan (news - web sites),'' said Yousef Abdul Hamid, an Amman taxi driver.
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Is there anything the U.S. can do to convince the Arab world that Osama deserves our wrath? No matter what we say, it seems, we'll be dismissed as spreading "propaganda".
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