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From: Esther Dyson <edyson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 18, 2004 2:41:48 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Fwd: 'The future is bright', consultants assure Osama

some of this is funny; some is merely bogus. but it all smacks of genuine tragedy.

Esther


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Subject: 'The future is bright', consultants assure Osama
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:51:54 +0100
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Dear Reader,

In a stunning report leaked to openDemocracy, a consultancy firm has advised al-Qaida that Osama bin Laden should allow himself to be captured by the US.

Asked by al-Qaida's senior management to carry out an independent analysis of their campaign, consultants at SWISH (South Waziristan Institute of Strategic hermeneutics) claim that an 'incompetent' Bush administration actually benefits al-Qaida, and recommend that al-Qaida consider short-term tactics designed to aid the Bush campaign. They suggest that "although the martyrdom factor should not be underestimated," the detention or capture of Osama bin Laden could help greatly, "especially if this could be arranged within a month or so of the US election."

Other findings from this report include:

the key factors that have aided al-Qaida's recent progress details of the poor decisions by the US that have inadvertently benefited al-Qaida's cause five actions that, if carried out by the west, would present 'a serious threat to the integrity and viability of the al-Qaida strategy'

The report concludes: "the future looks bright. Any actions that you can take to ensure that your opponents continue with their current policies will be to your advantage"

Read the full report here:
<http://venus.opendemocracy.net/t/188/38772/37/0/>http:// www.opendemocracy.net/entry_points/mark_swish.jsp

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