The notion that Osama would use a filmed interview to send out recondite commands is cryptographic fantasy.
William F. Buckley Jr. OSAMA THE INVINCIBLE
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ucwb/20011211/cm/osama_the_invincible_1.html
OK piece. I usually write off Buckley as a pompous ass. I wish we would hear more skepticism about GWB and Ashcroft and their domestic treasonous idiocy. As far as his assertion about the popularity of UBL in the Philippines : sounds like a stretcher to me - Muslims are only strong in the extreme south e.g. Mindanao. Most of the population is pretty strict Catholic. There may be some resentment of the US but I think overall there is a hunger for all things US : education, media, goods, travel and trade. The older folks definitely still remember the Japanese. Mike