http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2007/05/us-backed-israeli-abuse-of-palestinians.html
US Backed Israeli Abuse of Palestinians Motivated Bin Laden
"Very early in his career and very consistently, bin Laden has been outspoken in support of the Palestinians and of course condemning the Israelis, so it's an issue that clearly weighs heavily on his mind and is motivating." Michael Scheuer former CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief interviewed by Scott Horton on Antiwar Radio
Osama bin Laden Has Been Angry About U.S. Support of Israel for Decades
http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2006/08/osama-bin-laden-has-been-angry-about.html
The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has spread the lie that "bin Laden never focused on this issue. He only started talking about "Palestine" after September 11." This canard has been spread by the mainstream media.
http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2006/12/thomas-friedman-is-truly-one-of-most.html
Peter Bergen points out that lies have been pushed: "conventional wisdom has it that bin Laden adopted the Palestinians issue only recently. Reading this declaration [the first declaration of war, issued in 1996] SHOULD PUT THAT CANARD TO REST." p164 The Bin Laden I Know, Peter Bergen
A chutzpah award goes to CNN's Anderson Cooper for pushing that canard even after reading Bergen's book.
Anderson Cooper's pro-Israel bias is so extreme that even after reading Bergen's book, he still insisted on pushing the same canard. Cooper was actually interviewing Peter Bergen and says to him: "It -- it's interesting, also, to hear them reference Palestinians. As -- as I read in your book "The Osama Bin Laden I Know: The Oral History of Osama bin Laden," I mean, bin Laden wasn't talking about Palestinians from the get-go."
Bergen looked uncomfortable in having to explain to Cooper, "Well, he -- he has always been interested in the Palestinian issue."
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