# Al Queda wants the Pope Dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 29, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-queda-wants-the-pope-dead/221504 "2003-12-29T01:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-queda-wants-the-pope-dead/221504/21 "2003-12-30T16:56:11Z")
What’s the problem with linking to actual interviews ? [PBS interview of ObL](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/interview.html), May '98 - go figure. Yeah, sure they are “plights” from his perspective. We are talking about his perspecitve, his agenda, his motivations (including, or not, “the Pope”), right ? ---
**Author:** ![fatjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac91a4/32.png) [@fatjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fatjack)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-queda-wants-the-pope-dead/221504/22 "2003-12-31T00:54:14Z")
No, of course not Chandeleur. I don’t want them to blow up Vatican City. I’m talking about esthetical atrocities. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-queda-wants-the-pope-dead/221504/23 "2003-12-31T01:52:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fatjack \* > \*\*No, of course not Chandeleur. I don’t want them to blow up Vatican City. I’m talking about esthetical atrocities. \*\* Got it. That’s what I figured after reading it a few more times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-queda-wants-the-pope-dead/221504.md?page=1)