# Decoded Secret Message In Bin-Laden Video Released **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744 "2001-10-11T05:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chickenhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chickenhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenhead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744/1 "2001-10-11T05:27:21Z")
By Lawrence Feisal and Sherif Ali Ibn El Kharish, Associated Press Writers KABUL, Afghanistan and WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - In what the Bush administration is calling “unsubstantiated assertions,” Arabic linguistic specialists claim to have found several hidden messages in the videotapes of Osama bin Laden and other Muslim extremist leaders. According to Professor Auda abu Tayi of Georgetown University, bin Laden may be sending coded messages to possible terrorists in the United States. “It is not so well hidden,” Abu Tayi said. “Such jibberish-sounding talk is actually a highly developed language called ‘Arabic.’” Abu Tayi says that the videotapes contain such inflammatory statements as, ‘Auda will not come to Aqaba,’ and ‘I love eggs, from my head down to my legs.’ “One can easily understand the inherent danger of such statements,” Abu Tayi said. “For example, myself: I love cheese down to my knees, but I hate eggs. One cannot assert that everyone loves eggs.” Asked to comment further, Abu Tayi said that he did not want to jeopardize national security. “We are clearly dealing with the mentally deranged,” he said. [Click here for full text](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/images/smilies/biggrin.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744/2 "2001-10-11T05:35:30Z")
As seen in next week’s Onion ---
**Author:** ![Chickenhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chickenhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenhead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744/3 "2001-10-11T05:41:15Z")
BTW, do any Onion writers lurk here? Just wondering. Apparently, it was more important to write that than to write my two assignments for Chaucer and Shakespeare that are due tomorrow and HOLY SHIT it is 1:38 in the morning! Well, maybe I’ll open one more thread. ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744/4 "2001-10-11T06:12:33Z")
Kids, don’t forget you only need 435 boxtops from your box of delicious Talibran with Raisins to get your Secret Osama bin Decoder Ring. For those who already have their rings, today’s secret message is: SLEDIFNI EHT OF DOOLB EHT LLIPS DNA STNERAP RUOY LLIK OT UOY STNAW AMASO. Good luck, kids. And keep eating that delicious Talibran. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744/5 "2001-10-11T06:16:10Z")
BE… SURE… TO… DRINK… YOUR… OVALTINE. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744/6 "2001-10-11T06:44:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chickenhead \* > \*\*Apparently, it was more important to write that than to write my two assignments for Chaucer and Shakespeare that are due tomorrow and HOLY SHIT it is 1:38 in the morning! > > Well, maybe I’ll open one more thread. \*\* See, you should read SDMB and do your homework at the same time. As we speak, I am doing Hawthorne. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744/7 "2001-10-11T07:24:53Z")
Eh? ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744/8 "2001-10-11T07:26:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Chickenhead \* > > \*\*Apparently, it was more important to write that than to write my two assignments for Chaucer and Shakespeare that are due tomorrow and HOLY SHIT it is 1:38 in the morning! > > > > Well, maybe I’ll open one more thread. \*\* > > See, you should read SDMB and do your homework at the same time. As we speak, I am doing Hawthorne. \*\* Isn’t he a little old for you? 😃 [sub]grumble, grumble, damn lucky hawthorne sonova…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decoded-secret-message-in-bin-laden-video-released/86744/9 "2001-10-11T07:27:57Z")
SNL is gonna be fun! 🙂