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Originally Posted by Bin Laden Casts Shadow Over Stock Market

Fri Oct 29, 2004 07:18 PM ET
By Megan Davies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A video appearance by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in which he said the United States may face renewed attacks, cast a shadow over the outlook for the U.S. stock market, analysts said on Friday.

Bin Laden, in a video shown on al Jazeera TV just four days before the U.S. presidential election, said the United States could face more attacks because the reasons for mounting the strikes of Sept. 11, 2001, still existed.

The news broke after the U.S. stock market closed on Friday.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.j html?type=businessNe ws&storyID=6665013

The "anti-Osama" vote would be to vote for Bush, according to John Derrick, director of research at U.S. Global Investors, Inc., in San Antonio, Texas.

"If anything I would almost think it would help Bush." So true. But why would bin laden warn the U.S. rather than to strike off-guard?