Analysts see shift in bin Laden's rhetoric toward politics

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence analysts believe Osama bin Laden has shifted from outright calls for violence to political arguments in recent taped messages in hopes of driving a wedge between the United States and its allies, officials said Tuesday.

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