View Full Version : Osama 'plug' boosts book's sales


Zafar
23-01-2006, 12:51
Osama Bin Laden has seemingly propelled a book by an obscure historian into the US bestseller list, by endorsing it in an audio message aired on Thursday

Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower had reached number 21 on the Amazon list by Sunday, leaping from below the 200,000 mark.

The message, thought to be from Bin Laden, contained threats of new attacks on the US, but also a call for a long-term truce.

But he also told Americans: "If Bush carries on with his lies and oppression it would be useful for you to read the book The Rogue State.'"

Bin Laden quoted a line from the book that the writer, if he became president, would end US interference in the nations of the world.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4636742.stm