Tuesday, October 9, 2001, Chandigarh, India

Laden ‘will survive’ war

Islamabad, October 8
Washington’s war against Afghanistan may last six days to six months but will not bring any
major success to the USA, says palmist and numerologist Khalid Mustafa.

Mustafa made the prediction after a detailed study of the handprints of Saudi-born Osama
bin Laden, the prime suspect in the US terror attacks, as well as US President George W.
Bush, SADA news agency reported.

Mustafa said: “The war will adversely affect the US image in the world, in addition to
causing significant losses in men and material.

“October is a favourable period for Osama to wage a war. The whole of October will remain
favourable for him in this respect,” he said.

Interestingly, Mustafa’s study finds that neither Mr Bush nor bin Laden would die in the war.

The fortune-teller also sees no change in the Taliban rule of Afghanistan in the next three
months.

Mustafa is a 36-year-old Islamabad-based corporate lawyer. His deep interest in

numerology and palmistry has taken him to some of the internationally known experts in
the field. Despite his deep study and keen interest, he does not use his art for earning
livelihood.

His assessments are: Bin Laden is a Leo and has all characteristics associated with a Leo
personality. He is a born leader, can establish corporate or other organisation and can
manage successfully. The lucky numbers include 1 and 3.

Bin Laden’s birthday — July 30, 1957 — is a day associated with warlords. Interestingly,
Adolf Hitler of Germany was born on the same date.

Bin Laden’s name contains 13 letters. It can make a person reserved by nature.

“I see a perfect balance in Osama’s name, as the value of the first letter is equal to sum of
all letters i.e. six. This number develops interest in poetry and takes a person deep into
thinking.”