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Igor The Terrible
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Americans convert to Islam? Yes sir Osama, we'll get right on it. In
the mean time, do you have any preference as to how you would you like
for us to put your ****ing brain to sleep?
LMAO!!! This loony, camel humpin' flea bag is something else. Seems
to me he hasn't had any ***** since ***** had him and he's really
looking forward to the company of his allocated 72 virgins. We will
be more than happy to arrange that for him.
The time is long overdue to exterminate this dangerous cult of
****roaches--once and for all.
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Bin Laden urges Americans to convert By LEE KEATH, Associated Press
Writer
CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden appeared for the first time in three
years in a video Friday released ahead of the sixth anniversary of the
Sept. 11 attacks, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if
they want the war in Iraq to end.
American officials said the U.S. government had obtained a copy even
though the video had not been posted yet by al-Qaida - and
intelligence agencies were studying the video to determine whether it
was authentic and looking for clues about bin Laden's health.
The 30-minute video was obtained by the SITE Institute, a Washington-
based group that monitors terrorist messages, and provided to the
Associated Press.
The footage gives a rare look at the al-Qaida leader, who has likely
avoided appearing in videos as a security measure. His emergence comes
at a time when terrorism experts believe his terror network is
regrouping in the lawless Pakistan-Afghanistan border region - and it
underlines the U.S. failure to catch him.
In the video, a short excerpt of which was broadcast to the Arab world
by Al-Jazeera television, bin Laden wears a white robe, a white
circular cap and a beige cloak seated behind a table while reading an
address to the American people from papers in front of him.
His trimmed beard is shorter than in his last video, in 2004, and is
fully black - apparently dyed, since in past videos it was mostly
gray. He speaks softly, as he usually does, and has dark bags under
his eyes, but his appearance dispelled rumors that he had died.
U.S. President George W. Bush made the rare move of speaking about an
al-Qaida video. The tape is "a reminder about the dangerous world in
which we live, he told reporters on the sidelines of a summit of
Pacific Rim nations in Sydney, Australia.
"It's important that we show resolve and determination to protect
ourselves, deny al-Qaida safe haven and support young democracies,"
Bush said.
In the video, Bin Laden makes no overt threats and does not directly
call for attacks.
Instead, he addresses Americans, lecturing them on the failures of
their leaders to stop the war in Iraq despite growing public
opposition in the U.S.
He says there were two solutions to stopping the Iraq war. "One is
from our side, and it is to escalate the fighting and killing against
you. This is our duty, and our brothers are carrying it out," bin
Laden said.
"The second solution is from your side. ... I invite you to embrace
Islam," he said.
One result of that, bin Laden said, would be an end to the Iraq war.
He said "warmongering owners of the major corporations" would rush to
appease voters who showed they are looking for an alternative, "and
this alternative is Islam."
He derided Bush, saying events in Iraq have gotten "out of control"
and the American leader "is like the one who plows and sows the sea:
He harvests nothing but failure."
Bin Laden frequently criticized capitalism, calling its leaders the
real terrorists and threats to human freedom.
"This is why I tell you: as you liberated yourselves before from the
slavery of monks, kings and feudalism, you should liberate yourselves
from the deception, shackles and attrition of the capitalist system,"
he said.
Bin Laden's attacks in the video on capitalism, multinational
corporations and globalization led several current and former
government officials to believe an American - 28-year-old Adam Gadahn
- may have written at least part of the speech.
Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and supporting terrorism for
serving as an al-Qaida propagandist, has appeared in several past al-
Qaida-produced videos, lecturing against capitalism and globalization
and making insider references to American culture.
"It has Adam Gadahn written all over it," one former senior
intelligence official said of bin Laden's tape, speaking on condition
of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
The video appeared to have been recently made. At one point, bin Laden
mentions that "several days ago" Japan marked the 62nd anniversary of
the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. He also refers to
the Democratic Party's congressional victory in last fall's election
and to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was elected in May.
He also shows a grasp of current events, dropping mentions of global
warming and saying Americans are "reeling under the burdens" of a
mortgage crisis.
And he praises author Noam Chomsky, an early critic of the Iraq war,
as well as Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit,
who has said poor U.S. leadership was losing the war against terrorist
groups.
Bin Laden "knows Bush has low approval ratings, knows the significance
of a growing awareness of global warming," said Thomas Sanderson,
deputy director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for
Strategic and International Studies. "He's trying to capitalize on
what he sees as a shift back to the middle in American politics."
Al-Qaida annually uses the anniversary of the Sept. 11 suicide attacks
on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as a propaganda
opportunity, issuing videotapes to rally supporters and mock the
United States.
But the appearance of bin Laden this year makes a bigger splash. The
al-Qaida leader had not appeared in new video footage since October
2004, and he had not put out an audiotape in more than a year, his
longest period without a message.
His deputy, Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawahri, has issued numerous videos
and audiotapes in the meantime as al-Qaida has increased the
sophistication and speed of its media operations.
Seth Jones, a terrorism expert at the RAND think tank, said that while
the anniversary gives the pretext for the tape, it also comes at a
time when the main al-Qaida leadership has managed to regroup.
"There clearly has been a resurgence of core al-Qaida in the tribal
areas of Pakistan" along the frontier with Afghanistan since 2005,
Jones said.
He said sympathy in that region for the Taliban has made it more
receptive to militant Sunni groups, including al-Qaida. "It's really
created a sanctuary," Jones said.
Rita Katz, director of the SITE Institute, said she believes "strongly
that al-Qaida has regrouped" but that its core bases are more
scattered than previously, comprising several training camps in
Pakistan and Afghanistan. She said it was likely bin Laden is hidden
in a more secure location, away from any of those sites.
During the video, bin Laden's image moves for only a total of about 3
1/2 minutes in two segments, staying frozen the rest of the time while
his remarks continue.
A former senior U.S. intelligence official, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said it might have resulted from a technical glitch while
al-Qaida passed the video through a variety of computer sites to mask
its cyber trail.
The United States intercepted the video before it was released on
Islamic Web sites where al-Qaida usually posts its messages, a U.S.
counterterrorism official said in Washington. U.S. officials had
analyzed the video for hours before transcripts and videos were
leaked, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because
of the sensitivity of the issue.
The official said analysts were studying bin Laden's physical
characteristics - for clues about his health after unconfirmed rumors
earlier this year that he had died of kidney disease.
Soon after word emerged that the United States had the video, Islamic
militant Web sites that usually carry statements from al-Qaida went
down and were inaccessible.
Hours later, the sites were back up, but by late Friday, the video
still had not been released on the militant Web sites.
The reason for the shutdown was not immediately known. Evan H.
Kohlmann, a terrorism expert at globalterroralert.com, said he
suspected it was the work of al-Qaida itself, trying to find how the
video leaked to U.S. officials.
___
Associated Press writers Lara Jakes Jordan, Pamela Hess and Matthew
Lee in Washington and Sarah DiLorenzo in New York contributed to this
report.
the mean time, do you have any preference as to how you would you like
for us to put your ****ing brain to sleep?
LMAO!!! This loony, camel humpin' flea bag is something else. Seems
to me he hasn't had any ***** since ***** had him and he's really
looking forward to the company of his allocated 72 virgins. We will
be more than happy to arrange that for him.
The time is long overdue to exterminate this dangerous cult of
****roaches--once and for all.
===================================================================
Bin Laden urges Americans to convert By LEE KEATH, Associated Press
Writer
CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden appeared for the first time in three
years in a video Friday released ahead of the sixth anniversary of the
Sept. 11 attacks, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if
they want the war in Iraq to end.
American officials said the U.S. government had obtained a copy even
though the video had not been posted yet by al-Qaida - and
intelligence agencies were studying the video to determine whether it
was authentic and looking for clues about bin Laden's health.
The 30-minute video was obtained by the SITE Institute, a Washington-
based group that monitors terrorist messages, and provided to the
Associated Press.
The footage gives a rare look at the al-Qaida leader, who has likely
avoided appearing in videos as a security measure. His emergence comes
at a time when terrorism experts believe his terror network is
regrouping in the lawless Pakistan-Afghanistan border region - and it
underlines the U.S. failure to catch him.
In the video, a short excerpt of which was broadcast to the Arab world
by Al-Jazeera television, bin Laden wears a white robe, a white
circular cap and a beige cloak seated behind a table while reading an
address to the American people from papers in front of him.
His trimmed beard is shorter than in his last video, in 2004, and is
fully black - apparently dyed, since in past videos it was mostly
gray. He speaks softly, as he usually does, and has dark bags under
his eyes, but his appearance dispelled rumors that he had died.
U.S. President George W. Bush made the rare move of speaking about an
al-Qaida video. The tape is "a reminder about the dangerous world in
which we live, he told reporters on the sidelines of a summit of
Pacific Rim nations in Sydney, Australia.
"It's important that we show resolve and determination to protect
ourselves, deny al-Qaida safe haven and support young democracies,"
Bush said.
In the video, Bin Laden makes no overt threats and does not directly
call for attacks.
Instead, he addresses Americans, lecturing them on the failures of
their leaders to stop the war in Iraq despite growing public
opposition in the U.S.
He says there were two solutions to stopping the Iraq war. "One is
from our side, and it is to escalate the fighting and killing against
you. This is our duty, and our brothers are carrying it out," bin
Laden said.
"The second solution is from your side. ... I invite you to embrace
Islam," he said.
One result of that, bin Laden said, would be an end to the Iraq war.
He said "warmongering owners of the major corporations" would rush to
appease voters who showed they are looking for an alternative, "and
this alternative is Islam."
He derided Bush, saying events in Iraq have gotten "out of control"
and the American leader "is like the one who plows and sows the sea:
He harvests nothing but failure."
Bin Laden frequently criticized capitalism, calling its leaders the
real terrorists and threats to human freedom.
"This is why I tell you: as you liberated yourselves before from the
slavery of monks, kings and feudalism, you should liberate yourselves
from the deception, shackles and attrition of the capitalist system,"
he said.
Bin Laden's attacks in the video on capitalism, multinational
corporations and globalization led several current and former
government officials to believe an American - 28-year-old Adam Gadahn
- may have written at least part of the speech.
Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and supporting terrorism for
serving as an al-Qaida propagandist, has appeared in several past al-
Qaida-produced videos, lecturing against capitalism and globalization
and making insider references to American culture.
"It has Adam Gadahn written all over it," one former senior
intelligence official said of bin Laden's tape, speaking on condition
of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
The video appeared to have been recently made. At one point, bin Laden
mentions that "several days ago" Japan marked the 62nd anniversary of
the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. He also refers to
the Democratic Party's congressional victory in last fall's election
and to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was elected in May.
He also shows a grasp of current events, dropping mentions of global
warming and saying Americans are "reeling under the burdens" of a
mortgage crisis.
And he praises author Noam Chomsky, an early critic of the Iraq war,
as well as Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit,
who has said poor U.S. leadership was losing the war against terrorist
groups.
Bin Laden "knows Bush has low approval ratings, knows the significance
of a growing awareness of global warming," said Thomas Sanderson,
deputy director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for
Strategic and International Studies. "He's trying to capitalize on
what he sees as a shift back to the middle in American politics."
Al-Qaida annually uses the anniversary of the Sept. 11 suicide attacks
on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as a propaganda
opportunity, issuing videotapes to rally supporters and mock the
United States.
But the appearance of bin Laden this year makes a bigger splash. The
al-Qaida leader had not appeared in new video footage since October
2004, and he had not put out an audiotape in more than a year, his
longest period without a message.
His deputy, Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawahri, has issued numerous videos
and audiotapes in the meantime as al-Qaida has increased the
sophistication and speed of its media operations.
Seth Jones, a terrorism expert at the RAND think tank, said that while
the anniversary gives the pretext for the tape, it also comes at a
time when the main al-Qaida leadership has managed to regroup.
"There clearly has been a resurgence of core al-Qaida in the tribal
areas of Pakistan" along the frontier with Afghanistan since 2005,
Jones said.
He said sympathy in that region for the Taliban has made it more
receptive to militant Sunni groups, including al-Qaida. "It's really
created a sanctuary," Jones said.
Rita Katz, director of the SITE Institute, said she believes "strongly
that al-Qaida has regrouped" but that its core bases are more
scattered than previously, comprising several training camps in
Pakistan and Afghanistan. She said it was likely bin Laden is hidden
in a more secure location, away from any of those sites.
During the video, bin Laden's image moves for only a total of about 3
1/2 minutes in two segments, staying frozen the rest of the time while
his remarks continue.
A former senior U.S. intelligence official, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said it might have resulted from a technical glitch while
al-Qaida passed the video through a variety of computer sites to mask
its cyber trail.
The United States intercepted the video before it was released on
Islamic Web sites where al-Qaida usually posts its messages, a U.S.
counterterrorism official said in Washington. U.S. officials had
analyzed the video for hours before transcripts and videos were
leaked, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because
of the sensitivity of the issue.
The official said analysts were studying bin Laden's physical
characteristics - for clues about his health after unconfirmed rumors
earlier this year that he had died of kidney disease.
Soon after word emerged that the United States had the video, Islamic
militant Web sites that usually carry statements from al-Qaida went
down and were inaccessible.
Hours later, the sites were back up, but by late Friday, the video
still had not been released on the militant Web sites.
The reason for the shutdown was not immediately known. Evan H.
Kohlmann, a terrorism expert at globalterroralert.com, said he
suspected it was the work of al-Qaida itself, trying to find how the
video leaked to U.S. officials.
___
Associated Press writers Lara Jakes Jordan, Pamela Hess and Matthew
Lee in Washington and Sarah DiLorenzo in New York contributed to this
report.
