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| Terror Networks |
| Report: New Bin Laden statement slams Arab leaders |
| 2003-02-11 |
| Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden has issued a new statement on the current military buildup in the Middle East, to coincide with the Muslim pilgrimage and festival of Hajj. The statement, consisting of an audio recording and an English transcript, have been released by Al-Ansaar News Agency in Birmingham, UK. The statement highlights a number of points, including the lack of action by Arab leaders. Another audio tape. Guess there's no video link to the grave. FOLLOWUP: WaPo has more details... An audio tape purported to carry the voice of Osama bin Laden called on Iraqis to carry out suicide attacks against Americans and defend themselves against a U.S. attack. The tape was broadcast on the Al-Jazeera Arab satellite station on Tuesday, the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. "We stress the importance of martyrdom operations against the enemy, these attacks that have scared Americans and Israelis like never before," the speaker said. Yasss... In the decadent Western armies, soldiers are only taught to kill the enemy. Before the broacast, Secretary of State Colin Powell told a Senate panel Tuesday that he had read a transcript of the statement and that it shows why the world needs to be concerned about Iraqi ties to terrorism. Powell said that on the tape, "bin Laden - or who we believe to be bin Laden" ... "once again speaks to the people of Iraq and talks about their struggle and how he is in partnership with Iraq." The Iraqi general staff is, right this moment, asking each other "Who the hell let him out? Why doesn't he shut up?" The linkage of Iraq to al-Qaeda has been pretty tenuous, based on what's publicly available. Binny, or someone imitating his voice, has just put the collective Iraqi doinker in a wringer and given the crank two or three healthy turns... Washington insists that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is linked to bin Laden's al-Qaida network and cites that as one reason to launch military action against Iraq. Meanwhile, the poor Iraqi cannon fodder is standing around looking at each other and saying things like, "Cheeze! It was bad enough when we were expected to hold our positions and let the Merkins kill us all. Now this guy wants us to do it ourselves!" |
| Posted by:Steve |