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Rooters: Al Jazeera to air new bin Laden tape
2006-01-19
DUBAI (Reuters) - Arab television al Jazeera station said on Thursday it would soon air a new audio tape said to be from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. No more details were given.
If he talks about the airstrike in Pakistan, we'll know it's a new tape. Otherwise, could be a rerun.

Bin Laden Offers Truce in Purported Tape
Wherein the Proprietor's hopes that Ayman new resembles 150 pounds of stewing beef are given a boost, even while his hopes that Binny is a shriveled corpse in an unmarked grave in Iran plummet.
Al-Jazeera aired an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden on Thursday, saying al-Qaida is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a truce to build Iraq and Afghanistan.

The voice in the tape said heightened security measures in the United States are not the reason there have been no attacks there since Sept. 11, 2001. Instead, the reason is "because there are operations that need preparations, and you will see them," he said.

"Based on what I have said, it is better not to fight the Muslims on their land," he said. "We do not mind offering you a truce that is fair and long-term. ... So we can build Iraq and Afghanistan ... there is no shame in this solution because it prevents wasting of billions of dollars ... to merchants of war."

The speaker did not give conditions for a truce in the excerpts aired by Al-Jazeera.
Posted by:Steve

#25  well, I'll be darned. If it's true that he's alive, I wonder if the reason he's making audio instead of video is because he had plastic surgery and that doesn't want his followers to know that he did such a cowardly act.
Posted by: 2b   2006-01-19 21:11  

#24  "Our people are able to infiltrate through your security measures no matter how strong."

Unfortunately, I don't doubt that.

"As for the delay in similar operations in America is not because of your security measures; operations are being prepared and you will see them in your homes," he added.

Sounds like the plan Kerry kept referring to during the campaign.

"We are a nation that God has forbidden to lie and cheat."

Bwahahahaha! And I've got this great bridge I can sell you.
Posted by: Xbalanke   2006-01-19 12:21  

#23   I have no serious doubt that the tape is genuine. He makes a reference to the Daily Mirror account of the leaked memo on Bush wanting to bomb al-Jazeera, so the tape could not have been composed before late November or early December, which tracks with the al-Jazeera internal dating.
Posted by: Dan Darling   2006-01-19 12:18  

#22  I think he is asking for a "Do Over"...
Posted by: Capsu78   2006-01-19 12:17  

#21  You try to make terms when you're losing. Seems to me Binny's on the ropes - let's finish him off!

(About "building" Iraq and Afganistan...is that with or without the Taliban in Afgan and Zark's boyz in Iraq? Or does he want to bring back the old, old days?)
Posted by: Spot   2006-01-19 12:15  

#20  DU response is predictable.
Posted by: doc   2006-01-19 12:06  

#19  The parallels between the Osama peace offer and the Murtha withdrawal plan are . . . uncanny, to put it mildly.
Posted by: Mike   2006-01-19 12:06  

#18  According to Jazzy, the tape is dated Dec 05 which means that the Binny died in December story could certainly still be true.
Posted by: doc   2006-01-19 12:04  

#17  Any guesses as to how long before a Dem demands we accept the truce?
Posted by: Fred   2006-01-19 12:01  

#16  Logical and well said, AP. *applause*
Posted by: .com   2006-01-19 12:00  

#15  On a serious note, all they offer is some crummy audio tape with bad audio. Why can't they make a video from some non-descript padded cell plain whitewashed room and smuggle it out to Al Jazz?

The reason that they cannot is that Binny or Ayman are either dead or not *ahem* good enough shape for even a make-up session. They are either hurt badly or dead and showing them on video would hurt their cause. Also, new images of the Grusome Twosome would be like updated worldwide wanted posters.

As far as their threats go, I believe that they are relatively empty ones. They would have done it if they had the chance. If they got lucky and got a chance, they would pull it off. It is getting more difficult to organize, finance, and carry out operations for them. Also, if they did pull one off, then they would lose their base, be it in NW Sh*tholistan part of Pakistan or Iran or elsewhere. It is difficult for them to maintain an effective base. There is a lot going on in the shadow war that we, the public do not know about.

So my take on the new Binny tape is that we are winning, despite having to drag a 5th column anchor behind us all the way. An effective attack against the US would release fury against their base that so far is restrained, for pollitical reasons. We all must realize that these guys will not quit until they and their financiers are all brought to room temperature, like the cancer cells that they are.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-01-19 11:53  

#14  it will be very interesting to hear the D_Craps response to this news.
Posted by: RD   2006-01-19 11:48  

#13  A-Q and the DhimmiCraps

...The Convergence



Posted by: RD   2006-01-19 11:44  

#12  But...but...but... accoring to Zack and the MSM Osama is handing us our our ass in a bucket.

Why would he offer a truce now?

Remember: Under Islam it is permissable to lie and even break an oath as long as it advances Islam.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-01-19 11:34  

#11  
I remember those days when AQ were telling US they were going to form the caliphate take over the world, drive the infidels out, Afghanistan / Iraq would be our graveyard blah blah blah...

Now we have this it just proves the fact of what the Dums have been saying, "we are losing, we cant win, Iraq was a mistake, blah blah blah" Sarcasm

I would like to see Bush bring the point out that this tape proves we are winning and our PLAN is working. But I am not holding my breath.
Posted by: C-Low   2006-01-19 11:32  

#10  We may have not hit Ayman but we did strike a nerve, heh.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-01-19 11:22  

#9  We got closer to Bin Laden then we think..
Posted by: Grins Sluper5274   2006-01-19 11:14  

#8  We must make a truce with the infidels...We need time to to reorg the org chart.
Posted by: Capsu78   2006-01-19 11:10  

#7  Send J Kerry and Al Gore to negotiate the truce quick. Before Obama changes his mind.
Posted by: Teddy "Im Your Daddy" Kennedy   2006-01-19 11:08  

#6  Can we cut to the chase, invade Saudi Arabia and boil any survivors in oil?
Posted by: ed   2006-01-19 11:04  

#5  Osama's truce proves he's behind the Democrat's party agenda and vivious rumors. He wants Bin Laden Construction to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan instead of Halliburton! And how timely.
Posted by: Danielle   2006-01-19 10:57  

#4  Abu Khabab is Shish Kebab...
Posted by: doc   2006-01-19 10:40  

#3  Osama is offering a truce! Guess who's NOT coming to dinner, Osama -- Abu Khabab al-Masri! ROTFLMAO
Posted by: Darrell   2006-01-19 10:38  

#2  Oh hell, Homes is asking for a hudna. F*ck that.
Posted by: BH   2006-01-19 10:34  

#1  
Posted by: doc   2006-01-19 10:13  

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