| This thread has been locked, it will not receive new replies. |
|
Locked on 12/19/2003 10:53:46 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator, reason:
Same news, different source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1043619/posts |
Posted on 12/19/2003 10:45:18 AM PST by areafiftyone
A new tape recording believed to be the voice of Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, claims the US has been defeated in Afghanistan.
The audio tape, said to be of Ayman al-Zawahri, was aired on the Qatar-based al Jazeera network.
The voice said the terror group was chasing Americans everywhere, including the United States.
"America has been defeated (by) our fighters despite all its military might, its weaponry...With Gods help we are still chasing Americans and their allies everywhere, including their homeland,"said the speaker.
Zawahri's warning came as a US intelligence official said authorities were studying a terror threat to New York City and were "very concerned" by the volume of threats to US interests at home and overseas.
It also comes days after NATO chief Lord George Robertson warned members of the transatlantic alliance to "wake up" and bolster support for a NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, or face failure.
The United States leads a 12,000-strong force in Afghanistan after a US-led 2001 invasion ousted the hardline Taliban which gave shelter to al Qaeda, blamed for the September 11 attacks on the United States.
Taliban and al Qaeda militants are still active in the southeast of the country.
Crap.
Maybe they, unlike the demoncRATs, are getting tired of that lie.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.