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Bin Laden Tape Says U.S. War on Iraq a Crusade
Reuters.Com ^
Posted on 12/20/2003 10:35:03 AM PST by nwctwx
DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden attacked the U.S. war on Iraq as part of a new crusade against Islam in an audiotape purported to be by the al Qaeda leader aired on Arabic TV station Al Arabiya on Saturday. "Know that this war is a new crusade against the Islamic world and is a critical war for the whole Islamic nation," said the voice on the tape.
U.S. officials say bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri, his top deputy, are believed to be in the mountainous border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, although it is unclear whether they are together.
U.S. forces have been engaged in an intense manhunt for bin Laden since the September 11 attacks, blamed on al Qaeda, killed about 3,000 people in the United States in 2001.
Earlier on Saturday a CIA official in Washington said technical analysis of a separate audio tape aired on Friday of Zawahri showed it was "most likely" authentic.
Arabic television al Jazeera broadcast that tape, in which al Qaeda's second in command said his group was chasing Americans everywhere, including the United States.
Jazeera and Al Arabiya have in the past broadcast similar messages said to be from bin Laden and Zawahri. The CIA has said some of those also appeared to be authentic.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: aljazeera; alqaeda; audiotape; binladen; iraq; iraqifreedom; obl; waronterror; zawahri
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To: aruanan
"Bin Laden Tape Says U.S. War on Iraq a Crusade" Yeah, but ole Binny DID declare a jihad on us first... but actually, the jihads been going on ever since the pedophile prophet spewed the ideology that demands that they convert or kill all the non-moon god worshippers, and he started his first genocidal war against the Jews driving then out of the hijaz...
I would be proud to take Binnys Jihad and raise him a Crusade.
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posted on
12/20/2003 11:42:46 AM PST
by
USF
To: aruanan
That footnote is important, aruanan. Islam kills everything it touches. There is no - repeat, NO - intellectual or creative life left in any society overrun by Islam within about 100 years of the conquest.
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posted on
12/20/2003 11:43:47 AM PST
by
livius
To: nwctwx
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzyadayadadyadayadazzzzzzzzzzz..osama...zzzzzzzzz.....osama...yadadadaada Ah, shaddup!
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posted on
12/20/2003 11:45:25 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(NORTH KOREA is a DANGEROUS CANCER in late stages; still, we only meditate and take herbal medicines)
To: nwctwx
U.S. forces have been engaged in an intense manhunt for bin Laden since the September 11 attacks "Nah, we're got him and are just waiting to parade him before the electorate at the time most advantageous to the current administation." -- Mad Maddy
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posted on
12/20/2003 11:46:38 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: livius
"islam kills everything it touches..." Dont forget for the likes of the Salafis/wahabbi crowd, if ever they find themselves in a position where they have murdered all the Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, etc, or forced them to summit to their fascist ideology, they are obligated to kill or start the forced "re-education" of the 90% or so in the Islamic "ummah" they consider muslim bidahis. Nobody kills Muslims better than militant Muslims. All contribute towards humanity is permanent bloodshed, chaos and opression...
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posted on
12/20/2003 11:53:49 AM PST
by
USF
To: USF
Correction: "All they contribute towards humanity..."
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posted on
12/20/2003 11:55:54 AM PST
by
USF
To: nwctwx
Arabic television al Jazeera broadcast that tape, in which al Qaeda's second in command said his group was chasing Americans everywhere, including the United States.Oh yeah, they've really got us on the run, the whole world can see that they're chasing us. They're even using a new method of chasing.......from the front.
To: vbmoneyspender
USA needs to know that Islam is every bit as politcal as Communism, and it needs the same treatment. USA should not let it's enemies have a toe hold in the USA. Whether we like it or not, Islam is clearly the enemy, and we need to face up to it now before it is too late.
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posted on
12/20/2003 12:01:48 PM PST
by
tessalu
To: USF
Well, it's true that at one point, when the mostly Persia/Baghdad Muslims who initially conquered Spain had become relatively tolerant and had actually begun to show some respect for the culture they had overrun, they themselves were immediately overrun by "purer" Muslims from North Africa, who put them to the sword and installed a much harsher "pure" Islamic society.
The fundamental dynamic of Islam is anti-intellectual, and even when Muslims themselves try to escape this fact, it comes back and attacks them.
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posted on
12/20/2003 12:09:04 PM PST
by
livius
To: nwctwx
I just read an interesting tidbit reference soldiers being killed. Last month all we heard from all news sources was how things were getting so much worse, and that we had 11 soldiers killed...the most since the war began.
That is all well and good.
But look what just came out from CENTCOM:
"Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, a spokesman for the military here, noted cautiously that fatal attacks on American soldiers were down significantly in December, compared with November, the deadliest month by far for soldiers here. A military Web site reports 11 American soldiers killed so far this month, compared with 81 in November"
I certainly do not want to jinx our troops, but I wonder if any news sources will make a big deal about this being the lightest month by far for casualties--both killed and wounded--since the war began. Hmmm. We will see.
I guess Bin Laden is not being as successful as he claims....
To: vbmoneyspender
You have it exactly right!
Crusade against EVIL
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posted on
12/20/2003 12:12:03 PM PST
by
OldFriend
( BLESS OUR PRESIDENT)
To: Proud Legions
Opps...typo. We had 111 killed last month, not 11. Only 11 this month. 11 is still 11 we do not want to lose, ever. But a far cry from Vietnam.
To: All
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posted on
12/20/2003 12:13:00 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: nwctwx
Know that this war is a new crusade against the Islamic world I only wish this were so.
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posted on
12/20/2003 12:13:28 PM PST
by
gg188
To: nwctwx
They must be watching a lot of American television...
The jihadis have realized that the democrats and liberals in this country will believe ANYTHING that may remotely make Bush look bad and have started their own Psyops in the hopes to save their skins(read: getting a democrat in the White House).
To: nwctwx
Bin Laden Tape Says U.S. War on Iraq a Crusade And the Crusader kicked butt...
To: nwctwx
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posted on
12/20/2003 12:34:58 PM PST
by
USF
To: nwctwx
It is troubling that Zawahri and OBL have both been "on the air" in the past 2 days. It is indeed. I've been worried about something happening here on/before 1/1/04. Pray we stopped anything pending.
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posted on
12/20/2003 12:40:56 PM PST
by
Indie
To: nwctwx
A videotape from Osama would be nice. Maybe holding a newspaper with a fairly recent date.
He's so dead!
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posted on
12/20/2003 12:41:15 PM PST
by
wireman
To: wireman
A videotape from Osama would be nice. Maybe holding a newspaper with a fairly recent date. He's so dead! I'm not so sure it is important when the tapes are made, what he says and their timing of release seem much more of concern. He may be dead but that is conjecture at this point.
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posted on
12/20/2003 12:49:40 PM PST
by
nwctwx
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