[GeronL]

Purported Bin Laden Tape Offers Truce to Europe-TV

and Europe-TV accepted quickly.

[Angelus Errare]

It looks like he's trying to adopt a "divide and conquer" strategy - his message is certainly going to resonate with the Euroleft. My guess is that he wants to connect with the anti-American aspects of Euro society that have come up from the sewer of late and, if not get them sympathetic towards him, at least neutralize them as a threat to his agenda.