http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP83804
Special Dispatch Series - No. 838
December 30, 2004
No.838
"Osama Bin Laden: 'Today There is a Conflict between World Heresy Under the Leadership of America on the One Hand and the Islamic Nation with the Mujahideen in its Vanguard on the Other'"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In an audio-cassette tape released on December 16, 2004, Osama bin Laden directs his criticism against Arab rulers in general and against the Saudi royal family in particular, saying that they are no longer to be considered Muslims and calling on them to step down. Portions of the approximately hour and fifteen minutes-long tape were aired on Al-Jazeera. The following are excerpts from the speech : [1]"
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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP83704
Special Dispatch Series - No. 837
December 30, 2004
No.837
"Osama Bin Laden to the Iraqi People:It Is Forbidden to Participate in Iraqi & PA Elections; Jihad in Palestine and Iraq is Incumbent upon Residents of All Muslim Countries, Not Just Iraqis and Palestinians; Zarqawi is the Commander of Al-Qa'ida in Iraq"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "On December 27, the Al-Sahab Institute for Media Productions, known to be the institute that distributes Al-Qa'ida's videocassettes, published Osama bin Laden's letter "To the Muslims in Iraq in Particular and The [Islamic] Nation in General." Approximately two minutes of the tape aired on Al-Jazeera – the full tape is over one hour long. The following are excerpts from the main points: [1]"
I've been doing a little "light reading" on my vacation time this week, about the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 off the coast of Nantucket back on Oct. 31, 1999. I have always been and am still firmly convinced this was a terrorist act. Despite the protestations of the Egyptian government, the NTSB finally admitted that Yes, the relief pilot intentionally crashed the 767 into the Atlantic for reasons unknown.
While reading the 160 page official report, something caught my eye in the transcript of the CVR (cockpit voice recorder): on pg. 99, one of the pilots asks "What's with you? Why did you get dressed all in red like that?" From what I can decifer, he was speaking to the relief pilot who moments later crashed the plane.
Does anyone recall this having been made public? And what is the significance?