Posted on 01/19/2006 10:52:48 AM PST by Arabs only 600 years behind us
'Bin Laden tape' warns of attacks
Opinion is divided as to whether the voice really is Bin Laden's Arabic TV station al-Jazeera has broadcast an audio tape it says is by the al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden. In it, the speaker says new attacks on the US are being planned, but offers a "long-term truce" to the Americans.
If confirmed, it would be the first time Bin Laden has been heard from since December 2004.
People familiar with Bin Laden's voice are divided as to whether the voice really is his. US experts are trying to determine the tape's authenticity.
The US quickly rejected the truce offer made on the tape.
"We do not negotiate with terrorists. We put them out ofbusiness," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.
The operations are happening in Baghdad and you will see them here at home the minute they are through (with preparations), with God's permission
Voice said to be Bin Laden
Full transcript The speaker on the tape said the reason there had not been an attack in the US since 11 September 2001 was not because of superior US security, but because the group had been engaged in activities in Iraq - and because operations in the US "need preparations".
"The operations are happening in Baghdad and you will see them here at home the minute they are through (with preparations), with God's permission," he said.
US officials have said they believe Bin Laden hiding in a mountainous area on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
There is no clear indication of when the tape was recorded.
Last month, al-Jazeera aired a videotape it said dated back to September, showing al-Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
In it, Zawahiri declared that, despite a prolonged absence and rumours about ill-health or possible injury, Bin Laden was alive.
Truce offer
Despite the warning of renewed attacks, the speaker also offered the US the chance of a long-term truce in light of the fact that US public opinion polls showed growing opposition to the war in Iraq.
Your president is misinterpreting public opinion polls which show that the vast majority of you support the withdrawal of your forces from Iraq
Voice said to be Bin Laden "We have no objection to responding to this with a long-term truce based on fair conditions," the speaker 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.
"Your president is misinterpreting public opinion polls which show that the vast majority of you support the withdrawal of your forces from Iraq."
Bin Laden made Europe a similar truce offer following the Madrid train bombings of March 2004.
Correspondents say it is an attempt to frighten the public and drive a wedge between them and their governments, which say it is necessary to stay to distance in Iraq, not pull out troops.
The BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says that in the US the immediate political effect of the tape will probably be to boost support for President George W Bush.
Oh, I thought it said "Bin Laden's tape worm attacks"
Never mind. :P
'The operations are happening in Baghdad and you will see them here at home the minute they are through (with preparations), with God's permission'
Let's see here.........this will only happen with God's permission according to UBL. Well, I talked to God about this issue this morning and he said....NO
Perhaps it is because some folks just want it to be so (that OBL is dead). With all the technology the world has today, and the fact that there are known audio recordings of OBL to use as a comparison when receiving a new audio tape, it is highly unlikely that our CIA, or any other intelligence agency in the world, cannot determine the authenticity of said person's voice.
I am quite vexed by this latest tape and I believe he is ready to hit us again.
What was it that was written in The Art of War, (paraphrasing) When you are week project strength, when you are strong appear week or some such.
OBL was greatly criticized in the Islamic world after 911 for not issuing us a warring before the attack.
He knows full well that we will not take him up on his truce offer. Now he is positioned to strike with greater Islamic moral authority. If he strikes, and I believe he will, he can show how Islam is morally superior by offering terms only to be rejected by the infidels.
Several years pass between AQ attacks and I believe we are due. Our border security remains vulnerable and we have so many high value soft targets we can never protect them all. Nothing has really changed since 911.
The enemy is at the gate if he is not already inside. After the smoke clears and we recover our dead, the DNC and ACLU will pay a heavy price for their treachery.
One thing I have learned about OBL, ignore him at your peril. He means what he says.
He's dead Jim.
I know you're talking about Michael Moore's movie. Moore didn't use anything that wasn't already being said by moonbats from Hollywood to the senate and plastered all over CNN. He's just the only one who strung it together and called it a "documentary"
I've been wondering if he's on the DNC's email list
*diabolical laughter*
I hope you have your shoulders hunched and rubbing your hands together in anticipation.... I am
;D
How many ways to say it? In 2004, U.S. intelligence analyzed the tape and said that the message was authentic and had been produced recently.
Do you know something they don't?
Foot in mouth alert!
Yes, that and they don't want to have to admit they were wrong in the first place.
It just amazes me how we go through this every single time.
It would be interesting to hear what recent events he refers to on the tape. I have not read the full transcript.
It is hard to think of a way to pay Osama back for all the evil he has unleashed in his miserable life. I don't think it's possible to repay him in this lifetime. I'm sure that in the next life, it is.
Agreed they're planning to hit us again.
I'm equally interested. I haven't read a full transcript either.
It amazes me as well. Perhaps someone should poll FReepers and find out just how many there are who truly believe that OBL is dead. It'd be interesting to see the results.
About a month ago Katie Couric had a green beret on promoting his book (probably only worthwhile guest she was ever polite to), and he said the exact same words, verbatim:
"We can fight them over here, or go over there and fight them on their own turf".
It sounds as if you are almost rooting for him.
Maybe that drone in Pakistan was a little too close for comfort. Ok bin Laden, come out, come out wherever you are. Hands high in the air. Sending a tape just doesn't cut it.
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