Posted on 02/19/2006 6:28:46 PM PST by LouAvul
CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden promised never to be captured alive and declared the U.S. had resorted to the same "barbaric" tactics used by Saddam Hussein, according to an audiotape purportedly by the al-Qaida leader posted Monday on a militant Web site.
The tape appeared to be a complete version of one that was first broadcast Jan. 19 on Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arab satellite channel, in which bin Laden offered the United States a long-term truce but also said his al-Qaida terror network would soon launch a fresh attack on American soil.
"I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived," bin Laden said. He also said U.S. actions in Iraq were comparable to the actions of the ousted Iraqi leader.
The tape's release in January came days after a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan that was targeting bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, and reportedly killed four leading al-Qaida figures, including possibly al-Zawahri's son-in-law. There was no mention of the attack on the segments that were broadcast.
It was the first tape from the al-Qaida leader in more than a year — the longest period without a message since the Sept. 11 2001 suicide hijackings in the United States.
The CIA last month authenticated the voice on the initial recording as that of bin Laden, an agency official told The Associated Press at the time. The al-Qaida leader is believed to be hiding in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
So, I guess we have to capture him dead. Works for me.
OBL will not be taken alive unless science has a way to make bones get up and walk.
Promises, promises.
yep works for me too, especially after witnessing the farce they are calling a trial of Saddam.
Translation: I can't seem to get any plan off the ground, so I'll just try to scare you with talk.
Well, let's give the man what he wants. I wanna see him in hell ASAP.
That's kinda how I look at these so called Iranian suicide brigades. Prisoners are a pain in the butt anyway.
The man is a coward, albeit a cautious one.
"Bin Laden Vows Never to Be Captured Alive"
Well, um, ok.
Mr. Has bin Laden, since you're a news reader, why
don't you tell us how you would like to be captured?
I know...maybe we can look for a tall guy with who's
had a face makeover and is hanging out in one of the
cartoon protests.
Hmmm...not a bad idea.
ditto
Mark my words (er...Saddam's actually) this is what he will say when we get him...JFK
Ditto
Saddam said the same thing.
Not bad, Bones...
Okay fine, we won't capture you, we'll just collect your dead body then.
"Top of the world Mohamhead!!!!!!"
Wow. Just like the jolly swagman.
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