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"Finally, it behoves you to reflect on the last wills and testaments of the thousands who left you on the 11th as they gestured in despair. They are important testaments, which should be studied and researched. . ."

- - UBL 10/30/04

It is unclear what Hamid Mir is claiming today on Fox since the news reports seem to indicate that U.S. authorities have been in possession of this tape for some time. Mir apparently thinks it is important that al Qaeda released it publicly at this moment.

(no link, my transcription, phone connection with Hamid Mir interrupted on air several times)

Fox Interview with Hamid Mir:

Interviewer:

We've reestablished our contact with Mr. Hamid Mir. We're talking about this video that shows Mohammed Atta well before 9/11.

Mr. Mir, your thoughts about what this video shows you.

Hamid Mir:

Yes, this is a clear message from Osama Bin Laden to his fighters who are hiding inside or outisde the United States that they must be ready for another attack. According to my information, this video was in the possession of Osama Bin Laden himself.

So if it is released by al Qaeda, then it is, you see, definitely a message. And according to my information in (unintelligible) 2004 Adnan al Shukrijumah also recorded his last will in Khost, eastern province of Afghanistan, and he'll lead the next attack inside America like Mohammed Atta, who was the head of the 9/11 attack.

Interviewer:

So you're saying, excuse me, you're saying, you're saying we should go on alert then by seeing this video.

Hamid Mir:

Yes. Because you see Mister (unintelligible) who is an al Jazeera reporter. This video was also given to him by Khaled Sheikh Mohammed

(interruption)

So, it was not released. But now it was released, and I think that the message is clear. And the other thing is that this video was released two days after the message of Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri, which is also very important. And Osama Bin Laden is trying to tell his people that "I'm alive" and they must be ready for the new attacks".

"This video was also given to him by Khaled Sheikh Mohammed (interruption) So, it was not released. But now it was released, and I think that the message is clear. And the other thing is that this video was released two days after the message of Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri, which is also very important. And Osama Bin Laden is trying to tell his people that "I'm alive" and they must be ready for the new attacks".

http://www.lauramansfield.com

Full translation of Zawahiri 9/29/2006 video, courtesy of Laura Mansfield

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. . . The murderer and spiller of Muslim blood, Bush, has stated that he has secret prisons, in which he holds the dangerous leaders of the group of Qa'idat al-Jihad, including the mujahid brother

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad,

may God free him, and he has stated that during the three years after

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad's

arrest, the interrogators have been able to get from

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad

valuable information which has helped the Crusaders to kill and arrest a number of leaders of Al-Qa'ida.

I want to ask this lying failure: Who are those leaders of Al-Qa'ida whose killing or capture was facilitated by the information extracted from

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad?

And I say to him: You lying failure, what is the size of your losses after the capture of

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad,

may God free him?

Bush, you deceitful charlatan, three and a half years have passed since you captured

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad,

so how have you found us during this time? . . .

And I tell him: You frivolous charlatan, if the arrest of

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad,

may God free him, has helped you in the war on terror, why then are your forces retreating in secret from the south and east of Afghanistan and handing over their tasks to the NATO forces, which are screaming for help due to the horribleness of what is happening to them at the hands of the Taliban and Al-Qa'ida?

I tell him that if arresting

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad,

may God set him free, enabled you to deal painful blows to Al-Qa'ida, why then your troops are making quick arrangements for withdrawal from Iraq? I also tell him that

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad,

may God set him free, has hurt you thou sands of times more than you hurt him.

Abu-Firas says:

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad

is a soldier of Islam who has been fighting its enemy; first the Russians, and then the Americans, for more than 20 years.

I also tell him that

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad

is the leader of the march, the pioneer of an awakening, and the vanguard of a nation, and he has left behind him thousands others who have learned from him or those who learned from those who learned from him and who take their example his life story and his continuous sacrifices and giving in the path of God so that the word of God be the highest and the word of the unbelievers be the lowest.

I also tell him that what you have committed against

Khalid al-Shaykh Muhammad

and the other Muslim captives in your prisons and the jails of your slaves in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, and elsewhere is not a secret to anyone and we are a people who do not tolerate oppression and we do not abandon our revenge until our chests are healed of those who aggressed against us. By the grace of God, we are seeking to extract revenge on behalf of Islam and Muslims from you, your soldiers, and your allies. So be patient if you can when you face the horrors of war because we, with God's help, will tolerate it. . .