Posted on 01/29/2010 2:05:32 AM PST by free1977free
Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, has condemned the US and other industrial economies, holding them responsible for the phenomenon of climate change.
In an audio tape obtained by Al Jazeera, bin Laden criticised George Bush, the former US president, for rejecting the Kyoto pact and condemned global corporations.
"This is a message to the whole world about those responsible for climate change and its repercussions - whether intentionally or unintentionally - and about the action we must take," bin Laden said.
"Speaking about climate change is not a matter of intellectual luxury - the phenomenon is an actual fact."
The tape follows one released earlier this week in which the al-Qaeda leader praised a Nigerian man accused of a failed attempt to blow up an airliner heading for Detroit on Christmas Day.
'Grave repercussions'
In the new recording, bin Laden says "all the industrial states" are to blame for climate change, "yet the majority of those states have signed the Kyoto Protocol and agreed to curb the emission of harmful gases".
He continued: "However, George Bush junior, preceded by [the US] congress, dismissed the agreement to placate giant corporations. And they are themselves standing behind speculation, monopoly and soaring living costs.
"They are also behind 'globalisation and its tragic implications'. And whenever the perpetrators are found guilty, the heads of state rush to rescue them using public money."
The Kyoto Protocol, a UN treaty aimed at combating global warming, was adopted in December 1997 and has since been ratified by 187 states, but not by the US congress.
Although a signatory to the agreement, the US under Bush refused to ratify the treaty, saying that it should contain binding goals for developing countries to reduce emissions as well as those for industrialised nations.
Targeting US dollar
In the new recording, bin Laden said: "Noam Chomsky [the US academic and political commentator] was correct when he compared the US policies to those of the Mafia. They are the true terrorists and therefore we should refrain from dealing in the US dollar and should try to get rid of this currency as early as possible.
"I am certain that such actions will have grave repercussions and huge impact."
While continuing to attack America, bin Laden's comments mark a shift from his earlier, more regionally focused commentary.
In his previous tape, bin Laden warned that there would be further attacks on the US unless Barack Obama, the current US president, took steps to resolve the Palestinian conflict.
The Obama administration dismissed bin Laden's comments on the earlier tape and said intelligence analysts had not confirmed that the voice was that of bin Laden.
Precisely.
Ha! A dead guy can not only vote, he can make comments on nonbinding resolutions!
Weather Station Waziristan reporting temperature increases in the thermobaric range.
Of course it is a hoax. Since early 2002 there has been no authenticat photo taken of Bin Laden. A Swiss company has reviewed the tapes and called them bogus. The CIA keeps Bin Laden alive although they know that Zawahiri runs Al Qaeda. Why? Because there is money to be made and jobs to be created as long as Osama is alive.
/s ? please...
honestly...these clowns are laughing a us...
If I am not mistaken, this sounds pretty much like another message to his ilk.
The “destroy the currency as soon as possible” just doesn’t sit right with me.
Course, I am only on my second cup of coffee though.
Oh... so killing 3,000 people by destroying the World Trade Center was simply an attempt to reduce our carbon footprint! Now I get it! By killing people and living in a cave, he's actually trying to SAVE the planet, just like 0bama [kill all the babies] and Al Gore [destroy the economy so we all live in caves].
Wait a minute! If Osama is saving the planet by killing people and reducing our carbon footprint, then shouldn't he get... the Nobel Peace Prize?!?!? Just like 0bama and Al Gore?!
What does the Nobel Prize Committee have against Osama? Racists!
Hmmm... another thing they have in common. Interesting.
That's all a bunch of cold air.
bin Laden ought to run for public office, if he wants hopey/changey stuff. Walk the walk big guy.
He would have killed in Copenhagen.....
No, Bin Laden is merely trying to co-opt our nutballs into helping him. That’s all.
This sort of thing has been going on for a very long time. When the Iranians took our people hostage in 1978, they released women and minorities first, as they were ‘oppressed’ in this country. Ever since, it has been difficult to differentiate between the speeches of dictators and college professors.
Now the Left will really love him.
He's united the anti-American, anti-Israeli, anti-Civilization crowds with the garden variety commies and greens.
One big, happy family.
It won't be long before the American left is lamenting the persecution of bin Laden.
Could you elaborate please?
Thanks, - Drill
This makes me lose all the respect I once had for OBL.
Well, I suggest that Harry and Nancy had better call congress into session immediately, to authorize sending bin Ladin a large carbon credit payment for his good work in helping to save the world.
Al Gore can carry the cash to him in an imitation leather suitcase made of certifiably recyclable plastic.
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