Al-Jazeera to Broadcast Full bin Laden Statement

Voice of America News ^ | 9-10-02

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Al-Jazeera television says Tuesday it will broadcast a complete videotape on al-Qaida 9-11 hijackers that includes a statement of Osama bin Laden.

In a tape excerpt broadcast Monday, a voice that al-Jazeera identifies as Osama bin Laden, praises the September 11 hijackers. It says the hijackers "changed the course of history" with their so-called New York and Washington "raids."

The voice goes on to name four of the hijackers, including Mohammad Atta, who is identified as the destroyer of the first World Trade Center tower - and is praised for being serious, diligent and faithful.

The excerpt shows footage of some of the hijackers preparing for the attacks by studying flight manuals and an aerial map of the Pentagon, one of the targets on the September 11 attacks.

The tape also shows one of the 9-11 hijackers, Abdul Aziz Al-Omari, reading his will. Wearing a grey robe, al-Omari calls the September 11 attacks a message to all infidels. He asks God to reward those who trained him for the mission and singles out Osama bin Laden for special praise.

Al-Omari has been identified by the FBI as a hijacker who crashed into the North tower of the World Trade Center.

Qatar-based al-Jazeera says the tape was made recently to mark the first anniversary of the attacks.

A White House official says the government remains concerned about the potential for terrorist activity as the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches Wednesday.

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said today that anniversaries can sometimes be occasions for heightened terrorist activity, although he says intelligence reports do not currently indicate anything out of the ordinary.

[Monty22]

I don't think we're going to survive all this islamic peace they are heaping on us..

[I still care]

Now I find this very interesting. Haven't we been told that poll after poll says that many Muslims feels that it wasn't Osama that did it, that it was a Jewish conspiracy? Atta's father has said over and over again it couldn't be his son. I really wonder what kind of spin the dedicated fanatics are going to put on this.

[goldstategop]

Yawn... tell us something we don't already know. Oh and they changed the course of world history by being suitably cremated beneath Daisy Cutters. Islamonazi idiots.

[goldstategop]

They claimed it was an American Zionist plot to frame the great Osama and now without blushing they're admitting that everything the Great Satan said is true. Either they're demoralized or they've been spooked by the Elders Of Zion into furthering the American Zionist conspiracy against Islam.

[Monty22]

That's an interesting take. They are almost in full desperation panic-mode it does seem. The more islamics boast and claim peace and love, the you know they are lying sacks that are neither peaceful nor strong.

[gridlock]

They are sufficiently dedicated fanatics to simultaneously believe that they didn't do it and that they should take pride in doing it.

To understand the mindset you have to stop thinking like a Westerner. Maybe you have to stop thinking altogether.