For my next act I will pull a fatwah out of my azz.
Posted on 02/12/2003 12:05:06 PM PST by Petronski
Report: Bin Laden Predicts 'Martyrdom' in New Tape
Wed February 12, 2003 02:12 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A British-based Islamic news agency said Wednesday it had a new tape recording of Osama bin Laden in which the Saudi militant allegedly predicts his own death this year in an unspecified act of "martyrdom."
The Ansaar news agency said it bought the recording, which it likened to bin Laden's last will and testament and said was freshly recorded, from an unidentified man through the Internet.
"Indeed surely this year will I lead my steed and hurl it, and my soul, at one of the targets ... and I become a martyr," Imran Khan, who runs Ansaar in the Midlands city of Birmingham, translated the tape as saying.
His claim could not be independently verified.
The United States blames bin Laden for the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
The tape, if genuine, would be the latest in a line of his recordings to surface.
Tuesday, Qatar-based television channel al-Jazeera broadcast a taped message believed to be from the fugitive militant, which warned Arab states against backing a U.S.-led war against Iraq.
In May 2002, Ansaar released a video of bin Laden which they claimed showed he had survived the U.S. war in Afghanistan, but which Jazeera said was filmed before the war even began. Jazeera had broadcast several video and audio tapes by bin Laden since the New York and Washington attacks.
Khan said the seller of the new 53-minute tape, which is in Arabic, spoke with a Saudi accent and said the tape had been made at an undisclosed location this month.
In the tape, the speaker refers to fighting the United States for more than a year in Afghanistan. U.S. troops have been fighting there since autumn 2001 when they set out to avenge the Twin Towers attacks and destroy bin Laden's network.
Khan said the new Ansaar tape also claims a war on Iraq is a precursor to an invasion of Saudi Arabia.
Ansaar, which would not divulge more details of the recording, is offering the tape for sale.
"I'm open to offers... I had one of 20,000 ($32,310)," Khan said.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said the department was unaware of the tape but added: "We would listen to any broadcast carefully and consider our response."
Shhhh!!!! We're trying to keep this quiet, Osama . . .
That's what I was thinking as I read the article. They want a new live leader. The Bin Ladin thing is starting to work in our favor.
perhaps we should get a 2nd opinion on this translation? however, it would be interesting to see Osama "hurling" his steed AND his soul. What is 'soul-hurling', anyway? Will he be hurling his steed's soul?
I'd demand to have the "remains" tested - like how old are these dry bones?
Sounds more like Dr. Evil in Austin Powers'. Maybe the beginning of a rap song by Dr. Evil...
I will lead my steed and become a martyr
Hurl it, unfurl it, the world's greatest farter...
Or something like that.
Maybe he was one of the four ME-looking fellas that bought a few bags of fertilizer and copper wire from a Lowe's Store outside of Raleigh last week?...
Hmmmm....
Maybe Osama died in Tora Bora and they have been using some sort of impersonator or impersonator technology to create the audio tapes. They'll want to kill their "Osama" off before the ruse is discovered. So they report him martyred sometime this year. That way American doesn't credit for the kill.
This tape may just be "foreshadowing."
Promises, promises.
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