The giant white airship, devoid of markings but humming with surveillance devices, is now as familiar a feature of the Athenian skyline as the Acropolis. High above it, criss-crossing the airlanes at 20,000ft, the Mirage interceptors of the Greek air force are as invisible as the gods of the ancient world.
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/olympics2004/athletics/story/0,14782,1283031,00.html
Osama to air message ending truce offered to Europe
DUBAI: An Islamist website said on Thursday that Osama Bin Laden or his second in command was due to release an audiotape to declare an end to the truce he offered to Europe if it pulled troops out of Iraq.
“Expect an audio message from Osama Bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahri,” said a statement on the Minbar Ahl al-Sunna wal Jamaa website, which has repeatedly posted terror-related news and videos by various shadowy groups.
“To all Muslims: expect an audio message from Osama Bin Laden on one of the satellite channels during which he will announce the end of the truce that he has given to the Europeans for a pullout from Iraq,” it said.
The authenticity of the statement could not be verified.
In a taped message broadcast by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television on April 15 the Al Qaeda chief offered peace to European states which refrained from aggression against Muslims and pulled their troops out of the Muslim world within three months. European leaders promptly dismissed the offer, saying the idea of negotiating with Bin Laden was absurd.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_13-8-2004_pg7_52