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We don't know whether the latest and much-discussed Osama bin Laden tape was recorded recently. But the harangue is still a valuable reflection of the current Al-Qaida hierarchy that broadcast it to the world. First, things must be going very badly for the terrorists to propose a cease-fire: ``We don't mind offering you a long-term truce.'' In truth, the winning side does not ask for a reprieve. Losing autocrats -- whether the officers of the German army in the summer of 1918 or Hitler's cadre in the spring of 1945 -- always ``don't mind'' sending out peace feelers in the...

Zawahiri déclame an elegy with the "martyrs" of the jihad in Afghanistan PARIS - the number two of the network Al-Qaïda, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, déclame a long elegiac poem dedicated to the "martyrs" of the jihad in Afghanistan, in a sound recording put in line Friday, a few days after an attack which would have aimed it to Pakistan. The audio band, of almost 18 minutes, does not comprise any indication on the date of the registration of the voice allotted to the assistant of Usama Bin Laden. The islamist site specifies however that it acts of "un new speech...