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Bin Laden Threatens Americans in First Video Message in Three Years
September 07, 2007 3:09 PM
Osama bin Laden's rambling address includes a direct threat to the American people.
There are only two options to end the war in Iraq: either end the American democratic system of government, or for insurgents, he says, "to continue to escalate the killing and fighting against you."
World News Video: Watch Bin Laden's New Video Message
The al Qaeda leader refers to Democrats' gains in the November 2006 elections, saying they "haven't made a move worth mentioning. On the contrary, they continue to agree to the spending of tens of billions to continue the killing and war there."
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The reason, he says, is the American democracy is corrupted by the influence of money from corporations, "the true tyrannical terrorists."
"[S]ince the democratic system permits major corporations to back candidates. . . there shouldn’t be any cause for astonishment. . . the Democrats’ failure to stop the war," bin Laden says. He also says that "despite the differing intentions," his interests overlap with corporations and others who perpetuate the war.
Bin Laden also has harsh words for the U.S. news media, which "lost its credibility and manifested itself as a tool of the colonialist empires" with its early coverage of the Iraq war. That coverage, he says, was often worse than what was produced by news outlets under dictatorial regimes.
He also mentions French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who came to power in May and at the end of June, respectively.
Bin Laden does refer to the Sept. 11 attacks. He criticizes Americans for not holding "those who waged this war" accountable and for re-electing President Bush "to continue to murder our people in Iraq and Afghanistan."
"Then you claim to be innocent!" he says. "The innocence of yours is like my innocence of the blood of your sons on the 9/11 -- were I to claim such a thing."
Bin Laden emphasized the tolerance Islamic countries have shown Jews and Christians in history, contrasting that with the Jewish holocaust and the slaughter of Native Americans in North America. Ultimately, bin Laden says, everyone should convert to Islam.
This is the al Qaeda's leader first video message since October 2004.
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September 7, 2007 in Osama bin Laden, Terror | Permalink | User Comments (37)
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Usama's head was attached to another photograph and scanned again ...no doubt.....this message never came from Bin Laden....
Posted by: Casseyy | Sep 10, 2007 3:55:46 PM
Ya know, his words sound earily like those of the radical left associated with Moveon. I wouldn't be surprised if Moveone. produced the video with a bin laden lookalike. After all, the last thing liberals and democrats want is for a Republican President to win a war. The political consequences of that would be devastating to the Democrat party. This is why they have been bad mouthing Bush from the onset of the war. They absolutely could not and can not afford to have a Republican win or they would be out of power for a long time.
Posted by: Kevin, Fort Collins, CO | Sep 10, 2007 6:36:36 PM
9-11 Rememberance
With silence only as their benediction,
God's angels come
Where, in the shadow of a great affliction,
The soul sits dumb
----John Greenleaf Whittier
Posted by: Diane Mrackoski | Sep 11, 2007 9:51:02 AM
How bout we sit there and bash the president and not know a thing about running a country? That is all anyone does anymore...if you are so good, run for president....otherwise how bout you all vote and get everyone you know to vote.....dont do either of those things then shut the hell up
Posted by: someone | Sep 11, 2007 10:22:35 AM
Like everything else designed to scare us into submitting to this or that new Draconian limitation of our rights, we really owe it to ourselves to consider the messenger-- and it's not Osama. How many times do our leaders need to tell us things which later turn out to blatantly false (known as a "lie" outside the political arena), before everything they spout starts to sound like someone trying to sell you a condo timeshare? In the case of the present crude video, what possible benefit would Osama derive from whipping us into a murderous rage--this time against Iran? Who benefits? It's certainly not you or me. Answer that, and this latest bogeyman scare will be unmasked as easily as some fool in a fake beard.
Posted by: h5mind | Sep 11, 2007 8:27:11 PM
those of you who think osama bin laden is dead due to the weak picture he portrays in his video let me ask you ONE QUESTIONS : ARE U SO THAT STUPID ? DO YOU THIK THAT A 'MOST WANTED' TERRORIST LEADER WILL SHOW YOU HOW HE "REALY" LOOKS LIKE ! HELLOOOO HE WELL TRAINED VIDEO TECHNICIANS AND ARTISTS WORKING WITH HIM HELPING HIM PORTRAY THE IMAGE HE WANTS...
Posted by: Michael | Sep 11, 2007 11:51:56 PM
OBL and the Taliban are the poster children for secular government everwhere in this world.
Posted by: Rooscow | Sep 12, 2007 10:42:31 AM
kevin in ft collins is quite out of the loop obviously as republicans seldom win any war and don't need to. The military industrial complex must thrive in war only and elections can be stolen. case closed...next
Posted by: daddy | Sep 12, 2007 12:52:05 PM
I read all of this nonsense, and remember that both the Democrats and Republicans voted for the war in Iraq. We all agreed to the war in Afghanistan because that is where Bin Laden was..
What amazes me is the lack of understanding of History.
We waited for Hitler to become a major player and in doing so 10 million died. 250,000 American Men and Women died fighting that war.
We make the decision to take out Sadam before he can become a major player and save MILLIONS of lives and everyone thinks it is because we want an American Empire?
Sheeesh.. no one ever learns from history apparently.
Worse yet, is that we invaded a country and you good Christians want to leave it in the hands of Al Queda. Do you not remember the hundreds of thousands killed by the Taliban and Al Queda?
The women tortured and killed for not wearing hoods. The subjugation of the people of Afghanistan during the Al Queda / Taliban Era??
Yet you would leave and turn Iraq over to the same people and condemn them to this terror and death..
3700 Americans dead.. vs. 250,000 in WW2 in a shorter war...
Any man dying for his country is NOT a waste.
Shame on the Libs.. OH and who was the moron who started the Jeering and insults at the Rutgers / Navy Football Game.. I guess you are proud of your Liberal Bretheren for that performance.. Jeering the Cadets who fight to provide you the freedom to come here and bitch about this war..
Posted by: Jim Dicken | Sep 14, 2007 10:24:56 AM
Why would the government fake something like this? To do it they need a reason, and I don't see one. The troop levels in Iraq have not come down, the Bush administration still has free reign despite losing control of certain publicly driven constituents in our government...I don't see the angle here. They haven't paid any attention to what the American public thinks thus far, so I can't believe that this is meant as a misdirection scheme aimed at us.
Posted by: Kold_One | Sep 15, 2007 9:15:27 PM
To quote "Any man dying for his country is NOT a waste."
1. There are ALWAYS 2 sides to every story; I would love to have the opportunity to hear, albeit posthumously, what the German and Japanese soldiers who died in WW2 thought they were doing for their country.
2. I'm willing to bet there was a great amount of misdirection involved; do you really believe that all those soldiers would have defended their country if they knew the underlying goals?
Posted by: Kold_One | Sep 15, 2007 9:27:37 PM
OSAMA IS ALIVE AND WELL HE IS DRIVING A CAB IN BROOKLYN AND HAS SHAVED
Posted by: HANK HILL | Sep 17, 2007 2:59:02 AM
You see one side and you think it's the whole story. Love your statement Hank, You do have a sense of Humer.. but your right, you never know. Ok people Give me a break, The most POWERFUL, RICHEST, SMARTEST, MOST EQUIPTED country can not find this UGLY guy named Bin-Ladin. LOL
If we really wanted him, he would of been caught by now. So what I am saying, We the people may want him but the Government does NOT want him. It's that simple. He serves the goverments of the world in many ways, and unfortunity. Our world governments need him free and alive, To keep the grip of feer in us. by the way did I say this guy looks; really ugly. He's one M#%#%^ ugly person, in hart and sole and visual effects. Personally if it was up to me I would set him free in the streets of NYC and broadcast his presence any which way I could. Justice Served.
Adeeb N
AKA Eddie
Posted by: Adeeb N. | Sep 18, 2007 2:22:05 AM
Noble you are so dumb!!!.. You see one side of the story and think it is the whole story.
Learn too get the complete scope, Islam Rocks and I am proud to be an American Muslim. Fear me not for I am the hart and sole of this country. I am American
I am Muslim, Happy Ramadan People.
Adeeb N.
AKA Eddie
Posted by: Adeeb N. | Sep 18, 2007 12:16:00 PM
IF GOD IS NOT IN IT, AMERICA CAN'T WIN IT!!
Posted by: allknowingeye | Sep 19, 2007 12:13:20 PM
the man has to go.he must be captudred.he has done a lot of destruction from the united states to europe...he is sick.
Posted by: smoothie | Apr 1, 2008 4:57:09 AM
when he is caught we should dig a hole a ground zero put him in it and place a port o potty on top of the hole and let everyone fill the hole until he drowns .
Posted by: frank | Sep 11, 2008 10:55:49 AM
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