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Bin Laden to Europe: Get Out of Afghanistan

November 29, 2007 1:16 PM

Binladentoeu_mn Osama bin Laden is calling on European nations to end their support of "America's oppression" in Afghanistan in an audiotape message just released.

Video: Listen to an excerpt of Bin Laden's Message to Europe

Bin Laden says he was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and that the people and government of Afghanistan are innocent victims of America's war there.

Bin Laden said the U.S. pursued a war in Afghanistan despite the fact they had no evidence of a connection to the attacks. He said he attacked America on 9/11 because of the government's involvement in Palestine and Lebanon.

"The American tide is retreating," said bin Laden. He warned that the U.S. will soon go back home to their side of the Atlantic Ocean and added that the war in Afghanistan unfairly targets the women and children there.

The audio message was accompanied by an old still photo of bin Laden, but no new video of the terror leader was released today. In September, bin Laden appeared in a video message which was the first time he was seen on video in three years.

The latest audio message from the al Qaeda leader, who is believed to be hiding in Pakistan, aired this afternoon on al Jazeera TV and is expected to be widely distributed online in extreme Islamist forums. The media wing of al Qaeda, as Sahab, began advertising today's message online a few days ago.

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November 29, 2007 in Osama bin Laden | Permalink | User Comments (72)

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Ok Europe, master bin laden has spoken. Pop tu. Jump. Run. As i watch you run from Iraq as quickly as possible, the US with the Iraqi people are turning the tide. Run ='s lose. Don't be scared. The US will save you too.... for now.

Posted by: MarinesCallmeDoc1 | Nov 29, 2007 2:31:24 PM

next comes the 'verification' that this tape is authentic...

Posted by: Sebastian | Nov 29, 2007 2:32:42 PM

He sure has a selective memory. He forgets that it's his goons that target women and children and that NATO is in Afghanistan because he was based there.

In any event, I hope the Europeans aren't as cowardly as Spain was after the Madrid bombings. Otherwise they might as well hand over their governments to Bin Laden.

Posted by: Rob | Nov 29, 2007 2:36:38 PM

Come on over and help your Taliban brothers! Coward! You ran and let them die!

Posted by: Jim | Nov 29, 2007 2:37:52 PM

I Cannot wait for him to be dead!

Posted by: Tmarsi | Nov 29, 2007 2:38:31 PM

and Rudolph blew a gasket and xmas may not be coming this year. Give it a rest, its tired, even high school kids know the real deal.

Posted by: testa | Nov 29, 2007 2:42:03 PM

BinLaden conveniently ignores the fact that Afghanistan was withholding information on his whereabouts. You do not attack a nation blind-sidedly and expect an escape from retribution

Posted by: Talon | Nov 29, 2007 2:45:24 PM

I think this man is irrelevant. Or maybe Bush has asked his family to keep him low key now. Perhaps?

Posted by: Hector A | Nov 29, 2007 2:48:07 PM

I'm sorry, but I don't buy his words. The Taliban supported Bin Laden by providing training camps, money, etc., thus their government was responsible indirectly for 9/11. They're not innocent of causing 9/11 no matter how many people try to say other wise.

Posted by: jupmod | Nov 29, 2007 2:53:36 PM

Funny how the people of Afganistan are "Innocent Victims", but the thousands of civilians that died on 9/11 were to blame because of our governments involvement in Palestine and Lebenon. I love that logic. Moron!

Posted by: Kevin | Nov 29, 2007 2:58:14 PM

I see this chief blasphemer of Islam is still hiding out in Pakistan while inspiring others to die in his place.

Posted by: richard w | Nov 29, 2007 3:10:09 PM

A true Islamic does not kill or have individuals fly into buildings. There is no where written in the Holy Qur’an that indicates kill innocent people to express your point of view. I do not believe this is Bin Laden – he may be dead already. There is no proof this is Bin Laden maybe it is his followers that post these comments.

Posted by: sue from Texas | Nov 29, 2007 3:17:34 PM

JUPMOD, Does that mean that the US bears some responsibality because we were the Talibans key supporters during their rise to power??? Your reasoning suggests so

Posted by: JONJON | Nov 29, 2007 3:26:12 PM

olly olly oxen free!!! come out, come out wherever you are :) this guy should've been dead a long time ago- why does Bush insist on keeping him alive?? guess to keep validating his eternal war on terror.

Posted by: j | Nov 29, 2007 3:40:30 PM

Did he really say we didn't follow the rules of war?

Seriously Senor Suicide Women Bomber/Kidnapper/Attacking Medical Personnel/Mixing with Civilian Populations?

Where is Sherman's "Total War" when we need it.

Posted by: Shawn | Nov 29, 2007 3:45:20 PM

and the winning post goes to....scalewoodman!

Posted by: GM | Nov 29, 2007 3:59:53 PM

If he were truly concerned about the innocent victims in Afghanistan, why did he allow them to harbor him and his band of cowards. Why not turn himself in to show he is the humanitarian he is professing to be. I sentence him to death by Bunga-Bunga!!

Posted by: Wasteman77 | Nov 29, 2007 4:04:37 PM

The 9/11 "Truth" Movement was started by under-educated film students thinking they had stumbled onto something that has been debunked and debunked and debunked. Bin Laden is real. 9/11 was carried out by Islamic radicals just like Beslan was carried out by Islamic radicals we know as "Chechen rebels". There was NO CONSPIRACY FROM BUSH/CHENEY! What is funny is how these "informed" people discount EXPERTS in their field of thermodynamics and other very credible people that are NOT BUSH SUPPORTERS! M.I.T. has done a wonderful report and I have personally interviewed the director of risk and security for the WTC the day they were hit. NOTHING GETS BY THIS GUY! He is as insulted that these people haven't gotten BASIC SCIENCE principles. The big argument is that WTC 7 fell without cause. Try googling #6 heating oil and figure out for yourself how many BTUs caused that building to fail. Ignorant people deserve to be followed by other ignorant people. KKK is a prime example of a small group of people ignoring basic science. Global warming falls into this as well. We think we have an effect on out climate yet we don't know how much rain falls each day in a given area. Science tells us factually that no effort can change a climate for a determined amount of time based on water vapor changes. CO2 DOES NOT CONTROL TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE CONTROLS CO2.... LOOK IT UP, FOLKS, THIS IS AS BASIC AS IT GETS!!!

Posted by: Tommy | Nov 29, 2007 4:18:07 PM

He is dead and they are useing doubles. If not, then he's a little ruler hiding for his life and useing others for theirs. Wake Muslims and denounce this way of life

Posted by: Jim Rod | Nov 29, 2007 4:23:52 PM

This Bin Laden tape is so fake! Just like that school teacher that just got sent to jail for naming a Teddy Bear Muhammad. Or that lady who got raped and was sentenced to prison and 200 lashes. People please, open your eyes, anyone can see that these are virtual reality people created by the CIA to make those people look bad. It's just like that Uranium the Slovak Police just seized. Like they would really make a dirty bomb. It's all carefully crafted computer graphics created by the Bush administration, CIA, Sudanese and the Slovak and Hungarian authorities, they are all in cahoots! Wake up people, it all makes perfect sense.

Posted by: John | Nov 29, 2007 4:43:02 PM

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