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Titled "Message to the American People," the video - released on Sunday by the As-Sahab media production branch of Al-Qaeda - features a still image of bin Laden and an audio statement, said IntelCenter, based outside Washington.
It came two days after the United States marked the eighth anniversary of the attacks by bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network in which hijacked airliners were flown into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people.
Bin Laden said that among "some other injustices," US support to Israel motivated Al-Qaeda to launch the September 11 attacks, IntelCenter reported.
He also stated that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were driven by the pro-Israeli lobby in the White House and corporate interests, and not by Islamic militants.
"If you think about your situation well, you will know that the White House is occupied by pressure groups," he said, according to IntelCenter.
"Rather than fighting to liberate Iraq - as Bush claimed - it (the White House) should have been liberated."
He was referring to former US president George W. Bush, who ordered the March 2003 invasion of Iraq that overthrew Saddam Hussein's regime.
If Americans want to end their confrontation with Al-Qaeda, bin Laden continued, they must reconsider their attitude toward the Jewish state.
"Put the file of your alliance with Israelis on the discussion table," he stated, according to IntelCenter's translation of the address.
"Ask yourselves to determine your position: is your security, your blood, your children, your money, your jobs, your homes, your economy, and your reputation dearer to you than the security of the Israelis, their children and their economy?
"If you choose your security and cessation of war, and this is what the polls have shown, this requires you to work to punish those on your side who play with our security," Bin Laden said.
"We are ready to respond to this choice on aforementioned sound and just bases."
According to bin Laden, current US President Barack Obama is powerless and unwilling to change the course of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Obama's retention of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and other individuals from the Bush administration is confirmation of the president's weakness, the Al-Qaeda leader said.
"It will become clear to you in days that all you have changed in the White House are faces," he is quoted by IntelCenter as saying.
"The bitter truth is that the neo-conservatives continue to cast their heavy shadows upon you." Bin Laden urged Americans to pressure the White House to cease the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and US support to Israel, rather than succumb to what he called "the ideological terrorism" exercised by neo-conservatives.
If the wars are not ended, "all we will do is to continue the war of attrition against you on all possible axes, like we exhausted the Soviet Union for 10 years until it collapsed with grace from Allah the Almighty and became a memory of the past," bin Laden said.
IntelCenter said bin Laden typically releases such a statement annually around September or October.
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The following is the US DEFINITION of TERRORISM. "[An] act of terrorism, means any activity that (A) involves a violent act or an act dangerous to human life that is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; and (B) appears to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping." (United States Code Congressional and Administrative News, 98th Congress, Second Session, 1984, Oct 19, volume 2; par 3077, 98 STAT. 2707[West Publishing Co., 1984]). USA and Israel are the biggest violators of their own definition of TERRORISM, as you read below. France, United Kingdom, Italy,Australia, Poland, Canada do have a big share in aiding American butchery and destabilisation of the third world.
Unless and until we address the root cause of the Western intervention in the affairs of other nations, the counter terrorism in some measures is likely to go on. Revenge unfortunately runs in the veins and vessels of humans. Western and Israeli neo-imperialism and political domination of the world should come to an end and we have to accept social justice and fair distribution of the world’s wealth. My enemy’s enemy is my friend, and my enemy’s friend is my enemy, is an immoral policy. Nevertheless too many countries follow this. Probably the US and Israel are exceptions, as they are capable of RUNNING WITH THE HARE AND HUNTING WITH HOUNDS as we see them doing it in India and Pakistan and much more vividly in the Middle East. The most horrendously fundamental and oppressive State is Saudis. They are best friend of the US, the rogue state in the ME is Israel, again the best friend of the US. Is it not the best definition of double standard? STRATEGY or OPPORTUNISM?
Israelis are one of the smartest, greatest and the most cunning racists that have ever occupied the world. No one can get converted to their religion. You want to be a Jew then your mother must be a Jew. That much racists they are. They do not understand that history repeats itself; The Jews were the victims of German Nazi Holocaust, no doubt about it. But the father of India M.K.Gandhi said, “My sympathies lie with the Jewish victims, that does not blind me to the plight of Palestinians, The idea of creating a nation in the midst of Arabs does not appeal to me, If Europe wants to redeem their sins they should give a place for the victimized Jews a place in Europe itself, or Canada but not in Palestine replacing the original inhabitants.”>>
Re: "The idea of creating a nation in the midst of Arabs does not appeal to me,". With great respect, this was in error. Jews are not in a Palestinian or Arab land - they are in their own land, stolen from them because they refused to worship Roman Emperors. Then they were barred to return, while being genocided in Europe, and the Arabs stole their land and erected mosques on them:'WE WILL NEVER SUPPORT THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO *THEIR HOMELAND* - BECAUSE THEY REJECTED JESUS' - Pope Pious, during the Holocaust. Jews have never stolen anyone's lands. Stealing is stealing - and if one is barred from returning, their rights does not become negated. Same applies if someone steals your car.
Even if the car was stolen 2000 years ago?. If land that had been ivaaded by outsiders over the last 2000 yeras then most of countries in europe could be reclaimed by one minority or other.This is the sort of stubborn stupidness that caused there to be warsoemwhere in europe for most of the last millenum
Re: 'You want to be a Jew then your mother must be a Jew'.Yes, this is correct - the father cannot be 100% proven, but the mother can. But anyone can be a Jew if they so choose - only it is forbidden to induce or enforce, or convert children or those in jail - every effort must be made to make sure it is genuine and be tested. Entering is made difficult and leaving easy. Non-genuine conversions leads to bad results. There is no immunity for any religionist - all are subject to the same laws, which contain no names: Moses' name is not mentioned in any laws. Judaism is one of the few religions which declares: EQUAL JUSTICE TO THE STRANGER AND THE INHABITANT;
Osama says he attacked US because US supports Israel who he considers as an enemy of Islam. What happened in the after-math of 9-11? US invaded Afgan and Iraq causing innumerable human loss. Violence can only give rise to more violence.
We cannot confuse distators which do not respect others and blow up innocent civilians. America was responding, and we should be thankful someone can respond to the doctrines and agenda of Islamists. Think of Kashmir - how many innocent people are being killed. Be thankful to America or anyone who defends freedom of beliefs. Does America say you are an infidel and a blessing to kill?
There seems to be no alternative for Palestinian Liberation movement to reduce or eliminate the brutal military occupation of Israel except to increase the resistance and raise the ratio of retaliatory crimes, killings and the sufferings of the Israelis. This reaction is wrong, not proper, but has it been proper to disregard the far worse sufferings of Palestinians for 62 years with the crucial support of the U.S.? Israel is not a State with an army. The ARMY is the State of Israel. And the Israeli army is the adjunct of the U.S. military force. Israel is the only racist militocracy in the world (after Hitler’s). Forceful occupation and colonization will never ever be permanently successful in 21st Century. Huge Empires rose and fell in history. If might is right all the time, people will lose their faith in God, and more and more will challenge the massively well organized State Terror by powerful nations by counter terror and in the process shedding more innocent blood
Your knowledge of history is abysmal. Many many tribes that settled, conquered and ruled, traded in Palestine before the Jews moved in Canaanites, Philistines, Samaritans, Nabataeans, Greeks and Romans and Christians. In pre-Biblical times, the area was known as the Land of Canaan and had been a collection of city-states (Under Pharaoh) The breakup of the Egyptian empire beginning about 1500 BC made possible the invasion of the Israelites. According to Jewish tradition, twelve tribes entered Canaan from Egypt and conquered it, led by Moses approximately 1240-1200 BC. You are a Machiavellian, you think by repeating the lies several times, lies become facts. For argument sake, we agree on your lies. If the same argument is applied, Indus Valley should be reconquered by Dravidians and Aryans and Nazis like you should be destroyed. You agree? Is it the Biblical law that all other nations and tribes should be destroyed to accommodate the Israelis? Stupid and immoral argument
They have no historical borders, and these were obtained illegally - this is not the case with Israel. The Jews, Coptics and Kurds predate the Arab race, and their rights supercede Arab Muslim states, which were established via oil corruption, not history. While many nations have stolen lands - this is not the case with Israel - she was re-established lawfully via the UN - unlike the Arab states which declare they will conquer the whole world and forcefully convert or kill all others. The Arabs do not need a new golf course on soccer-sized Israel: they are now being judged how they act with the Jews - robbers who dump mosques on the known sacred sites of others will fall:consider Mighty Rome, Babylon, Turkey, Midianites, Moabites, Egypt and Europe who stole and massacred millions.
The Australian white-migrants hunted both the kangaroos and the aborigines without distinction and occupied their ancestral land. Will you agree that the aborigines have the inalienable right to do the same to the White-Australians and recover their land? Same thing in the case of Red-Indians of the Americas. Can we allow the Red-Indians to kill all the 250 million white settlers to recover their ancestral land? Just 160 years ago Singapore was a Malay Fishing village and now 85% of the residents are an alien race (Chinese). Will you accept if the Malay race (250 million) simply conquer Singapore and push the Chinese into the seas? Do not talk non-sense when you talk about the world’s political history, people have to be fair and deal with matters with justice. I hope the Lord of the world showeth Guidance to you and change you, if you do not change, the Lord will test you and punish you in this world and in the hereafter.
When the Jews were driven by Pharaoh, Moses asked his followrs to cross Sinai and look for a peaceful land.Eventually, after wandering, when the Jews came as guests and occupiers in Palestine, there were people living who were the original inhabitants of Palestine, Moabites, Hittites, Pilistinians and many other tribes who are now called the Palestinians. The mass murderers of the world were the crusaders and their present descendants the Whiteman and their allies the Zionists. The poor Palestinians gave a place to the Jews who were persecuted by the Whiteman( Hitlers Europe) and eventually the Jews stabbed them at the back, drove them away from their lands and occupied their land and it is such a shame that you are lying and deceiving just to fool some of the ignorant readers.Read history believing in your conscience if not in your gods and godesses.IE Bombay bashirulqadir
Palestinean is from the name Philistine, who were not middle-eastern peoples and nothing to do with Arabs. Jews are original Canaanite Hebrews and cannot be accused of robbing their own motherland - they have never stolen anyone's lands in any country or dumped mosques on other peoles' most sacred sites. Arafat an Egptian terrorist invented Muslim Palestinians and whoever supports these lies are the real infidels. Leave Bharat or respect Bharat - don't do here what you are doing to the Jews the last 60 years - robbing their motherland and demanding their genodice everyday in your mosques in the name of Pretend Palestinians. Muslims are not Palestinians - prove to us any muslim Palestinians existed before Arafat invented this in 1960 - hello?
Osama never attacks Isreal for he knows that he will be hunted down like a mad dog. US can manage to keep him in check. For him India is the only soft target.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. OSAMA HAS A PROBLEM WITH JEWS BUT FIGHTS USA. AGREED THAT USA SUPPORTS ISRAEL, BUT WHY DOES NOT OSAMA WIPE OUT ISRAEL, IF HE HAS THE GUTS. HE KNOWS THAT IF THEY TOUCH ISRAEL OPENLY, ALL THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES WILL PAY FOR IT THROUGH THEIR NOSE. SO, GROW UP OSAMA AND TAKE ON ISRAEL!
You are wrong Lalu, both the US and Israel want Osama to be alive for a very long time, becasue they always want a common enemy to continue american terrorism around the world, 50 years ago it was communism which never gave any trouble to americans, but americans used communism as an imaginary enemy to dominate the world,then it was Nazism , military dictators( very selective there)and now it is Islam, taliban, Al-Qaeida and americans will create an enemy to continue with the so called clash of civilization.
The jews were never have their habitat in Palestine to which they have forecfully occupied on the pretext of establishing a jewish state under the aegis of UN a body dominated by the Europeans and Americans. Jews never listened to Prophet Moses (PBUH) and during his life and therefore settled down in Europe. During 19th century they were routed out by Europeans and settled on Arab lands which is usrped by UN the most discriminatory institution on this planet. Israel was created by US and Europe on the usurped/illegally occupied land and the reason was wage "Holocaust". The world should know that there was no holocaust ever occured and if it occured at all, it was in Europe and by Christians who had long animosity with jews. Muslims will never accept the existence of Israel and if the world want to have peace, it should relocate the Israel either to US or to Europe, though US is the best option as it is Israel buddy in the world.
With all nations voting - including all Islamic states: this makes Israel the most legally established state. No one voted for the Arab states, which are all based on oil borders and ciorruption with Briton. Unlike Israel, the Arab states like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, all the Gulf states
You are wrong, no Muslim nation voted for the establishment of Israel, in 1948, do you know the muslim nations which were members of the UNO,then, almost zero, do not lie "Butseriously"now an important point,the UNO divided Palestine into three territories by its resolution 1. Israel 2. Common Territory including Jerusalem and East Jerusalam 3. Palestine. Israel was given 52% of the territory, but now it has grabbed 36% more by aggression, forceful displacement,building foreceful resettlements by practising the worst type of apartheid, forceful eviction and by open prisons and huge dividing walls Israel is the most despicable nazi regime existing in 21st century, Read what Gandhi said about the creation of Isreal, he completely objected to its creation on Arab soil, The guilty europeans should have given a place for them in Europe or canada but not in the ME
But when the votes favored Israel's re-establishment in her own land - the Muslim states flaunted the UN and declared genocide on the Jews - there were no Muslim Palestinians then - this came only with Arafat in 1960. The Islamic states vote together at every UN Motion, blackmailing the world with genocidal demands:'THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO THE UTTER DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL - WE WILL DROWN ALL THE JEWS IN THE SEA". We know what you would have done had you won - you want another holocaust and use lies of Pretend Palestinians: the Arabs sides with Hitler in W.W.II - you were hand in glove with the Holocaust. Kashmir belongs to Mother India - don't do here what you do in Palestine.
There is no such thing as a good muslim majority - while their mass murderers are not confronted. The Neo-Prophet Osama is lieing from every cell in his body when he mentions Pretend Pals' lands being stolen by Israel: the Jews have never robbed anyone's lands in all their 4000 year history, and have no history of dumping Mosques in the known sacred sites f others - ask India if in doubt who steals lands and who desecrates their sacred sites - and then forbids others to do the same on Islamic lands! TO COVER ONE LIE - A 1000 TRUTHS MUST BE COVERED.
Israel...Do you it was created by UN (supposedly uk/france/usa)....Poor palestinians were punished for the holocaust crimes of the west.Now don't tell me that as per holy books jews belonged to Israel....haaaaaa
To which religion or ideology you belong to? If you are Bajrang Dal fanatic, can you assert that majority of the Indian Hindus are terrorists? I will not subscribe to that. If you are a butchering Zionist, can you firmly assert that majority of the world Jews are terrorists. No they are not, there are millions of Jews around the world who are peace loving. Same thing applies to the Muslim majority. Are the majority of 160 million Muslims of India terrorists, Stupid argument. Read Indian Home Ministry Annual Report to know the facts about Indian terrorism and communal violence.You twist and turn facts and your knowledge of history is zero. Palestine never belonged to the Jews, Moses who came as the mighty prophet of Jews, was not born in Palestine, nor lived in Palestine.