New Tape - Bin Laden
Vows More Attacks
SkyNews - UK
10-18-3
Osama bin Laden has vowed to carry out more September 11-style suicide
attacks against US interests - and said he reserved the right to
target Britain.
In an audio tape sent to Arabic satellite television station al
Jazeera, the al Qaeda chief also warned US forces to leave Iraq.
The station has yet to broadcast the tape but has made the text of it
available to the media.
Bin Laden warned there would be more suicide attacks within the United
States and against US interests outside America.
He said this was to punish the US for its "oppression", al Jazeera
said.
"We, God willing, will continue to fight you and will continue
martyrdom (suicide) operations inside and outside the United States
until you abandon your oppression and foolish acts," the text of the
tape said.
In the text, bin Laden urged Iraqis to wage holy war on US
"crusaders".
He also threatened to target Coalition partners, including Britain,
and said Islamic sympathisers would not be spared, either.
"We reserve the right to retaliate at the proper time and place
against all countries that take part in this unjust war (against
Iraq), namely Britain, Spain, Australia, Poland, Japan and Italy.
"Islamic countries that take part will not be excluded. This applies
particularly to the Gulf states, chiefly Kuwait, (which served as)
launchpad for the crusader forces."
Bin Laden Calls For Holy War Against US
New Tape To Al-Jazeera TV
http://www.chinaview.cn
Xinhuanet - China
10-18-3
BAGHDAD (Xinhuanet) -- An audio tape purportedly recorded by al Qaida
chief Osama Bin Laden was aired by Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV channel
Saturday, calling for jihad, or holy war against the United States
that currently led an multinational force in Iraq.
In a voice message addressed to US President George W. Bush, bin Laden
also called on the United States to withdraw from Iraq, saying "You
send your sons to Iraq in order to kill them." The voice on the tape
said "America is bogged down in the swamps of Tigris and the
Euphrates...Bush (US President) thought Iraq and its oil reserve is a
free treasure," but now his troops are in a real "plight."
"The United States now call for mercenary soldiers from the West and
the East," said the voice, referring to the US-sought contribution of
troops and funds from a number of countries. The al Qaida chief
threatened to carry out more suicide attacks inside and outside the
United States and retaliation against countries joining the US-led
coalition forces.
"We will go on fighting you and we will carry on martyrdom(suicide)
operations in and outside the United States until you stop being
unjust," said the voice.
"We reserve the right to retaliate at the proper time and place
against all countries that take part in this unjust war (against
Iraq), namely Britain, Spain, Australia, Poland, Japan and Italy. "In
the message to the Iraqis, the speaker said "This is a new crusade on
the Islamic world," urging the youth in Iraq's neighboring countries
not to follow the voices in Iraq, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen and
elsewhere, which call for democratic and peaceful solutions.
The terror master last appeared in early September when al-Jazeera
aired a video tape showing him and his top aide Aimen Zawahili walking
in mountains, both carrying AK-47 rifles. The pan-Arab space channel
has broadcasted several recorded messages claimed to be from terrorist
groups and Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, which encouraged
Iraqis to resist the occupying troops.
Criticised of inciting violence, the television, along with
Dubai-based Arabiya TV channel, has been banned from reporting
official events in the US-controled country.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-10/19/content_1130642.htm
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