CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 20, 2007
Bin Laden Calls For War On Musharraf
Al Qaeda Leader Says Pakistani's Should Rise Against President For His Alliance To U.S.
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This frame grab taken from an undated video message carrying the logo of al Qaeda's production house as-Sahab shows al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri. The video was downloaded from an extremist Web site by CBS News on Sept. 20, 2007. (CBS)
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Osama bin Laden is shown in an image taken from a banner featured on an Islamic militant Web site on Sept. 10, 2007. (CBS)
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The storming of the Red Mosque in Islamabad in July "demonstrated Musharraf's insistence on continuing his loyalty, submissiveness and aid to America against the Muslims ... and makes armed rebellion against him and removing him obligatory," bin Laden said in the message.
"So when the capability is there, it is obligatory to rebel against the apostate ruler, as is the case now," he said.
Bin Laden's voice was heard over video showing previously released footage of the terror leader. The video was released Thursday on Islamic militant Web sites and first reported by Laura Mansfield, an American terrorism expert who monitors militant message traffic.
The message, titled "Come to Jihad," was the third from bin Laden this month in a flurry of videos and audiotapes marking the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.
Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad, a Pakistani army spokesman, said the army will continue its fight against terrorism, regardless of any threats.
"We have the aim and objective, as our national duty, to eliminate terrorists and eradicate extremism. The Pakistan army will continue to carry out its role against terrorists wherever they are found, whether in the tribal areas (of northwest Pakistan) or elsewhere."
"Such threats issued through videos or in any other way cannot deter us from fulfilling our national duty," he said.
State Department spokesman Tom Casey said the message was "not surprising" since bin Laden seek Pakistan as an ally to the U.S. "in the fight against his kind of extremism."
Earlier Thursday, al Qaeda released an 80-minute documentary-style video that had a new speech from bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, who boasted that the United States was being defeated in Afghanistan, Iraq and other fronts. Speakers in the video promised more fighting in Afghanistan, North Africa and Sudan's Darfur region.
CBS News reporter Vicki Barker says the video was the latest release in a stepped up propaganda campaign by al Qaeda since the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington. It shows the militant group is still organized and capable of producing high-quality media.
The Pakistani military stormed the Red Mosque after it became a stronghold for Islamic militants and at least 102 people were killed in the fighting, including one of the militants' leaders, Abdul Rashid Ghazi. The siege was followed by a series of suicide bombings in retaliation.
In his message, bin Laden said Ghazi and his followers were killed for seeking the application of Sharia Islamic law, and he condemned Musharraf for allying himself with the U.S. in the fight against al Qaeda.
He quoted fatwas, or religious edits, from hard-line Islamic scholars on the duty to overthrow infidel rulers.
"So Pervez, his ministers, his soldiers and those who help him are all accomplices in the spilling the blood of those of the Muslims who have been killed. He who helps him knowingly and willingly is an infidel like him," bin Laden said.
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So many of you far left liberals have backed the wrong horse. What''s the matter - did you lose your $2 bet that Osama would win ?
So tell me, how do you explain the fact that nearly all of the bad aspects in Iraq are starting to reverse, if not 50-75% better ? Surely it wasn''t the Surge was it ? Nah, musta been vacation time for Al Qaeda.
So seven-pesos, swim back across the river to your homeland, prinzowhales go drown your Irish woes in another pint, and brianbwb - why don''t you tell us your plan up front. If it is plausable, I bet we could get you the money (obviously that''s your only motivation anyway.)
Notice the difference when a real professional puppeteer works a sock puppet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTCu6k-ci-o
In one of the Osama''s last performances his lips stopped moving a few minutes into his gig--do you really think these guys are going to make it in Vegas with a ventriloquist act where the puppets lips don''t move?! Good thing the CIA only plays to the mentally challenged supporters of the War Pig regime.
You mean that someone smart enough to evade capture by the "best military that money can buy", and the most corrupt CIA in it''s history, is also stupid enough to tip his hand and broadcast his intentions to the world?
If this story is true, then it is obvious that Bin Laden is still working for Bush, supplying him with justification for killing ever more people in illegal wars for his personal profit.
If Bush really wants Bin Laden so bad, give me half the reward up front, I could find him in two months or less. Then I want to be reimbursed for my expenses.
Bush is a true Progressive: He wants to bring democracy and freedom to the people of IRAQ, who have spent a life time under the cruel dictatorship of SADDAM. Just like JFK !
All you cookie liberals are really off shoots of the red commies attempt to take over America inthe late 40 and 50s. Your teachers teachers were probably secret Commies! The things you do not know ! But, you go on without critcal thinking, just spewing answers based upon DOGMA, even when the questions and answers require deep thought and analysis. It is really odd .
Why doesn''t any reporter ask the question, is Bin Laden really alive, because reports going as far back as DEC 2001 had him dead. So many oddities in the latest release also.
The September 7 video shows bin Laden dressed in a white hat, white shirt and yellow sweater. Krawetz notes "this is the same clothing he wore in the 2004-10-29 video. In 2004 he had it unzipped, but in 2007 he zipped up the bottom half. Besides the clothing, it appears to be the same background, same lighting, and same desk. Even the camera angle is almost identical." Krawetz also notes that "if you overlay the 2007 video with the 2004 video, his face has not changed in three years--only his beard is darker and the contrast on the picture has been adjusted."
the audio edits. Krawetz says "the new audio has no accompanying ''live'' video and consists of multiple audio recordings." References to current events are made only during the still frame sections and after splices within the audio track." And there are so many splices that I cannot help but wonder if someone spliced words and phrases together. I also cannot rule out a vocal imitator during the frozen-frame audio. The only way to prove that the audio is really bin Laden is to see him talking in the video," Krawetz says.
Another bin Laden video was released on September 11 was a still image of the black-bearded bin Laden
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9777136-7.html
jefferson davis, lyndon johnson, george bush, jr.
the south has the distinction of losing all the wars they ever started.
ha,ha,ha.
belligerent dixie losers...bush lovers!
the south can''''t be depended upon to do the right thing for america.
ha,ha,ha.
war, hate, christian creeps, republican snakes...
nothing good comes out of the south.
Posted by sbbm
Yes, Bush is not the best public speaker I have ever heard, but Joe Biden(SP?) could give him a run for his money with some of the things that come out of his mouth.
Posted by micma at 06:39 PM : Sep 20, 2007
Because bush said "Saddam Hussain is the man who once tried to kill my DADDY".
"What they claim to be the strongest power in the history of mankind is today being defeated in front of the Muslim vanguards of jihad six years after the two raids on New York and Washington," al-Zawahri said.
Tell me again how this is an (insert whisper her) inside job?
Didn''t you know, Bush told him to say all that stuff?
Why is Bin Laden still free to build Al Qaeda, plan new attacks and even be so bold as to put out press releases? We are borrowing billions from China and pisssing it away in Iraq while Al Qaeda is growing in power and influence. Why?
More CBS pooaganda about "al-CIA''da", I see.
Was it IntelCenter, or the SITE Institute that sent you this idiotic garbage?
Re: "The video was released Thursday on Islamic militant Web sites and first reported by Laura Mansfield"
What is the name of this alledged "Islamic militant" website? Why are they allowed to maintain a website, if they are truly "terrorists"?
How do you know that this Laura Mansfield is an "expert" on anything, other than BS? Because she said so?
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At any rate, whether it is Zawahiri, bin Laden, the Beanie Babies, or Abu-Mossad-al-Zarqawi brought back from the dead, again, to deliver this message, I whole-heartedly agree, that the nuclear-armed military dictatorship of Pervez Musharraf is a very dangerous menace, and needs to go.
- by namesnames September 20, 2007 7:25 PM EDT
- Would CBS please hire a proofreader?
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