Bin Laden Urges Europe To Stop Aiding U.S.

In Audiotape, Al Qaeda Chief Calls On Europeans To Stop Helping America In Afghanistan

(CBS/AP)  Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden called on Europeans to stop helping the United States in the war in Afghanistan, according to excerpts of a new audiotape broadcast Thursday on Al-Jazeera television.

In his boldest claim yet regarding 9/11, reports CBS News correspondent Bob Orr, Osama bin Laden bluntly said "I was the only one responsible for it."

Bin Laden added it was unjust for the United States to have invaded Afghanistan for sheltering him after the 9/11 attacks.

"The events of Manhattan were retaliation against the American-Israeli alliance's aggression against our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and I am the only one responsible for it. The Afghan people and government knew nothing about it. America knows that," he said.

The al Qaeda leader said European nations joined the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan "because they had no other alternative, only to be a follower."

"The American tide is ebbing, with God's help, and they will go back to their countries," he said, speaking of Europeans.

Bin Laden urged Europeans to pull away from the fight in Afghanistan.

"It is better for you to stand against your leaders who are dropping in on the White House, and to work seriously to lift the injustice against the believers," he said, accusing U.S. forces and their allies of intentionally killing women and children in Afghanistan.

But the message, bin Laden's fourth in three months, was also clearly aimed at his own al Qaeda followers, an attempt to re-assert leadership over his terror network, adds Orr.

"Al Qaeda in general, al Qaeda central, al Qaeda Osama bin laden, is facing some serious troubles in the Muslim world," said Islamic scholar Fawaz Gerges, of Sarah Lawrence College.

Gerges says there are growing signs bin Laden is losing his grip. Former militants and clerics have challenged bin Laden's authority.

His Saudi mentor, Sheikh Salman al-Oadah, recently condemned the 9/11 attacks and in a letter reprimanded bin Laden "for fostering a culture of violence and murder." And he asked, "How much blood has been spilled...in the name of al Qaeda?"

Al-Jazeera aired two brief excerpts of the audiotape, titled "Message to the European Peoples," which al Qaeda had announced Monday that it would release soon.

"What this tape shows, among other things, is that Osama Bin Laden is very much alive and well and paying very close attention to the news media," said CBS News consultant Jere Van Dyk.

Bin Laden issued four public statements earlier this year -- on Sept. 7, Sept. 11, Sept. 20 and Oct. 22. The Sept. 7 video was his first in three years and was issued to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

In 2004, bin Laden offered Europeans a truce if they stopped attacking Muslims, then later spoke of a truce with the United States. In both cases, al Qaeda later denounced the countries for not accepting its offers.

Bin Laden eluded coalition troops who invaded Afghanistan in late 2001, and is believed to be hiding along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier.

This has been the deadliest year in Afghanistan since the invasion. More than 6,100 people have been killed -- including more than 800 civilians -- in fighting, according to an Associated Press tally of figures from Afghan and Western officials.

Al Qaeda has dramatically stepped up its messages, a pace seen as a sign of its increasing technical sophistication and the relative security felt by its leadership.

Bin Laden's message was the 89th this year by Al Qaeda's media wing, Al-Sahab, an average of one every three days, double the rate in 2006, according to IntelCenter, a U.S. counterterrorism group that monitors militant messaging.

[one_american]

Pompous arrogant terrorist rag-head.

What nerve - and absent of any brain.


Oh, and thanks for the confession, Bin Laden. May your Allah rot your face off.

[feelfree1]

Can''t IntelCenter even bother to put together a video segment anymore, when they produce these fake communiques?

Is audio the best that they can manage anymore?

[hillaryin08]

Bin Laden said he was the "only one responsible" for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, arguing that it was unjust for the Americans to have invaded Afghanistan.

I guess he''s mad that the democrats are saying it was an inside job.

[feelfree1]

These fake "Osama" tapes are the only things "linking" "Osama" to the 9/11/01 events.

Obviously, even the FBI knows that these "admissions" are not authentic, since Osama is not wanted by them for these attacks, citing that they have "no hard evidence" of his involvement.

What a sickening farce.

www.zeitgeistmovie.com

[mcvet]

Bin Laden said he was the "only one responsible" for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, arguing that it was unjust for the Americans to have invaded Afghanistan.

I guess he''''s mad that the democrats are saying it was an inside job.


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Posted by hillaryin08 at 02:17 PM : Nov 29, 2007
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BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA Right! I think it was Darth Vader himself who said Bin Laden was being aided by Saddam wasn''t it Swastika Breath?! ROFLMAO By the way WHO PROMISED the American People to CAPTURE or KILL this guy? I don''t think it was a DEMOCRAT was it? ROFLMAO God but you fascist are stupid!! I mean can''t get out of bed by yourself STUPID!! ROFLMAO Sieg Heil Bush!!

[feelfree1]

libsluvsuvs,

Are there any Bush regime dead-enders out there that are not repressed homosexuals?

[mcvet]

you are a prime example on how osama would like people to think...now if the world would just take your lead and suck osama''''s co ck everything would be just fine....


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Posted by libsluvsuvs at 02:22 PM : Nov 29, 2007
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This is why American MUST turn it''s back on the Fascist in our OWN Country. People like this are NEVER going to defeat this guy... they are to much like him. You either agree with them or YOU are the enemy. If FDR had fought WW II this way we''d have lost it BIG TIME. We need to turn away from fascism and back to being American. Part of that is going after those who are GUILTY of attacking us and staying out of the business of countries who was NO THREAT to us. Sieg Heil Bush!!!

[wonderyman-2009]

This is great news.
Must mean the Taliban and al Quaeda are taking a whipping in Afghanistan by the combined forces there.
He - the sorry-faced *** doesn''t quite get it though. We are there for whatever it takes.
So - sorry-faced bin Satan - hoping you read this: whimpering and begging for us to relieve pressure is just fuelling our will to increase the effort.
Hope the Danish Leopard tanks just deployed to Helmand province beat the hell out of lots of Taliban.

[mcvet]

Pompous arrogant terrorist rag-head.

What nerve - and absent of any brain.


Oh, and thanks for the confession, Bin Laden. May your Allah rot your face off.


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Posted by One_American at 02:14 PM : Nov 29, 2007
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I notice you never said ONE WORD about the FAILURE of you Fuhrer to capture or kill this person... after all YOU were one of the bootlickers who attacked EVERY "Liberal" on here who protested to breaking off that pursuit! Now he''s not only back but as strong as ever.... Why is that do you think? Sieg Heil Bush!!

[feelfree1]

Re: "Therefore it is better for you to press on your leaders who dropping in on the White House, to work seriously to lift the injustice against the believers and to get back to righteousness,"

Attention all- IntelCenter is currently looking for a black propaganda writer with the ability to form a coherent sentence for their hoax "terror" threats.

Thanks.

www.zeitgeistmovie.com

[rowdytexan2]

Oh HELL! The Brits and Europeans are pulling away from the US madness, so Mr.''s Bush and Cheney are now sic''ing Osama and Al Queda on them to scare them back in the fold! I wondered why it had gotten so quiet in Iraq. Air Force One is pro''bly flying them into Europe as we speak. Get ready!

Geezus, there''s just no end. They''re pro''bly trying to make them back the Euro off the oil business that some of the middle eastern countries are suggesting.

[mcvet]

This is great news.
Must mean the Taliban and al Quaeda are taking a whipping in Afghanistan by the combined forces there.
He - the sorry-faced *** doesn''''t quite get it though. We are there for whatever it takes.
So - sorry-faced bin Satan - hoping you read this: whimpering and begging for us to relieve pressure is just fuelling our will to increase the effort.
Hope the Danish Leopard tanks just deployed to Helmand province beat the hell out of lots of Taliban.


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Posted by wonderyman at 02:28 PM : Nov 29, 2007
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Right!! ROFLMAO Where do you get your kool aid? By the way why is he even speaking to us? Didn''t Sir Lies-A-Lot and the fascist PROMISE after 9/11 to hunt him down and Kill him? I really don''t think I can take anymore of you bootlickers and your constant excuses and blame. He''s not just back, according to our OWN INTEL, he''s now stronger than BEFORE he attacked us. He''s also smart and knows the world wide hatred for your fuhrer... THATS why he''s doing what he''s doing. But what would a bootlicker know about anything. I''ll bet YOU believed Sir Lies-A-Lot when he said Mission Accomplished didn''t you? ROFLMAO Sieg Heil Bush!!!

[micma-2009]

6 years, 4,000 soldiers, and 2 trillion dollars wasted. Why can''t Bush get Bin Laden?

[mcvet]

wet naps???you got muslim *** on the side of your mouth.


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Posted by libsluvsuvs at 02:30 PM : Nov 29, 2007
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I think he''s right! I think all you fascist are Toe Tappers in the closet!! Sieg Heil Bush!!

[realpatriot1]

Dear Osama,

Your intimidation tactics would work better if we didn''t know where you were. Since we know you''re holed up in Wiziristan across the border from where you escaped Afganistan at Tora Bora, please go ahead and threaten the Europeans. Then maybe they''ll help us to pressure Musharif to come looking for you.

Your threats won''t work if we get you first.

[mcvet]

6 years, 4,000 soldiers, and 2 trillion dollars wasted. Why can''''t Bush get Bin Laden?





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Posted by micma at 02:33 PM : Nov 29, 2007
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NOW YOU have hit on the REAL question.. the question EVERY American needs to be asking!! The question I intend to ask and continue to ask from now until NEXT November. Sieg Heil Bush!!

[j-whitman]

libsluvsuvs,,,, Speaking of Ossama
--- Did you read the article about Rudy Giulani''s busniess dealings were with the emir of gas-rich Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani ??
,,, The same Arab Rudy toured around New York City 3 week after 9/11 ---- Helped the Mastermind of 9/11 get away from the FBI

[arabzrfilth]

6 years, 4,000 soldiers, and 2 trillion dollars wasted. Why can''''t Bush get Bin Laden?
Posted by micma

Uuuummmm, is that a rhetorical question??

[mcvet]

What the FU(K is with the fu(king finger in the air all the time????????????


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Posted by arabzRfilth at 02:35 PM : Nov 29, 2007
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Why is HE there? Not just his finger sparky but HIM. He is making fun of us and getting away with it... he''s admitting he did 9/11, not Iraq or anyone else and he''s LAUGHING at our fascist leaders. We''d better find a leader who can and will go after this man... Sieg Heil Bush!!

[bareemperor]

We know, binnie-boy - The Rothchilds and Rockefellers are really running the show...
You, if you really are still alive, will join Lee Harvey Oswald as history''s greatest scapegoats.
The USA knew a caveman couldn''t make NORAD stand down on 9/11...
The CIA does run the world, even if Bu$h believes he does...

[prinzowhales]

What is the ghost of Osama doing...releasing prequels?
The Anglo-American oligarchy is trying to get the Europeans behind the Stupid Peoples'' War...the ''Clash of Civilizations''...''War for Resources''...''War on Terrorism'' or whatever you want to call this farce. Of course, Osama bin Max Headroom would show up to help talk them into it...

Where, oh where, will the Neo-Cons and their friends hit with the next false-flag attack? Will it be several targets in both the US and America and then a campaign of ooey-gooey togetherness to fight the war? They have their agents in place at the head of government in France and Germany...they''ve lost momentum in Poland and Greece...the farce at Annapolis is on-going and Israel is itching to create a new war--us against Iran, for them.

[feelfree1]

Look at how frantic the Bush regime boot/arse-lickers are to conflate the importance of this ridiculous hoax audio tape.

[prinzowhales]

last post should read "US and Europe"...

[notblue]

Osama isn''t threatening the American mainstream media or the leftwing in this country they have already capitulated as his ally, unlike Europe who still is helping America defeat the radicals. Maybe when the democratic majority leader in the senate surrendered and declared defeat it may have reduced the risk of attack by Al Qaeda. LOL!

[notblue]

FeelFRee1, if Osame shoved a bomb directly up your asss you would call it a hoax.

[denn034]

The Taliban''s aiding bin Laden cost the lives of 3,000 Americans on 911 so, the invasion of Afghanistan was most definitely justifiable and legitimate, especially after the Taliban refused to turn over bin Laden. Yes, the Europeans are helping now but, where were they when we invaded Afghanistan? Shame on bin Laden!

[feelfree1]

Check out "notblue", bitterly attacking this ficticious threat.

Apparently a "straw-man" or an animated puppet is about the only adversary that this poster can manage to defend themself against.

Ooga-booga!!!

www.zeitgeistmovie.com

[j-whitman]

notblue,,,,, Check this out :

Rudy''''s Ties to a Terror Sheikh
Giuliani''''s business contracts tie him to the man who let 9/11''''s mastermind escape the FBI

Three weeks after 9/11, when the roar of fighter jets still haunted the city''''s skyline, the emir of gas-rich Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani, toured Ground Zero. Although a member of the emir''''s own royal family had harbored the man who would later be identified as the mastermind of the attack%u2014a man named Khalid Sheikh Muhammad

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0748,barrett,78478,6.html

[j-whitman]

badaxmofo,,,, Read it yourself.

[j-whitman]

badaxmofo,,,,, Rudy''s also under investigation for using city funds for his love nest expenses & rondeveoxs....... Hundreds of thousands of profiteering at New Yorkers expense

[logicanada]

LIVE....FROM OUR STUDIO''S IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN BURBANK CALIFORNIA.........IIIIITTTTTSSSSSS...........OSAMA!!!!!

[ajr808015]

Ok, here is an idea. Let''s blow up the country, and then turn around and give them millions of dollars to rebuild? What? We need to fine that worthless no good.... he is out there!! Find him!! Don''t think he is dead...

[feelfree1]

notblue,

Re: "Osame shoved a bomb directly up your asss..."

If the repressed homosexuals of the neo-Fascist Party would simply come out of the closet, we would all be a whole lot better off.

[j-whitman]

badaxmofo,,,,, Think about it. Do you think it''s a good idea for Rudy to get away with doing business with Terrorist''s ????

[mudrose-2009]

Oh, Bin Laden spoke. Oh, oh, what to do. What to do. The creep should trip on a pebble and die. Doesn''t seem to know that he''s a has been.

[v_1618]

LIVE LONGER SHEIKH OSAMA BIN LADEN , THE HERO AGAINST OPPRESORS AND TYRANYCAL GOVERMKENTS AROUND THE GLOBE...

[miracle_mike-2009]

"Bin Laden said he was the "only one responsible" for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, arguing that it was unjust for the Americans to have invaded Afghanistan."
PLEASE LOOK AGAIN AT THAT CONFESSION VIDEO, IT IS NOT OSAMA. Also, OSAMA would not wear a gold watch and violate ISLAMIC LAW.

Do you really think that our government would allow over 100 members of the bin laden family leave our country the very next day if Osama was actually a suspect? If you have a rationalization for that, you would rather be a subject than a citizen.

Here is something from FOX NEWS that you may not have seen:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

Our Government has become a nest of revolutionary terrorist. Driven by greed and power. Look at the evidence, don''t be afraid to be wrong. It is better to preserve our union.
If you do not step up we will become the North American Union and lose our Constitution Completely.

Get involved, post posters, talk to your friends and family, send letters to your representatives.

[logicanada]

This guy is getting more air time than Brittany Speers.
What''s up with that?

[miracle_mike-2009]

"Bin Laden said he was the "only one responsible" for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, arguing that it was unjust for the Americans to have invaded Afghanistan."
PLEASE LOOK AGAIN AT THAT CONFESSION VIDEO, IT IS NOT OSAMA. Also, OSAMA would not wear a gold watch and violate ISLAMIC LAW.

Do you really think that our government would allow over 100 members of the bin laden family leave our country the very next day if Osama was actually a suspect? If you have a rationalization for that, you would rather be a subject than a citizen.

Here is something from FOX NEWS that you may not have seen:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

Our Government has become a nest of revolutionary terrorist. Driven by greed and power. Look at the evidence, don''t be afraid to be wrong. It is better to preserve our union.
If you do not step up we will become the North American Union and lose our Constitution Completely.

Get involved, post posters, talk to your friends and family, send letters to your representatives.

[j-whitman]

badaxmofo,,,,, How about, Do you think it''s a good idea even to belong to a political party such as the GOP for not doing their homework & picking Rudy as a canidate for the office of President ????

[jowand]

badaxmofo,,,,, Rudy''''s also under investigation for using city funds for his love nest expenses & rondeveoxs....... Hundreds of thousands of profiteering at New Yorkers expense
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Posted by j-whitman at 02:55 PM : Nov 29, 2007

Clinton was using the Whitehouse 100 percent tax payer funded, for his closet blow-outs with his lover.

[feelfree1]

Re: "Therefore it is better for you to press on your leaders who dropping in on the White House, to work seriously to lift the injustice against the believers and to get back to righteousness,"

"who dropping"?????!!!!!!

This hoax audio looks like it was written by "badaxmofo", "superchez1", or someone equally enfeebled.

[jowand]

badaxmofo,,,,, How about, Do you think it''''s a good idea even to belong to a political party such as the GOP for not doing their homework & picking Rudy as a canidate for the office of President ????
Posted by j-whitman at 03:06 PM : Nov 29, 2007

Hillary could end up in jail for what she is doing illegal with campaign money.

[j-whitman]

jowand,,,,, Giulani did business with the Arab who let the Mastermind of 9/11 to get away from the FBI & gave him a tour of NYC 3 weeks after 9/11

[frankly6]

Why is Bin Laden still alive?

[jowand]

Do you really think that our government would allow over 100 members of the bin laden family leave our country the very next day if Osama was actually a suspect? If you have a rationalization for that, you would rather be a subject than a citizen.

Here is something from FOX NEWS that you may not have seen:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,29
33,41576,00.html

Richard Clark a Clinton appointee was the only person involved in th edecision to allow the Saudis to leave the US after 911. Clark has admitted to this, and said Bush was not involved.

[j-whitman]

At any rate, anyone seriously think Europe will pay any attention to him ???

[mudrose-2009]

Why is Bin Laden still alive?
Posted by frankly6

Why don''t you go to the outer most region of Pakistan and ask the warlords there? Perhaps, they can shout over the Afghanistan border as to his exact coordinates.

[j-whitman]

jowand,,,,, Old news --- Mainstream media covered it years ago

[billpl-2009]

"LIVE LONGER SHEIKH OSAMA BIN LADEN , THE HERO AGAINST OPPRESORS AND TYRANYCAL GOVERMKENTS AROUND THE GLOBE..."
posted by V1618

Oppressors of what?

...or maybe learning how to spell is considered an oppression?

BTW my teddy bear''s name is "Smokey"...what''s yours?