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.

[feelfree1]

These phoney IntelCenter productions don''t seem to be fooling as many people as they used to.

[libsluvsuvs]

of course if anybody who wants elaboration or edification on what osama meant by that..JUST READ WHAT THESE RADICAL LIBERALS TURN TERRORISTS'' POSTED.

[toolmangler-2009]

The people of Europe probably have bigger problems to worry about.
Posted by Dan9111 at 10:22 AM : Nov 30, 2007


Yes they do, it''s called ''Muslim immagration''. every country on earth is being filled by Muslims in the hope that "Muhammad" will lead them to victory over the ''infidel''.


WHY DON%u2019T MUSLIMS KILL IN CHINA?
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
"Because the Chinese would blow them off the map."


http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/swank/2005/07/why-dont-muslims-kill-in-china.html

[gunnerv1]

jowand why don''t you take a break from rideing your own country down and go find him.

[gunnerv1]

I don''t give a ratsazz about what the R*ghe*d or his F*ck up religion has to say EVER!

[v_1618]

LIVE LONGER THE SHEIKH OSAMA BIN LADEN ...

[sevenveils]

I laugh in Osama''s face. The biggest backers of US presence in Afghanistan is from the Afghanis themselves.

[dan9111]

Osama is addressing the wrong crowd. "The people of Europe" are not assisting the US. Their governments are. Big difference. The people of Europe probably have bigger problems to worry about.

[jowand]

Bin Laden is still running around free? Almost 8 years and Bush still can''''t catch one man? Sorry, I was blinded by Bush smoke screen of Iraq WMD that Bush, Congress and the media threw at us and did not notice Bin Laden was still free.

Posted by jjp735i at 08:32 AM : Nov 30, 2007

FBI has people in the US they have been trying to find for longer than that.

[v_1618]

LIVE LONGER THE SHEIKH OSAMA BIN LADEN ...

[notblue]

Skyk, BIn Laden was attacking before your hated neocons took over and your rants against fighting back are hilarious. As usual no alternatives given just critisism.

People like McVet admire Bin Laden and call fellow American Nazis.

On the one hand most here think Bin Laden is Gov. perpetrated tool to justify Americas Offensive military agenda then on the other they rant about not capturing him yet. What a bunch of loons. Al Qaeda''s will may have been broken by now if it were not for the support they get from the left nad the Media in this country.

[jjp735i]

Bin Laden is still running around free? Almost 8 years and Bush still can''t catch one man? Sorry, I was blinded by Bush smoke screen of Iraq WMD that Bush, Congress and the media threw at us and did not notice Bin Laden was still free.

[skyk-2009]

How in the world did we get in this situtation. We have spent a TRILLION Dollars over the last 6 years and this guy is exploiting the World Wide Hatred for our Leader. What has happened to our Country and what our Fathers stood for. Once attacking this country meant you would most certainly pay a heavy price. Under the leadership of these NeoCon''s it means you get to put out a video every other month. Now I don''t have a problem with folks making a buck but when this nation has been attacked, making that buck SHOULD take a back seat. When we do not bring to justice those who have attacked us, we only incourage OTHERS to do the same.

[mcvet]

You may HATE this guy but you have to admire him as well. He''s very smart and knows how to fight. He''s also studied Southern Fascist and KNOWS how the rest of the world views them and Bush. He KNOWS the world wide hatred for Bush and he''s playing to it. What he''s saying to the People of Europe, who ALREADY compare Bush to Hitler, that Bush is only out for gain for him and his pals, which is obviously true. He''s telling them that HE is responsible for the attack on 9/11 but Bush is USING that attack for his own gain, again a true statement. Then he seeks to further tear down ANY support this nation has in the world. To leave us, as we have been left in Iraq, completely alone. He told us all early on what his goals were... to get us into a war and bankrupt us. Anyone who doesn''t understand that he not only is winning but doing so at a more rapid rate than they did against the Old Soviet Union, isn''t looking. The American Tax Payer can NOT continue to fund the Corporate War going on in the Middle East. Our Military can''t do it either. We need to get back to being AMERICA, to the position we had for 200 years. If you attack us we will HUNT you down and bring you to justice. As long as them man is out there, we are what we look like, simple minded losers who are being used by rich jerks for their own ends.

[woodjd42]

properstatic

You have to be joking, aren''t you?
What makes Bush corrupt? A war that people mistake as illegal?
Of course you are one of those people that are going to call me a trader, unAmerican, I don''t support the troops, etc. for questioning your "mistaken illegal war".
Well as a vet I do question it. And let me tell you I am not against war, but am against sending our young men and women to die for no purpose. I am so tired of hearing all you folks say "we have to stand by our troops" when all you do is talk. You stand by them in talk until they come back and are not needed any more and then you toss them aside like trash. And if you need proof of this, just look on the streets. One in every four homeless is a vet. Suicide rate for vets is once again going up. Your heros, Bush/Chaney, continue to cut funds for veterns benifits. Do I blame Bush/Chaney for the deaths of this war? You better believe I do. I guess I must be one of those confused Americans. One that has seen war up close.
Suport the troops? Yeah right.

[dmhphils]

Even if the WTC coming down was a conspiracy, the idiots blowing themselves up in Iraq, Afganistan, and Pakistan are not part of the conspiracy.....these Jihadis are Nazis in kaffiyahs.

Can you imagine an OPEC dominated by Jihadis?? Now that is a scary thought.

[fibonacci_]

Yea I know you dont believe it...

[fibonacci_]

"As the North Tower collapsed on September 11, 2001, debris hit 7 World Trade Center, causing heavy damage to the south face of the building. The bottom portion of the building''s south face was heavily damaged from debris, including: damage to the southwest corner from the 8th to 18th floor, a large vertical gash on the center-bottom extending at least ten floors, and other damage as high as the 18th floor. The building was equipped with a sprinkler system, but had many single-point vulnerabilities for failure. The sprinkler system required manual initiation of the electrical fire pumps, rather than being a fully automatic system. The sprinkler floor level controls had just a single connection to the sprinkler water riser, and the sprinkler system required some power for the fire pump to deliver water. Loss of power to the fire pump or other damage to the structure would have meant no functioning sprinklers. Also, water pressure was low, with little or no water to feed sprinklers.

... A massive fire burned into the afternoon on the 11th and 12th floors of 7 World Trade Center, the flames visible on the east side of the building. During the afternoon, fire was also seen on floors 6%u201310, 13%u201314, 19%u201322, and 29%u201330. At approximately 2:00 p.m., firefighters noticed a bulge in the southwest corner of 7 World Trade Center between the 10th and 13th floors which was a sign that the building was unstable and might collapse."

[tomtomasters]

So tell us how building 7 imploded on 911? Tell us how Enron was not involved in Afghanistan. Tell us why binLadin on record has denied doing 911! Tell why the FBI does not have proof binLadin did 911. Tell us where all the money went stashed below the Twin Towers? Tell us where flight 93 airliner went? Tell us why Guiliani hauled out evidence material from WTC. Tell us this is not a fake story!

[freident]

well... us rednecks look at it different....gotta get them now! or they be back, with their roadside bombs and all that ***...WAKE UP AMERICA! They will be back