New York, Dec. 28, 2007

Bin Laden To Send Web Message On Iraq

Terror Monitoring Group Says Al Qaeda Leader Will Discuss The Islamic State Of Iraq

  • Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda have dramatically stepped up their messages - a pace seen as a sign of the group's increasing technical sophistication and the relative security felt by its leadership. Photo

    Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda have dramatically stepped up their messages - a pace seen as a sign of the group's increasing technical sophistication and the relative security felt by its leadership.  (AP)

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(AP)  Terror leader Osama bin Laden will release a new Internet message that focuses on Iraq and an al Qaeda linked insurgent group, a terrorism monitoring group said.

The SITE intelligence group said the al Qaeda leader will discuss Iraq and the group the Islamic State of Iraq, a longtime foe of the Iraqi government and U.S. forces.

SITE, which provides counter-terrorism information to government and private groups, said the announcement of the impending message was posted to Islamic militant Web sites Thursday.

The posting said the message - titled `The way to contain conspiracies" - would last 56 minutes. It did not say when it would be released, but such ads usually precede the actual message by one to three days.

The authenticity of the posting could not immediately be determined. But SITE said it was signed by As-Sahab, the production branch that releases al Qaeda messages. The Internet message did not say if bin Laden's statement would be in a video or just audio form.

The message would mark the sixth public statement by the terror leader this year. Audio or video communiques were sent over the Internet on Sept. 7, Sept. 11, Sept. 20, Oct. 22 and Nov. 29. A video on Sept. 7 was his first in three years and was issued to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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.

The terror group has also been campaigning to reach a broader audience, announcing that its No. 2 figure, Ayman al-Zawahiri, would respond to journalists' questions sent over the Internet. The deadline for the queries was Jan. 16.

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by gunownerdan December 28, 2007 7:28 AM PST
Bush stopped looking for Osama Bin Laden only 6 months after 9/11.
I guess Bush needs his bogeyman to keep the American people good and frightened.
We are much more willing to give up our god-given freedoms and rights when we think Osama''s going to get us.
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by runningralph December 28, 2007 7:55 AM PST
Terrorists will always stir the pot. That''s what terrorism is about. Their goal is to fragment and scatter their enemies so they can defeat the enemies. Who are their enemies? Anyone who is not under their thumb. Infidels. I believe in the end they will lose this war but I''m afraid Western civilization won''t survive. But if the west goes down, the Chinese will ultimately prevail. I probably won''t live to see it, but I''m getting ready. Ni hao ma? Zemma yang? Wo jen bu tsuo, xie, xie.
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by sioux4life1 December 28, 2007 8:12 AM PST
How convenient. Bhutto is murdered and bin Ladin pops up. Does anyone out there besides myself say BS propaganda? Throw a smoke and mirrors on the real truth!
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by hillaryin08 December 28, 2007 8:42 AM PST
gunownerdan or FloydZepp

I take it both of you clowns have been to Afghanistan?
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by neoconrcrazy December 28, 2007 8:44 AM PST
6 years on

100''s thousands dead

can''t bush put this

babay osama to bed ?


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by December 28, 2007 9:04 AM PST
Bush is looking for Bin Laden like OJ is looking for the real killer.
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by December 28, 2007 9:16 AM PST
hillaryin08 wrote:

"gunownerdan or FloydZepp

I take it both of you clowns have been to Afghanistan?"

Have you?

Are you happy that GW Bush decided to divert our military away from their real mission of finding Bin Laden?

Are you happy that Bin Laden is still free 6 years after GW Bush told us he would him to justice?

Are you happy that GW Bush once claimed that he doesn''t care where Bin Laden is and that he wasn''t a priority?
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by allunknowing December 28, 2007 9:37 AM PST
boring...

Now if OBL says he was the supplier of MLB steroids... now THAT would be some news to watch!!! ^^
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by notblue December 28, 2007 9:38 AM PST
V-161877, why is defending Osama, the worlds most wanted terrorist and his organization, so important to you? What is your nationality and where are you posting from? Don''t you realize that even the leftwingers in the U.S., despite their hatred for Bush and Americas policies, do not defend the EVIL Osama Bin Laden.
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by excoachken December 28, 2007 10:00 AM PST
bin Laden, oh yeah, he''s the guy who organized all those Saudis to attack us "on that September day." But our Cowardly Cowboy still "doesn''t know the difference between Iraq and Iran" so Osama is still out there, being protected by Marshareff. Tobey Keith didn''t even realize he was singing lyrics right out of "W''s" empty head.
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by tbweb December 28, 2007 10:14 AM PST
The simple fact that bin Laden is alive and well, able to send any messages at all is disgusting.
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by dan9111 December 28, 2007 10:14 AM PST
Apparently there is no sign that our mainstream media outlets are objective and unbiased. They are no less of a complete puppet than Osama''s crazy gangs.
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by gunownerdan December 28, 2007 10:36 AM PST
"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
-- George W. Bush, Sept. 13, 2001

"I don''t know where (Bin Laden) is. You know, I just don''t spend that much time on him....I -- I''ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him."
-- George W. Bush, March 13, 2002
6 MONTHS AFTER 9/11/01
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by demwatcher December 28, 2007 11:50 AM PST
When Bin Laden puts out a video, ya''ll LIBERALS start stomping and snortting and going-on about why President Bush hadn''t gotten him yet.

When someone claims that Bin Laden is dead ya''ll LIBERALS start stomping and snortting and going-on about why President Bush ain''t concerned about Bin Laden.

Lucky for you LIBERALS that God decided to fasten your head facing to the front on your neck, or ya''ll would kill yourselves with self-induced whiplash!

Dumbarse, pea-brained, wanna have it both ways, Liberal fuggin'' lemmings.
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by jetranger7 December 28, 2007 11:57 AM PST
BUSH is Binladen, he has the mask and wig, thought you people knew that, with make up and wig and mask he transforms himself into his fantasy villian, BUSH used to like to watch Batman, and the Green Hornet, and Get Smart growing up as a kid in Texas, then as he became older he gets to live out his fantasys, ohhh what fun the rich have playing games !! for those that don''t know too- CHENEY likes to dress up as the Joker, and Laura as Cat-Woman !!!!
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by neoconrcrazy December 28, 2007 12:13 PM PST
DemWatcher
screw u 2 - old faart!

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by bogusbones December 28, 2007 12:20 PM PST
Of course the Administration is going to blame this horrendous assasination on bin Laden - they''d never try to pin it on Mushareff because if they did, he''d ally himself with al Queda thusly throwing the region into more uproar. The smoke screens are so thin yet people continue to allow themselves to be fed Crawford cattle droppings. Lead the blind down the path of ruin. At least someone should begin to ask hard questions and get honest answers from the leaders of our ship of fools.
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by newz4i December 28, 2007 12:22 PM PST
Bush 41 did not follow through in war to take down Saddam Hussein. Bush 43 did not follow through in war to take down Osama bin Laden. This country ... and the world needs leadership to finish jobs. It''s time to end living in errors and move on with success.
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by blancadebree December 28, 2007 12:24 PM PST
It''s amazing how he''s still able to put out singles at his age.

http://blancadebree.blogspot.com
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by walt1944-2009 December 28, 2007 12:39 PM PST
It has been learned that Osama Bin Laden will begin the new year of 2008 sending his usual "terrrrror" message of jihad, "death to the infidels", and destruction of the Great Satan, the USA (now the USSA!).

As usual, the Great Emperor Bush II has no time to think about the ravings of Bin Laden or anyone from Al Qeada, especially since he can''t find him after looking for him for a few years. Critics of the Emperor wonder what he would (or wouldn''t) have done if he had been Emperor when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on 12/7/1941?

At any rate, the Great Emperor Bush II has more important things to worry about, specifically how and why the Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre TWICE this year!!!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!
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by formrusmcsgt December 28, 2007 1:10 PM PST
"Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda have dramatically stepped up their messages - a pace seen as a sign of the group''s increasing technical sophistication and the relative security felt by its leadership."

He doesn''t believe dubya''s rhetoric any more than most of us do, apparently.....
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by scarletphd December 28, 2007 1:11 PM PST
What a fu(king joke, what an icon of the absurd and ridiculous. His inane rhetoric and flatulant messages are a bore and a waste of time. He''s a lost cause now, rutting around in dirt holes with the other filthy animal al queerda, doing nothing but giving a cause to the hopless morons who kill to get a life.
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by formrusmcsgt December 28, 2007 1:15 PM PST
What a fu(king joke, what an icon of the absurd and ridiculous.

Posted by ScarletPhD at 01:11 PM : Dec 28, 2007

Maybe that''s why dubya never even mentions bin Laden any more after promising to get him "dead or alive", eh?
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by brianp55 December 28, 2007 1:32 PM PST
I suspect OBL knows that he has become largely irrelevant and essentially despised by those Muslims whose causes he claimed to champion initially. Except, perhaps, in Pakistan, of course.
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 1:39 PM PST

Re: "The SITE intelligence group said the al Qaeda leader will discuss Iraq and the group the Islamic State of Iraq, a longtime foe of the Iraqi government and U.S. forces."

And how would the folks at the SITE Institute know what "Osama" is going to say in this new "message"?

And why is it so important for Western media to offer advanced promotion of the "releases" from "Osama" and others?

Simple. The SITE Institute is most likely producing these tapes, along with their partners at IntelCenter, as a mechanism for justifying the continuance of the moronic and self-defeating war, and as a method of smearing the opposition.

Ooga-Booga!

Be a good American, and don''t forget to wet yourself over the pending message from the scary sock-puppet shown in the graphic!
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by yongamerica December 28, 2007 1:39 PM PST
Hey Feelfree1, Remember how you seemingly froth at the mouth insisting al Qaeda isn''t in Iraq? Well here is your illustrious leader giving a rallying speech to your brothers at arms. Be sure to take notes so you can let us know how they are doing over there.
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by yongamerica December 28, 2007 1:43 PM PST
al Qaeda is in Iraq and bin Laden is going to give a speech to them. al Qaeda is in Iraq, this is something Feelfree1 never can believe. Except now you here it from your leaders mouth. Believe and you shall be set free!
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by fornicario December 28, 2007 1:47 PM PST

Re: "The SITE intelligence group said the al Qaeda leader will discuss Iraq and the group the Islamic State of Iraq, a longtime foe of the Iraqi government and U.S. forces."

And how would the folks at the SITE Institute know what "Osama" is going to say in this new "message"?

And why is it so important for Western media to offer advanced promotion of the "releases" from "Osama" and others?

Simple. The SITE Institute is most likely producing these tapes, along with their partners at IntelCenter, as a mechanism for justifying the continuance of the moronic and self-defeating war, and as a method of smearing the opposition.

Ooga-Booga!

Be a good American, and don''''t forget to wet yourself over the pending message from the scary sock-puppet shown in the graphic!

Posted by FeelFree1

I would like to know how they manage to always get advance warning of whatever he is going to say.
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 1:54 PM PST

yongamerica,

Re: "Remember how you seemingly froth at the mouth insisting al Qaeda isn''t in Iraq?"

I recall pointing out that these releases from "Osama" look like obvious fakes to me, and that there is not a single item of verifiable evidence that demonstrates the presence of "al-Qaeda-in-Iraq", but I don''t remember "frothing" about it.

Re: "Well here is your illustrious leader giving a rallying speech to your brothers at arms."

I don''t know how you got the impression that former(?) CIA operative, and probably long-dead Osama, was my leader, but I certainly don''t follow him, nor would I follow the sock-puppet black propaganda in these fake "releases" from SITE and IntelCenter.

It does sem as though these propaganda tapes are pretty important to you though. Why is that?

Re: "Be sure to take notes so you can let us know how they are doing over there."

The disgraceful and unjustifiable efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been mounting and crippling defeats for the U.S. so far, and this is plain to see for anyone who has been paying attention over the past several years.
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 2:00 PM PST

Re: "Terror Monitoring Group Says Al Qaeda Leader Will Discuss The Islamic State Of Iraq"

This seems to indicate the nature of the "al-Qaeda-in-Iraq" ruse right in this heading. Notice that the "Osama" sock puppet is preparing a message about "The Islamic State Of Iraq" and NOT "al-Qaeda-in-Iraq", as this latter group appears to be a Made-in-USA hoax, aimed at demonizing the perfectly legitimate armed resistance groups in Iraq, and supplying a justification for the illegal war against Iraq to continue, where no such justification exists.
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by gunownerdan December 28, 2007 2:02 PM PST


"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
-- George W. Bush, Sept. 13, 2001

"I don''t know where (Bin Laden) is. You know, I just don''t spend that much time on him....I - I''ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him."
-- George W. Bush, March 13, 2002
6 MONTHS AFTER 9/11/01
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 2:02 PM PST

Fornicario,

Re: "I would like to know how they manage to always get advance warning of whatever he is going to say."

You are not alone. I think that many of us would like to know the answer to this question.
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by allunknowing December 28, 2007 2:13 PM PST
%u201CWhoever seeks other than Islam as his religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he will be with the losers%u201D %u201CSlay the idolators [non-Muslims] wherever ye find them, and take them captive, and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the last Day%u2026. Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah! (Sura 9:5,29,41).


...another reason I choose no religion as my religion.
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by smiley676 December 28, 2007 2:13 PM PST
How do they get advanced notice?

INFORMERS
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 2:16 PM PST

ozilot,

Re: "I fail to understand how anyone, let alone fanatics, would follow a coward who spends most of his time running and hiding!"

Agreed. This appears to be among the reasons that the Bush regime is apparently contracting these ridiculous messages from the SITE Institute and IntelCenter- to leave us with this impression.

The Democrats seem to be eager to promote this ruse, since they see it as an opportunity to slam the Bush regime''s "failures".

As usual, the reactionary Democrats are playing right into the hands of the Bush regime, once again.
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by formrusmcsgt December 28, 2007 2:22 PM PST
fail to understand how anyone, let alone fanatics, would follow a coward who spends most of his time running and hiding!

Posted by ozilot at 02:05 PM : Dec 28, 2007

Possibly because he''s demonstrated that he is able to outsmart the world''s best intelligence agencies year after year after year?
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 2:22 PM PST

Re: "feelfree1 is an al qaeda member"

Posted by smiley676

###

How pathetic and telling that the remaining handful of Bush regime dead-enders see "al-Qaeda" everywhere they look, and insist that those who do not cower in fear of these fake tapes, or who do not support the Bush terror network, must be "al-Qaeda".

This is a good example demonstrating why these bobble-heads are so easily fooled.
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 2:32 PM PST

Hi "formrusmcsgt",

Did you know that one of the total of TWO PEOPLE that comprise the entire SITE Institute, is an Iraqi expatriate named Rita Katz? Did you know that her father was killed by the Saddam regime for being an Israeli spy? Did you know that this woman graduated from Tel Aviv University, and that this entire 2 person "Institute" has only been in existence for 5 years?

www.siteinstitute.org/mission.html

In light of this, does this "Institute" sound like a reliable source of information?
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by beckajw December 28, 2007 2:32 PM PST
FeelFree1
Right, everyone who doesn''t agree with you is a "Bush Regime Dead Ender."

You are living in the land of make believe. I don''t support Bush. But I''m smart enough to know that the world of terror Bush talks about is out there.

Just sit safe in your little home...
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by formrusmcsgt December 28, 2007 2:36 PM PST
In light of this, does this "Institute" sound like a reliable source of information?

Posted by FeelFree1 at 02:32 PM : Dec 28, 2007

About as reliable as anything that has dubya''s moniker associated with it.
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 2:36 PM PST

beckajw,

Re: "But I''m smart enough to know that the world of terror Bush talks about is out there."

But not smart enough to avoid being fooled by a black-bearded, digitized, sock-puppet of a long-dead former(?) CIA operative, apparently.
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 2:38 PM PST

formrusmcsgt,

Re: "About as reliable as anything that has dubya''''s moniker associated with it."

Agreed. Happy New Year to you and yours!

www.zeitgeistmovie.com
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by j-whitman December 28, 2007 2:41 PM PST
beckajw,,,, In Bush''s world of fear is also horses, cows & serving on active duty
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by yongamerica December 28, 2007 2:44 PM PST
FeelFree1 - A sunk by any other name is a skunk. An islamic extremist by any other name is al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbulah and on and on. So, if you don''t follow Osama, that puts you in the factions controlled by Iran. Regarless, you froth with rhetoric even today. Frothy the snowman. But your snow job isn''t so good. I can see right through you.
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by j-whitman December 28, 2007 2:46 PM PST
yongamerica --- The boy with X-ray eyes
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by fornicario December 28, 2007 2:53 PM PST
How do they get advanced notice?

INFORMERS

Posted by smiley676

So, they can get accurate detail about videotape plotlines, yet no useful data on saving lives? Reminds me of an expensive TV Guide.
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 2:53 PM PST

yongamerica,

As I have mentioned many, many, times before, I am not a supporter of Islam, of Judaism, of Catholicism, of Hinduism, or of any other religion/cult.

I suspect that this does not/will not matter to you, since smearing the overwhelming majority of us who are dissenters and critics of your mass-murderous and anti-American/anti-human Decider, is the only trick remaining in your otherwise empty sack.
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by gunownerdan December 28, 2007 2:56 PM PST


"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
-- George W. Bush, Sept. 13, 2001


"I don''t know where (Bin Laden) is. You know, I just don''t spend that much time on him....I -- I''ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him."
-- George W. Bush, March 13, 2002
6 MONTHS AFTER 9/11/01


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by rushman71 December 28, 2007 2:58 PM PST
FreeFeel1: Why are you still here? Your supposed to be brown-nosing Chavez''s arse, like you always do. Now, run along now. You know Chavez misses the feel of it!!!
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by feelfree1 December 28, 2007 2:59 PM PST

Again we can note that there is never, ever, an author named in the articles relating to these fake "Osama" and "Zawahiri" releases from SITE.

Why is that?
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