New Bin Laden Tape Blasts Obama

Al Qaeda Chief Says U.S. President Has Planted Seeds Of "Hatred And Vengeance"; U.S. Confirms Authenticity

(CBS/AP)  Last Updated 6:38 p.m. EDT

A new audio tape from Osama bin Laden criticizes President Barack Obama for planting seeds of "hatred and vengeance toward Americans" and warns of "new long wars."

The tape, aired on Arabic news network al Jazeera Wednesday, blasts the U.S. president for his role in Pakistan's military operation against Taliban forces in the Swat Valley. The message came as Mr. Obama touched down in Saudi Arabia on the first leg of a Mideast trip to shore up diplomatic relations in the region.

U.S. intelligence officials confirmed the authenticity of tape but said "there's no reason at this point to believe that any specific or credible threat is contained" in the message, reports CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer.

"There has never been a fake bin Laden tape," a U.S. counterterrorism official told CBS News. "In the past, he has timed the release of the messages to major events. So it's unsurprising that he chose this particular week."

"While the words are different, this latest message recycles many of the broad themes of messages past," the official added.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the tape was an attempt to "shift the attention away" from Mr. Obama's diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, reports Maer.

Gibbs also sought to assure Americans that "everything is being done to protect them and our homeland as we've done since we took office."

CBS News national security analyst Juan Zarate says al Qaeda is losing support.

"This is an opportunity for the president with his star power, with his Muslim family roots, with his embodiment of the American dream, to really chip away at that narrative," Zarate said.

In the message, Bin Laden accuses Mr. Obama of ordering Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to "prevent the people of Swat from implementing the Shari’a law by fighting and killing them through bombings and destruction. This has led one million Muslims, elderly people, women and children, to flee their homes and villages and live in tents after they’d been living with dignity in their homes.

"This simply means that Obama and his administration have planted new seeds of hatred and vengeance toward America," the translated message continues. "The number of these seeds equates that of those who have suffered and been made homeless in the Swat valley and the tribal areas in northern and southern Waziristan as well as those who sympathize with them.

"In this manner, Obama appears to have followed the same path taken by his predecessor, in creating more enmity towards Muslims, and adding on to the fighting enemies, thus paving the way for new long wars.

"Let the American people prepare to continue harvesting what their White House leaders grow, in the years and decades to come." (Read more on CBS News Investigates: Terror Monitor)

Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, said it is "ludicrous" to suggest anyone but al Qaeda and the Taliban are responsible for the refugee crisis in Pakistan.

Holbrooke spoke during a joint press conference with Zardari in Islamabad.

Pakistan says about 3 million people have been uprooted from their homes by a month-old campaign to drive militants out of the northwestern Swat valley.

Another senior official suggested Mr. Obama's outreach to Muslims was "very threatening to al Qaeda," reports Maer. The official claimed the terrorist organization is "beginning to lose the propaganda war."

Bin Laden’s statement comes a day after al Qaeda’s number two, Ayman al Zawahri, said President Obama was not welcomed in Egypt, where he is expected to address Muslims on Thursday.

Bin Laden also implied that the people displaced by the Pakistani offensive would be even more driven to attack America than the 9/11 hijackers.

“I have words that I would like to address to America. Some of the wise and fair people in the research centers and other institutions over there might deduct from what I say here the reasons that push people to want to attack and get their vengeance against America, at a time when the agents of the big companies at the White House don’t pay much attention to what we say.

“I say the free men who carried out the attacks of 9/11 did not taste the bitterness of being thrown out of their homes and their land made to live in tents and beg for food. Those 19 only heard that such suffering has been inflicted upon their brethren in Palestine, through American weapons and Zionist hands. They thus left their schools and universities and seized the first opportunity to support the oppressed over there [and] to punish the oppressors in America. So imagine what would they have done if they had witnessed such agony and distress themselves?"

[davidjones022]

I just want him caught. Why is this so difficult? You do not let someone come in your house, kill everyone inside, and then stop hunting them down. You keep going and going and going until they pay for their crimes.

[nofoolling]

The OBL sham continues. The truth is, "There has never been an authentic OBL tape" OBL is dead and has been for years. The US Government is counting on the American public to be gullible and incurious. The dumbing down of America has been quite successful. CBS and all the other mainstream outlets contribute by putting forth this kind of BS propaganda. OBL is dead, and more importantly, he had nothing to do with the attacks on 911. 911 was a false flag psyop perpetrated by factions of our own US government. I believe Dick Cheney was directly involved and should be tried for murder and war crimes. Wake up people!

Posted by robindallas-2009

You are so right!

I certainly hope the sheeple have grown brains since the last set of big lies were told by the cheney henchlings, the same folks that authenticated the WMD evidence btw.

They even showed us satellite photos of the exact locations of the wmd's.

Hardy har har har.

Why would anyone believe one word these mongrels spew forth like toxic waste in their continued sad attempt to keep the Bush/Cheney crime syndicate from the gallows?

Start the war crime trials now!

And

"There has never been a fake bin Laden tape," a U.S. counterterrorism official told CBS News. "In the past, he has timed the release of the messages to major events. So it's unsurprising that he chose this particular week."

LOL, ROTFLMAO, if you ask me, there's NEVER been an authentic Bin Laden tape!

But Darth the Cheney, God of War, author and arcitect of the never ending war for never ending profits scheme, (demolish bldgs in New York and claim terrorists did it) sure does understand timing and how to scare the gee-willickers out of the populace.

Just because the Bush/Cheney crime syndicate is out of power, doesn't mean they were dismantled. The same lying criminals obviously still have enough brazen audacity to continue the scam/scheme.

The only Bin Laden's around are the ones that are business partners in the Carlyle Group and the Bin Laden Group with Bush 1, Bush 2, and Darth the Cheney, and together have made a real killing, quite literally, off these invented wars.

Don't believe a word of it.

Start the war crime trials!

Or heck, if you can swallow that tripe, step right up, I've got a bridge in Alaska I can sell you! lol

[Darr247]

Letterman has played plenty of fake bin laden tapes (all ending with "oh, and death to America")... is this not the same CBS Letterman's show is on every weeknight?

[robindallas-2009]

The OBL sham continues. The truth is, "There has never been an authentic OBL tape" OBL is dead and has been for years. The US Government is counting on the American public to be gullible and incurious. The dumbing down of America has been quite successful. CBS and all the other mainstream outlets contribute by putting forth this kind of BS propaganda. OBL is dead, and more importantly, he had nothing to do with the attacks on 911. 911 was a false flag psyop perpetrated by factions of our own US government. I believe Dick Cheney was directly involved and should be tried for murder and war crimes. Wake up people!

[Kuei1248]

"There has never been a fake bin Laden tape,"

Either our government is extremely easy to fool, or they think we are.

[abbe91]

"CBS, can we elaborate on why a US counterterrorism official would say this? Obviously there have been MANY fake bin Laden tapes. Anyone can see this. I'm not sure why someone would try to put a Bin Laden cloud over Obama's efforts, but I'm sure it won 't work like it has in the past. We the people have grown wiser. Bin Laden is dead and has been for years."
Posted by shameonbush at 1:18 AM : Jun 4, 2009

Indeed.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/01/21/gupta.otsc/index.html

[nolies74621]

" I have never seen such ineptness in the White House, "

Then you must have been blind for 8 years ... psy_war is right.
Posted by abbe91 at 4:03 AM : Jun 4, 2009
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Oh I watched GWB and it was comical, but Berry Soetoro takes the cake. See you are fighting a losing battle with me, because I think that our politicians have led our country to the state it is in now and I don't trust a single one of them. Berry makes Jimmy Carter look apt.

[abbe91]

Posted by AmericanAllTheWay at 3:28 AM : Jun 4, 2009

Don't talk about treason if you don't know what it means ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/03/politics/washingtonpost/main5058557.shtml

[abbe91]

"You see this is where your ignorance and inabiltiy to let go of the past shines through, Nowhere in my post did I even mention George Bush, I did'nt even vote for him and certainly did'nt agree with most of his policies. The problem is that koolaid drinkers like you automatically think that just because I don't worship Berry Soetoro that that makes me a conservative...well again your ignorance shows your wrongness.
Posted by nolies74621 at 3:17 AM : Jun 4, 2009 "

Let's see what you wrote ...

" I have never seen such ineptness in the White House, "

Then you must have been blind for 8 years ... psy_war is right.

[nolies74621]

bo bo was selected, not elected and hopefully the Indictments that
are out there will grow in numbers and he can be removed as the
resident usurper that he is.

"The mainstream media has been overtaken by corporate interests with prejudicial reporting often sold to the highest bidder. Never before have viewers been subject to this year?s deluge of bias and misrepresentation, frequent faulty facts, lack of adequate investigation and general election misinformation" W.A. M ( Wake up America ).

http://www.wam08.org/TakeaStand.html

There has been a formal complaint filed against bo bo ...aka
barry and all his other identities...The formal complaint is for TREASON!

http://americangrandjury.org/
Posted by AmericanAllTheWay at 3:28 AM : Jun 4, 2009

It seems that there are people in here that are willing to let Berry ruin the nation. I have never seen such ineptness in the White House, they remind me of bumbling keystone cops and clowns emptying a tiny car. They are even more incompetent than the last two administrations that we have had, not to mention the Carter administration. Well at least it makes for comical television, but whats not so funny is the impending ruin of our country as we knew it, why do I say knew, because it has already begun.

[AmericanAllTheWay]

bo bo was selected, not elected and hopefully the Indictments that
are out there will grow in numbers and he can be removed as the
resident usurper that he is.

"The mainstream media has been overtaken by corporate interests with prejudicial reporting often sold to the highest bidder. Never before have viewers been subject to this year?s deluge of bias and misrepresentation, frequent faulty facts, lack of adequate investigation and general election misinformation" W.A. M ( Wake up America ).

http://www.wam08.org/TakeaStand.html

There has been a formal complaint filed against bo bo ...aka
barry and all his other identities...The formal complaint is for TREASON!

http://americangrandjury.org/

[nolies74621]

Now, back to 911. Seventeen of the nineteen attackers were Saudi Nationals. So, what does Bush do? He makes a half a$$, strictly for show invasion of Afghanistan, which he then abandons to the Taliban. Meanwhile, the Bush regime uses 911 to fear-monger and garner support for a preplanned Iraq military occupation ------in other words, blaming Iraq for 911.
Posted by psy_war at 3:02 AM : Jun 4, 2009
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Huh Berry SoetorO is doing the same thing, bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia and now is is dumbuing down the human rights violations that they impose. Seems Berry will get into bed with anybody to show that he is "The nice guy, so as Berry continues to enforce the EXACT same foreign ploicies as GWB and you probably are a Berry supporter then that makes you a giant hypocrite then does'nt it.

[nolies74621]

Your statement is especially true 4 years ago. Oh, right: your president dry drunk was APPOINTED corporate fascist dictator by the Supremes.
Posted by psy_war at 3:02 AM : Jun 4, 2009
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You see this is where your ignorance and inabiltiy to let go of the past shines through, Nowhere in my post did I even mention George Bush, I did'nt even vote for him and certainly did'nt agree with most of his policies. The problem is that koolaid drinkers like you automatically think that just because I don't worship Berry Soetoro that that makes me a conservative...well again your ignorance shows your wrongness.

[gromansky]

Can't we just kill bin Laden, declare victory in Afghanistan, and go home? Say, in time for the mid-term elections...?

[nolies74621]

Is it me or is Berry Soetoro becoming the flip flop man? He is still chewing on that big wad of promises he made to "fix things" Over turn don't ask don'r tell- not yet and won't over turn it, pull ALL troops out of Iraq- won't happen according to both left and right wing analysts. Close Gitmo-could'nt get the funding, Double the National debt in 4 months-HAS HAPPENED, but he did'nt promise to do that. Give billion to GM so they would'nt fail and what happened they FAILED anyway (bankruptcy is the financial failure of a person or company and soon to be Nation). Put our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren into debt-has happened and will the debt for them will continue to skyrocket. Backpeddaling on "universal health care" is happening and who wnats it anyway? Wow if people would have only thought before they voted.

[nolies74621]

One of you moron Republicans go ahead and list all of Bush's "great accomplishments" at 4 months into his presidency.
Posted by GeorgeWHoover at 9:34 PM : Jun 3, 2009

Why don't you list Obamas'? Including pre-"President" days.

[nextgenman09]

Bin Laden has become as irrelevant as the Republican party. Just like the "leaders" of the GOP, Bin Laden just blows his mouth off for the sake of being in opposition.

Hilarious.

[shameonbush]

"There has never been a fake bin Laden tape," a U.S. counterterrorism official told CBS News. "In the past, he has timed the release of the messages to major events. So it's unsurprising that he chose this particular week."
CBS, can we elaborate on why a US counterterrorism official would say this? Obviously there have been MANY fake bin Laden tapes. Anyone can see this. I'm not sure why someone would try to put a Bin Laden cloud over Obama's efforts, but I'm sure it won 't work like it has in the past. We the people have grown wiser. Bin Laden is dead and has been for years.

[jmikey54]

Barrack Obama wins 2008 presidential race. Democrats take house and senate. Thought I would mention some people seem to not know. Losers

[ubrew12]

GeorgeWHoover said: "One of you moron Republicans go ahead and list all of Bush's "great accomplishments" at 4 months into his presidency."

from the GW diaries:
"Month 4: told Richard Clarke to take a hike. Wanna build a big missile defense shield that will tick off Russia and start the countdown to Armageddon and holy Jesus' return. Can't be bothered by Clarke's hissy-fit about someone named Osama Bin Ladin and his band of merry men planning attacks on the U.S. from their Hindu caves. My gosh, these liberals and their naive ways!'