Bin Laden ‘Warns’ U.S. In New Audio Tape
national | 9/13/2009 | 5 comments
An audio message purportedly by al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been released on an Islamist website. The message, entitled “a statement to the American people”, was about 10 minutes long and was accompanied by a still image of Bin Laden but no video.
In the message, a voice tells the US president that he is “powerless” to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Frankly, his message, albeit through translation, doesn’t seem as fanatical as previous ones. Perhaps, it seems he might be finally seeing that although Americans are complacent, we still don’t agree with the war in Iraq.
It almost seems like he is softening up a bit. Either his health is really bad, which can make one more complacent, or it just is not him. If it is him, maybe, they are just getting tired of getting hammered. I just wish our troops were not getting killed at the same time. I don’t believe pulling out without finding him as well as getting the Taliban under control would be a good idea. If we pull out now, it will go back to be right where we started. Bin Laden should offer himself up in exchange of moving troops out and that, we know, just won’t happen.
“war of attrition on every front”….interesting choice of words. The message was free of date refrences which seems to indicate that this could have been recored any time and he may be months old and indicates he may not be well informed to whats going on in the outside world.
If were supposto trust Bin Lauden shame on us. I really cant see us not supporting Isreal. We do this and whats the next step? You really think Isreal dosent mean that much? I for one dont think Id like to take that chance. But its not up to me. Perhaps one of these pressure groups hes reffering to in Washington?
I would prefer to see and read a word for word translation of his voice rather than snippets of it!