Full Transcript of Bin Laden Tape : Idaho Indymedia

Full transcript of 'Osama bin Laden tape'

A text of a statement allegedly made by Osama bin Laden and broadcast late last night by the al-Jazeera satellite television station:

"To the peoples of the countries allied to the iniquitous American government:

"The road to salvation begins with the end of aggression. It is only justice to give back the same. What has happened since the conquests of New York and Washington up until now - like the operations on Germans in Tunisia, the explosion of the French tanker in Yemen, on the French in Karachi, the operations against the Marines in Failaka [Kuwait], on Australians and Britons in the explosions in Bali, as well as the recent hostage-taking in Moscow and other operations here and there - were nothing but the response of Muslims eager to defend their religion and respond to the order of God and their Prophet.

"What Bush, the pharaoh of the century, did by murdering our children in Iraq and what Israel, the ally of America, did in bombing houses of the elderly, women and children in Palestine, using American planes, was enough for the wise among your leaders to distance themselves from this criminal gang.

"Our people in Palestine have been massacred and subjected to the worst of suffering for nearly a century. If we defend our people in Palestine, the world gets agitated and coalesces against Muslims under the cover of the war against terrorism, unjustly and in a false way.

"Do your governments not know that the clique in the White House is made up of the greatest murderers of the century?

"Rumsfeld [US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld] is the butcher of Vietnam who has killed more than two million people. Cheney [US Vice-President, Dick Cheney] and Powell [US Secretary of State, Colin Powell] have murdered and destroyed in Baghdad more than did Houlagou," [a reference to a 13th-century Mongol who conquered the city].

"Why did your governments ally themselves with America to attack us in Afghanistan, and I cite in particular Great Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Germany and Australia. Australia was warned about its participation [in the war] in Afghanistan and its ignoble contribution to the separation of East Timor [from Indonesia]. But it ignored this warning until it was awakened by the echoes of explosions in Bali. Its government subsequently pretended, falsely, that its citizens were not targeted.

"If you suffer to see your [people] killed and those of your allies in Tunisia, in Karachi, in Failaka, Bali and Amman, remember our [people] killed among the children of Palestine, in Iraq. Remember our dead in Afghanistan.

"As you look at your dead in Moscow, also recall ours in Chechnya. For how long will fear, massacres, destruction, exile, orphanhood and widowhood be our lot, while security, stability and joy remain your domain alone? It is high time that equality be established to this effect.

"As you assassinate, so will you be [assassinated], and as you bomb so will you likewise be.

"So the Muslim nation begins to attack you with its children, who are committed before God to continue the jihad, by word and by the sword, to establish justice and eradicate injustice, for as long as their hearts continue to beat.

"Finally, we pray to God to aid us that His religion might triumph, and pursue the jihad unto death, so as to merit His mercy."

In Australia, learning about the warrior principles which lead to extremis is actually being subsidised by the taxpayer through support for "religious" schools.
This is similar to the American taxpayer subsidising the invasion of Palestine by non-Palestinians in the 1940s.
Putting up Israeli colonies (called settlements) in among the indigenous people is what we call imperialism if it is in a history book, but is called "democracy" if our friends do it in Palestine!

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by David Alcantara • Sunday November 17, 2002 at 11:26 AM
alcantara@lawyer.com 609-348-2300 4021 Ventnor Avenue, AC, NJ 08401

Any American such as myself, who really care about America and the human race and peace, is AFRAID to speak his mind in this FREE COUNTRY that I love. Bush and his team are ignorant. They stole the election, stole oil, bomb people unjustly, want war with Iraq without the proofs, dont declare war on dictatorship North Korea or China ( who have weapons of mass destructions and, on top of that, are communists), violate US civil Rights through the draconian Patriot Act. I wish we had the likes of Kennedy, Jefferson or even Johnson back. PEACE IS PATRIOTIC!!!

I' m not sure if this is the full transcript however when I heard it on the news it certainly seemed like Bin Laden. Other material in the past equated to him has been lacking in many areas. Bin Laden is an eloquent intelligent indivdual and this comes over in his words. The 2 posters previously are unfortunately a minority today in America. our nation ahs become an unthinking nation caught up with shallow pastimes and thoughts. I got very scared when reading peoples posts on Yahoo and it it made me feel very sad. America must begin to deal with the outside world and deal with its ethnic minorities, your (Americans) country is becoming renowned for its racism and tyranny. All super powers have their day and with certainty they also fall, history shows us this. I say to you watch as your nation is slowly degraded. For you people here it will be sad times but your masses are fuel for your downfall, you must rasie your voices and speak with clarity and intelligence otherwise it will be too late. Allah alone raises nations and destroys them and arogance is the first sign of the slide. Peace be upon you, all of those who think.

This transcript does not compare at all with the one found here. Transcript of Osama Would anyone care to explain?

The two texts are different because the one above is from a November 2002 tape and the one you link to is a more recent tape released in Feb. 2003.