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24-04-2006, 01:35 PM
http://forum.zgeek.com/gallery/files/1/0/8/osamaniece_narrowweb__300x3870_thumb.jpgIn the tape broadcast on Al Jazeera television (which U.S. intelligence agencies believed was authentic) Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden says the West is waging war against Islam. The audio tape appears to have recorded a been recorded after March 14 as it mentions a West Bank incident when Israel raided a jail in Jericho.
Despite moves taken by Sudan and Hamas that might be seen as in step with Washington's stated goal of peace and democracy for the region, bin Laden said the West was still isolating the Palestinian government and the United States was planning to send troops to southern Sudan "to steal its oil".
"Their (the West's) rejection of Hamas affirms that it is a Crusader-Zionist war against Muslims," bin Laden said.
"It is scornful to people that your (the West's) warplanes and tanks are destroying houses over the heads of our folk and children in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and Pakistan, then you smile at us and say that 'we are not enemies of Islam but enemies of terrorists'."
"Reality shows that they lie."
Bin Laden accused people in the West of sharing responsibility for their countries' war against Muslims, implying they were fair game for revenge attacks against militants.
Bin Laden also urged his followers to prepare for a long war against Western would-be occupiers in Darfur.
"I call on the mujahideen and their supporters in Sudan ... and the Arabian peninsula to prepare all that is necessary to wage a long-term war against the Crusaders in western Sudan," bin Laden said, accusing the West of seeking to divide Sudan.
Bin Laden condemned the United Nations as an "infidel" body.
"It is a tool to implement Crusader-Zionist resolutions, among which are the resolutions of war against us (Muslims) and those to divide and occupy our land," he said.
Both Hamas & Sudan has distanced themselves from bin Laden's statement.
"In Sudan we are not concerned with any mujahideen or any crusade or any war with the international community. We are keen on reaching a peaceful solution to the crisis in Darfur," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Jamal Ibrahim.
Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/30AE3D57-5BE6-4058-8244-986AE6175640.htm), said the group's ideology was "totally different" from that of Bin Laden and al-Qaeda.
Despite moves taken by Sudan and Hamas that might be seen as in step with Washington's stated goal of peace and democracy for the region, bin Laden said the West was still isolating the Palestinian government and the United States was planning to send troops to southern Sudan "to steal its oil".
"Their (the West's) rejection of Hamas affirms that it is a Crusader-Zionist war against Muslims," bin Laden said.
"It is scornful to people that your (the West's) warplanes and tanks are destroying houses over the heads of our folk and children in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and Pakistan, then you smile at us and say that 'we are not enemies of Islam but enemies of terrorists'."
"Reality shows that they lie."
Bin Laden accused people in the West of sharing responsibility for their countries' war against Muslims, implying they were fair game for revenge attacks against militants.
Bin Laden also urged his followers to prepare for a long war against Western would-be occupiers in Darfur.
"I call on the mujahideen and their supporters in Sudan ... and the Arabian peninsula to prepare all that is necessary to wage a long-term war against the Crusaders in western Sudan," bin Laden said, accusing the West of seeking to divide Sudan.
Bin Laden condemned the United Nations as an "infidel" body.
"It is a tool to implement Crusader-Zionist resolutions, among which are the resolutions of war against us (Muslims) and those to divide and occupy our land," he said.
Both Hamas & Sudan has distanced themselves from bin Laden's statement.
"In Sudan we are not concerned with any mujahideen or any crusade or any war with the international community. We are keen on reaching a peaceful solution to the crisis in Darfur," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Jamal Ibrahim.
Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for Hamas (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/30AE3D57-5BE6-4058-8244-986AE6175640.htm), said the group's ideology was "totally different" from that of Bin Laden and al-Qaeda.