Bin Laden takes credit for Christmas Day attempt

[TEVA]

.By SALAH NASRAWI, Associated Press Writer Salah Nasrawi, Associated Press Writer – 2 mins ago
CAIRO – Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden issued a new audio message claiming responsibility for the Christmas day airline bombing attempt in Detroit and vowed further attacks.

In a short recording carried by the Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel, bin Laden addressed President Barack Obama saying the attack was a message like that of Sept. 11 and more attacks against the U.S. would be forthcoming.

"The message delivered to you through the plane of the heroic warrior Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was a confirmation of the previous messages sent by the heroes of the Sept. 11," he said.

"America will never dream of security unless we will have it in reality in Palestine," he added. "God willing, our raids on you will continue as long as your support to the Israelis will continue."

On Christmas Day, Nigerian national Abdulmutallab attemped to blow up the Northwest Airlines flight he was sitting on as it approached Detroit Metro Airport. But the bomb he was hiding in his underwear failed to explode.

He told federal agents shortly afterward that he had been trained and instructed in the plot by al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.

There was no way to confirm the voice was actually that of Bin Laden, but it resembled previous recordings attributed to him.

In the past year, Bin Laden's messages have concentrated heavily on the plight of the Palestinians in attempt to rally support across the region.

Many analysts believe that bin Laden is worried about Obama's popularity across the Middle East with his promises to withdraw from Iraq and personal background, so the al-Qaida leader is focusing on the close U.S.-Israeli relationship.

The suffering of the Palestinians, especially in the blockaded Gaza Strip where 1,400 died during an Israeli offensive there last year, angered many in the Arab world.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, Andy David, dismissed the latest al-Qaida message and its attempt to link Israel with attacks on the U.S.

"This is nothing new, he has said this before. Terrorists always look for absurd excuses for their despicable deeds," he said.

The last public message from bin Laden appears to have been on Sept. 26, when he demanded that European countries pull their troops out of Afghanistan. The order came in an audiotape that also warned of "retaliation" against nations that are allied with the United States in fighting the war.


I hope we catch his ass soon!!!!!

[bigSparky]

To me, shifting the focus of 9/11 from Bin Laden to Iraq is the biggest failure of the Bush administration. Every day this putz is free and not suffering the worst indignities the western infidels can heap upon him is a sort of victory for Al-Qaida. Towards the end of his(Bush) first term, he was asked how goes the hunt for Bin Laden. I can't remember the EXACT quote of his answer and I'm way too lazy to research it, but essentially he said "To be honest, I just don't think about him much". I would love to think he was just attempting to marginalize Bin Laden's importance, except the results seem to make me take him at his word. The focus of his administration was to invade Iraq. If you actually listened to him before he was ever elected, it was pretty obvious we were going to war. I wouldn't have minded this so much, as Saddam really had to go, had we actually caught and prosecuted Bin Laden.

[Gerien]

Daddy failed in Iraq, so he needed to prove he was a big boy by going in himself and winning. Oops.

[TEVA]

Gerien how is the Dog House coming along?

[Gerien]

$25,000 in investors so far, and may be changing it to a food truck to start given they are just barely starting to become popular back east (though here they are de riguer). Cheaper and easier to start, but it would give us a name to open a shop with.

[owly]

congrats

[Reylan Talonspyre]

I love hot dogs. I wish you luck and much money on your business venture.

[MoP]

TEVA is threadjacking her own threads

[Nagash]

Yah, she's gifted.

[TEVA]

Good Luck Gerien I hope it all goes well.

[MoP]

And then she insists on keeping to the off-topic item she steered this thread to. Nicely done, TEVA. You're truly a master in thread-jacking!

And yeah, good luck, Gerien:)

[Sturm]

http://www.unobserver.com/layout4.php?id=7143&blz=1
*Just shakes head ...

http://www.opednews.com/articles/2/Bin- ... 6-830.html

Over optimistic on his belief (imho), but a good read if interested.

[Gerien]

This thread should read, "Bin Laden takes credit for Gerien's Hot Dog Truck"

[Sturm]

This thread should read, "Bin Laden takes credit for Gerien's Hot Dog Truck"

Easy now, that's how rumors start.

[owly]

i knew Gerien was a terrorist

[Gerien]

I founded the San Francisco Street Patrol (aka the Pink Berets) to intervene in (read: fight) gay bashings in 1990. I AM a terrorist in some sense.

[Nagash]

Lining up the bears against the bashers. There is a sense of poetry in that...

[Sturm]

I founded the San Francisco Street Patrol (aka the Pink Berets) to intervene in (read: fight) gay bashings in 1990. I AM a terrorist in some sense.

Terrorist? ...No
Counter/Anti Terrorist? ...Yes, and with a fashionable sense to boot.