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War on Terror Special Report
by Te Guardian
In His own Words - Text of the pretaped video message by Osama Bin laden

"This is the "actual" translation of Osama Bin Laden's pretaped video message which aired on Qatar's news program Al_Jazeera shortly after the U.S. began its attack on Afghanistan! You will find it sharpy different from the English overdubs you are hearing on the news. This is in no way an affirmation, nor is it a rejection, of any of the content within this statement. It is merely an effort to present the truth as it is, without the manipulation and adulteration of the propagandist media. " From Shibli Zaman All praise belongs to Allah. We praise Him, seek His aid, seek His forgiveness. And we seek refuge with Him from the wicked [promptings] of our souls and the evil [consequences] of our deeds. And I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah alone and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His messenger.

To proceed.

So here is America, Allah has struck it in one of its vital points, so He destroyed her greatest of buildings. And unto Allah is all praise (al-hamd) and He has favored us with this blessing (al-minna).

And here is America filled with terror from its north to its south, from its east to its west.

And unto Allah is all praise (al-hamd) and He has favored us with this blessing (al-minna).

So what America tastes today is just a little of what we have tasted for decades. For indeed our ummah [nation] for some 80 plus years has tasted this humiliation; so its children are killed, and its blood shed, and its holy places transgressed; and it is slaughtered by what Allah has not sent down. And there is none to hear or respond [to our cries].

So when Allah -- subhanahu wa ta'ala [glorious is He]-- led to success as star from the stars of Islam and a vanguard from the vanguards of Islam -- [so] Allah gave them victory so they destroyed America with a great destruction --- I ask Allah --- subhanahu wa ta'ala --- to raise their position and provide them with the high Firdaus [heaven].

So when these [men] replied on behalf of their oppressed children, and on behalf of their brothers and sisters in Palestine and in many lands of Islam -- the world in its entirety shouted. Unbelief (kufr) shouted and hy pocrisy (nifaq) followed it.

Until this moment which I am speaking, a million innocent children have been murdered [and are still being murdered] for no sin they have committed and we do not hear [any voice] denouncing that and we do not hear any fatwa from the scholars of the rulers [regarding that].

And during these days, Israeli tanks and death machines spread destruction in the lands -- in Janeen, in Ramallah, in Rafah, in Bait Jaalo, and elsewhere in the lands of Islam and we do not hear anyone raising a voice or getting up to do something [about that].

So if after 80 years the sword befalls on America, the head of hypocrisy comes out and feels sorry for those murderers who played with the b! lood, honor, and holy places of the Muslims. The least what can be said regarding [those scholars] is that they are sinful (fasiqa). They followed falsehood, and they gave victory [by their words] to the butcher over the lamb and they gave victory [by their words] to the oppressor over the innocent [Muslim] child. So Allah is sufficent for me against them and I ask Allah -- subhanahu wa ta'ala -- to show us what they deserve [from His punishment].

I say the matter is clear and obvious. So it is necessary for every Muslim after this event and after the leaders in the United States of America -- beginning with the head of world infidelity (kufr), Bush, and those with him, have spoken. They have come out with their men and steeds [of war]. They have gathered against us. Even the nations that identify themselves with Islam [have gathered] against this group that has come forth [to establish] its religion for Allah -- subhanahu wa ta'ala -- [and] which refuses to humilate their religion. [These nations] have come out seeking to fight Islam and humanity in the name [of fighting] terrorism.

A people in the far ends of the earth ... in Japan ... hundreds of thousands of its people -- young and old -- were killed [by America's atomic bombs]. This is not a war crime [rather] this is an issue that has to be 'contemplated'. Today [the slaughter due to sanctions] in Iraq .. this is an issue that needs to be 'contemplated'. However when tens are killed in Nairobi and Dar as-Salam, Afganistan is bombed, Iraq is bombed. And hypocrisy in its entirety stands behind the head of world infidelity .. behind the Hubal [Note: Hubal was an idol worshipped by Quraish] of today -- America and those with it.

I say these events have divided the world in its entirety into two camps: a camp of faith having no hypocrisy and a camp of unbelief (kufr). May Allah protect us and you from [hypocrisy and unbelief]. It is necessary for every Muslim to rise up and give victory to his deen. The winds of faith have blown. And the winds of change to remove the falsehood in the peninsula of Muhammad -- sallallahu alaihi wa sallam - have blown.

As for America I say to it and its people just a few words: I swear by Allah the Greatest Who raised the heavens [above the earth] without pillars... neither America nor those who live there will dream of security until we live it in reality in Palestine and before all the infidel armies leave the lands of Muhammad -- sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Allah is greatest and glory and might is for Islam alone. And may Allah's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.


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