George
S. Patton's speech to the Third Army /
Leonard Pitts' column
/ CIA Factbook file on
Afghanistan / Know
your Foe! / (The
Ground Zero Cross) / (A Poem for A
Marine at Christmas / Video Phone
Technology
WAR ON TERROR
EXCLUSIVE
By SARA NATHAN for the The Sun Online http://www.thesun.co.uk/
external link) ( All rights reserved0 -- Monday, September 24,
2001
TERROR chief Osama bin Laden has called on Muslims to wage
war against the "scum" of the West, it was revealed
last night.
Bin Laden made the chilling demand in a rare TV interview
from his mountain lair in Afghanistan.
The fanatic smirked as he spoke of his "joy and delight"
at the 1998 US embassy bombings that killed 224 people. He launched
a hate-filled tirade against America and its allies.
Bin Laden called for a Jihad, or holy war, to drive Americans
out of Islamic lands. He said: "We cannot leave the house
of God to these malicious Jews and Christians.
"Every US man is an enemy. We demand the liberation of
our land from Americans. We call on the sons of the Muslim Nation
to pursue Jihad and inflict pain on America and its allies.
"We are duty-bound to protect the nation against the
US, Israel and their allies, and to resist this occupation."
Bin Laden, No1 suspect for the New York and Washington atrocities,
was captured on camera in 1998 by Arabic satellite channel Al
Jazera, based in the Gulf country of Qatar.
He predicted a miltary strike against Afghanistan, whose brutal
Taliban rulers have sheltered the exiled Saudi millionaire. Bin
Laden said: "We have chosen the road for ourselves, and
we are not interested by America's missiles.
"We warn them that any strikes against Afghanistan will
be seen as a strike against the State of Islam."
Hate-filled ... terror chief wants a 'holy war' against the
West
He smiled as he admitted he "incited" attacks on
US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya: "The bombing was
a grace from the Almighty, bringing delight to the Muslim world."
Bin Laden praised the bombers, and those who attacked the
World Trade Center in 1993. He said: "May Allah accept these
young men as martyrs in his cause.
"I view with a high degree of pride these great men who
lifted the humiliation that had befallen our nation."
But when quizzed about America's claim that he spearheaded
the attacks, bin Laden said: "Its allegations are void,
unless it meant the association in their incitement. I admit
any day that I was the one who endorsed an edict to protect the
Muslim nation." He added: "Ever since I was a boy I
felt hatred towards the Americans and felt that I was at war
against them.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/
George S. Patton's
speech to the Third Army
/ Leonard Pitts' column / CIA Factbook
file on Afghanistan / Know
your Foe! / (The
Ground Zero Cross) / (A Poem for A
Marine at Christmas / Video Phone
Technology
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