Rokko Posted October 29, 2004 He's Baack... Bin Laden threatens new attacks Arabic TV station al-Jazeera has broadcast a videotape featuring Osama Bin Laden, in which he threatens new attacks on the US. The al-Qaeda leader accused President George W Bush of deceiving the American people in the years since the 11 September 2001 attacks. He compared the Bush administration to what he termed corrupt Arab regimes. The development comes as US voters prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday in the presidential election. Bin Laden said he first thought of attacking the US after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. He said the attacks on the US would have been less severe if President Bush had been more alert. The reasons are still there to repeat what happened Osama Bin Laden But he added that the security of the American people depended neither on Mr Bush nor on his challenger, John Kerry, but on US policy. Clearest admission "Despite entering the fourth year after 11 September, Bush is still deceiving you and hiding the truth from you and therefore the reasons are still there to repeat what happened," he said. Correspondents describe Bin Laden's remarks in the video as the clearest admission yet that he was behind the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. It was not obvious when the video was recorded. A spokesman for al-Jazeera said the station received the tape early on Friday, but would not indicate how. This is the first new videotape of Bin Laden speaking to have surfaced since the US-led war in Afghanistan following the 11 September attacks. However, several audio messages believed to be from Bin Laden have emerged since then. The most recent, posted on a website known to be used by Islamist militants, strongly criticised the US and coalition forces in Iraq and ordered a jihad, or holy war, against them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
