Counterterrorism Blog: New Bin Laden Audio Tape Warns of Coming Attack Against U.S. (updated 1/20 with full transcript link)

New Bin Laden Audio Tape Warns of Coming Attack Against U.S. (updated 1/20 with full transcript link)

By Andrew Cochran

Al Jazeera has aired a new tape, from Osama bin Laden, which warns of a future attack against the U.S. and apparently offering a "truce," with a U.S. pullout from the region, to avoid the attack. The CIA has confirmed that the tape is authentic and bin Laden is the speaker. You can listen to the English translation of the audio tape at the CBS News homepage, and you can read the transcript of the entire tape in English from the AP. Translated excerpt from CBS News: "We do not mind offering you a truce that is fair and long-term. ... So we can build Iraq and Afghanistan ... there is no shame in this solution because it prevents wasting of billions of dollars ... to merchants of war." Bin Laden also says that the reason for the lack of attacks in the U.S. has nothing to do with our heightened security, but because (quoting Fox News) "preparations are necessary," and then bin Laden warns "You will see them soon." This is the first broadcast of any kind from bin Laden since December 2004. Al Jazeera reports that the tape was made in December, while CNN's Octavia Nasr reports that it could have been late November to early December. Evan Kohlmann on MSNBC: OBL reasserting himself as leader, and new al-Zawahri audio tape might also be released very soon. These tapes are usually recorded a week or more before release. See his post yesterday on the importance of Abu Khabab, killed in the U.S. strike.

See Evan Kohlmann's January 17 post rebutting recent reports of his death, and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross's September 14 post on Al Qaeda's pursuit of appeasement. More as this develops, and our Contributing Experts will weigh in with analysis.

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