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NEFA Foundation: New Bin Laden Audio - "Practical Steps to Liberate Palestine"

By Evan Kohlmann

cyberterror3.jpgThe NEFA Foundation has obtained a transcript of a new audio recording from Al-Qaida leader Usama Bin Laden titled, "Practical Steps to Liberate Palestine". During the recording, Bin Laden asks, "how long must our family in Palestine live in fear, while we enjoy security – albeit a false, temporary security? For how long must the people of Gaza live under siege, while we live in comfort and luxury – at least for the time being? And for how long will we sit while their hearts burn for their children, who were burned by the white phosphorous bombs with the collusion of Arab rulers, which caused even brave and mighty men to cry, due to the enormity of the event." He continued, "the holocaust of Gaza in the midst of this long siege is an important and historic event and an articulate tragedy which affirms the need for detachment of the Muslims from the hypocrites. It is not right that our condition after Gaza be like our condition prior to it: rather, the order of the day is serious action and preparation for Jihad, to bring about truth and cancel falsehood."

A complete English transcript of Bin Laden's message can be downloaded from the NEFA Foundation website
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