NEFA Foundation: Bin Laden's 9/11 Anniversary Message to the American People
By Evan Kohlmann
The NEFA Foundation has obtained a new audio recording produced by Al-Qaida's As-Sahab Media Foundation of Usama Bin Laden speaking to the American people on the anniversary of 9/11. During his sermon, Bin Laden called upon Americans to end their support for Israel, and in exchange, offered "to respond to this decision in accordance with sound and just principles... otherwise, it is inevitable that we will continue our war of extermination against you on all possible fronts, just as we annihilated the Soviet Union for a decade until it was dismantled, by the grace of Allah. So, go ahead and prolong this war as long as you want, but you are engaged in a miserable losing war for the interests of others that seems to have no end in sight. The Russian Generals—who were shaken by the battles in Afghanistan—warned you what the outcome of the war would be before it began, but you refuse to listen to those who advise you. This war is being financed through ghoulish interests, the morale of your soldiers is collapsing, and they are committing suicide on a daily basis to escape it. It is a failed war, Allah willing.”
A complete English transcript of Bin Laden's remarks can be downloaded from the NEFA Foundation website.
