Bin Laden Warns of Attacks, Offers Truce

breitbart.com ^ | Jan. 19, 2006 | breitbart.com

[blogblogginaway]

Al-Jazeera aired an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden on Thursday, saying al-Qaida is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a truce to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.

The voice on the tape said heightened security measures in the United States are not the reason there have been no attacks there since the Sept. 11, 2001, suicide hijackings.

Instead, the reason is "because there are operations that need preparations, and you will see them," he said.

"Based on what I have said, it is better not to fight the Muslims on their land," he said. "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."

The speaker did not give conditions for a truce in the excerpts aired by the Arab broadcaster.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Truce??? How close did that missile strike get to Osama?

[Right Wing Assault]

THEY want to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan? No, thanks. We'll work on that.

[Sir Gawain]

And then he said "You will see the fruits of our plans in the coming year of 2003." Oops!

[redgolum]

We must really be hurting them to have a truce offered.

If you learn one thing from history, it is when an islamich jihadists offers a truce, he is either so hurt he can't attack or is planning to sucker punch you.

In the muslim religion, there are no binding contracts with non muslims.

[chesley]

It's better to fight Muslims on their land than our land. Besides, can Osama offer a truce that all Muslims will observe? I didn't think so.

[Dog]

Its not how close we got to him....its who got got in that missile strike.

[Constitution Day]

Let's do the time warp again

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"Based on what I have said, it is better not to fight the Muslims on their land," he said.

Since this is Bin Laden, it obviously confirms that the opposite is true.

[milemark]

Truce? OK, lets meet and discuss.

[theDentist]

Not close enough.

Eff him. C'mon Osama, you piglet humping apostate. You don't scare us one whit. We're coming for you.

[Nachum]

They only offer a truce when they are losing badly.

It is called a "hudna". Just time for them to rest until they can attack again.

[jim macomber]

Truce? Or hudna?

Big difference.

[Mo1]

He's offering a truce???

HAHAHAHAHAHA ... Yea right

[Optimus Prime]

Something tells me that, as far as bin Ladin is concerned, his talking truce just means that his men need more time to reload their guns. In other words, "Stop killing us for a little while so we can get our act together and start killing you as we'd like to".

[rjp2005]

Okay UBL, lets do that truce. Just tell us where you are and and we'll meet you there to "sign the papers" ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) wink wink wink wink

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

This isn't his first offer of a truce PING.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

They only offer a truce when they are losing badly.
It is called a "hudna"

I believe that General Ralph Kramden called it a "hammada, hammada."

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

The voice on the tape said heightened security measures in the United States are not the reason there have been no attacks there since the Sept. 11, 2001, suicide hijackings.

(a perfect democrat talking point.....just watch!)

[pleikumud]

Who wrote his speech? Howard Dean, Hillary Klinton, Chappy Kennedy, Karl Levin, Schmuck Schumer, Feinstein, Boxer, Pelosi, Biden, Leahy, Kerry, Gore, Nagin, Landrieu, ACLU?