Al-Qaeda confirms Bin Laden is dead, vows revenge

ARAB NEWS ^ | May 6, 20 | AUGUSTINE ANTHONY

[Bad~Rodeo]

ISLAMABAD, May 6 : Al Qaeda confirmed Osama Bin Laden was dead on Friday, dispelling some of the fog around the killing of the “holy warrior,” and vowed to mount more attacks on the West.

The announcement by the Islamist network, which promised to publish a taped message from Bin Laden soon, appeared likely to silence doubts expressed by some that he had died at all.

In a statement online, it said Bin Laden’s blood “is more precious to us and to every Muslim than to be wasted in vain.”

Supporters of the Pakistani religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam burn a representation of a US flag during a rally on Friday in Kuchlak, 25 km north of Quetta, Pakistan, to condemn the killing of Osama bin Laden by US troops.

“It will remain, with permission from Allah the Almighty, a curse that hunts the Americans and their collaborators and chases them inside and outside their country.”

Al Qaeda urged Pakistanis to rise up against their government to “cleanse” the country of what it called the shame brought on it by Bin Laden’s shooting and of the “filth of the Americans who spread corruption in it.”

“Before the sheikh passed from this world and before he could share with the Islamic nation in its joys over its revolutions in the face of the oppressors, he recorded a voice recording of congratulations and advice which we will publish soon, God willing,” the militant group said.

“We warn the Americans not to harm the corpse of the sheikh or expose it to any indecent treatment or to harm any members of his family, living or dead, and to deliver the corpses to their families,” it added. US officials say Bin Laden’s body has been buried at.

[af_vet_rr]

Except Osama died hiding out on the third floor of a ratty block building, surrounded by women and an 18 foot wall where he was growing his own weed. So much for being a "hero".

Don't forget the third-world version of viagra that was found on his nightstand. Between your description and their version of viagra being found in his bedroom, that pretty much cements my image of him. Impotent and cowardly.

[liberalh8ter]

Outstanding. That explains why he had others do his martyring for him; he had no use for those 72 virgins.

[nuf said]

Why are they so inflamed? Allah apparently decided not to give him divine protection any more. Either that or there is no Allah to protect as Bin Laden claimed.

[cynwoody]

I hear the latest signature drink in bars across America is the bin Laden: Two shots and a splash of saltwater.