Earlier on Friday, the Taleban ambassador to Pakistan denied any link to the anthrax attacks in the US.
We don't even know what it is.
Taleban envoy Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef said the Afghan movement did not even know what anthrax was.
Yeah right. They didn't know anything regarding the Sept. 11th terrorists attacks either! Bin Laden "professed his innocence" didn't know anything about it and had no idea how to carry out such a big and sophisticated operation. Just the other day on October 11th in a previously recorded video Bin Laden threatens new attacks.
From the BBC, October 11, 2001 - Excerpt:
Osama bin Laden's terrorist network yesterday issued a chilling threat of renewed hijackings and attacks on America as the US campaign entered a new and dangerous phase with ground troops poised to enter Afghanistan.For the rest of the article click here.Afghanistan's Taliban rulers for the first time declared a jihad, or holy war, against the United States, while bin Laden's al Qaeda network warned of more attacks on America.
"There are thousands of young people who look forward to death like Americans look forward to life," said al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Bu Ghaith.
The new al Qaeda threats came as the US reinforced its troop build-up around Afghanistan, shifting the focus of the war against terrorism from air attacks to ground operations.
In a message broadcast by the al Jazeera Arab television network, based in the Gulf state of Qatar, the al Qaeda spokesman praised the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington and said plans were being mounted for further strikes in what appeared to be an admission of responsibility for the original attacks.
"Americans must know that the storm of air planes will not stop," he said. "Let America know that this battle will not leave its land until it exits our land, until they stop supporting the Jews and lift the unjust sanctions against Iraq."
The Taliban leadership reinforced the threat. Ending previous attempts to distance themselves from al Qaeda, the regime declared that bin Laden was now free to wage his holy war against the West.
"Jihad is an obligation on all Muslims around the world. We want this, bin Laden wants this and America will face the unpleasant consequences of their attacks," Taliban spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmaen told the BBC.