Text of the Al-Qaeda message

The following is a translation from Arabic of the pre-recorded Al-Qaeda message delivered by Osama bin Laden aide Suleiman Abu Ghaith and broadcast by the Qatar-based al-Jazeera satellite television station early Sunday:

In the name of the forgiving and merciful God. That the peace and blessing of God be on our prophet Mohammad, his family, his companions and his disciples.

In response to questions and queries which were addressed to us concerning the events of the last five days, we say that the crusade being conducted by (US President George W.) Bush and (British Prime Minister Tony) Blair against the Muslim land of Afghanistan and its people continues, which proves day after day their desire to conquer.

We ask the all-powerful God to give them strength and permit them to conquer the infidels.

We declare our total support for the Afghan people against this savage attack with all the material and moral force we possess, for as long as the war lasts, under the direction of (Taliban leader) Mullah (Mohammad) Omar, who God keeps, and as long as the war lasts. The cause is that of an entire nation which refuses to live the humiliation of the American and Jewish arrogance.

Secondly: We say to Bush the father, son, (former president) Clinton, Blair and (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon, who are at the head of the Zionist criminals and crusaders, who have committed the worst crimes against millions of Muslims, men, women, and innocent children that their blood (of the Muslims) was not spilled in vain and that we will avenge them.

Bush must not forget Mohammad al-Durra and his Muslim brothers in Palestine and Iraq. If he forgot, we will not as long as we live.

He must know that 'Enduring Freedom' has devastated entire villages near Kandahar and Jalalabad...

Those who support this crusade must know the truth which is clear: it is a crusade against Islam and Muslims...

We support the fatwa (religious decree) issued by the grand imams of Saudi Arabia, notably Hmud bin Ukla al-Chouaibi, who banned all cooperation with the Jews and the Christians. Those who cooperate with them have neither their faith nor God.

Al-Qaeda orders Americans, the English and their Arab accomplices to leave the Arabian peninsula because the ground will burn beneath their feet.

We salute the young fighters who have pushed back the aggression of the oppressors, and killed them. We also salute the Muslim crowds who have protested against this aggression and we call on them to maintain the pressure, especially after the foreign affairs ministers of Muslim countries expressed their support for this unjust campaign.

These people do not represent in any case the (Muslim) nation and do not have the legitimacy to decide this kind of things.

Concerning the warning by Bush and the American administration to the satellite chains and global press agencies against the spreading of our voice to the world, that is a concrete proof of the fear of this administration that the truth not be revealed over the events of Tuesday (September 11).

This truth is that Bush is an agent of Israel, he sacrifices his people and his economy for them (the Israelis) and helps them occupy the land of Muslims.

I lastly address my statement to the American minister of foreign affairs Colin Powell who doubted our last statement and our promise that thousands of young Muslims want to die (as martyrs) and the storm of airplanes will not stop.

Powell and other members of the US administration know that when Al-Qaeda promises, it delivers, and the information is what we see not what we hear.

The storm will not calm, especially as long as you (the United States and Britain) do not end your support for the Jews in Palestine, lift your embargo from around the Iraqi people, and have left the Arabian peninsula, and stop your support of the Hindus against the Muslims in Kashmir.

We tell and recommend Muslims in the United States and Britain, and those who reject the American policies, not to take airplanes and not to live in towers and high buildings.

In the name of the forgiving and merciful God.

This from the "people" whose God endorses murder of civilians as a publicity stunt

That the peace and blessing of God be on our prophet Mohammad, his family, his companions and his disciples.

...and would Mohammad have murdered civilians? Yes or No? Maybe the Saudis can tell us this.

Wow, Osama makes a mockery of religion. Before he brings his spoiled brat mind to the subject of religion, he should confront the murders he has committed. Cold-blooded murderers such as Osama can not approach religion, they'd have to be human first.

We should NOT make this a religious war. Osama and all who follow him have no religion.

A prerequisite to religion is being HUMAN. Osama is not human. A pig cannot call himself religious: whether he calls himself Hindu, Christian, or Muslim it just doesn't look right. Similarly, Osama has no claim to be a Muslim, it is patently false as he has proven himself less than human. It is the same with every member of Al-Qaeda.

Osama and all of his followers deserve swift death: the souls of the 7,000 killed in New York and Washington demand this, as does the prevention of the next planned murder they so proudly announce.

Dedicated effort to the elimination of Al-Qaeda is a prerequisite to humanity, whatever religion you proclaim to be. Even atheists, agnostics, whatever. The elimination of Al-Qaeda is for the good of humanity and if anybody would link an issue to our fight against Al-Qaeda we must first give them a litmus test: what have you done against Al-Qaeda lately?

To all in Palestine who would be free, who would have a state, we must first ask: will you be human? And the answer must be action. Action against Al-Qaeda. Otherwise they deserve all the conspiracies they are imagining and lying about in diatribes like this latest press release.

Religion is orthogonal to the fight against Osama. We must realize this. He would love us to degenerate into anti-Islam statements, as he has degenerated into anti-Christianity statements.

I think his statements against Christianity should be publicized, widely publicized, they should be shouted from the hilltops. For in these statements he has clearly aligned himself with the very worst in the history of humanity, this is IDENTICAL to what HITLER did.

It is like Hitler said "kill all Jews" and Osama said "I'll see your Jews and raise you the Christians".

But we must never stoop to his level. He is only pretending to be religious at all.

No supporter of Osama is anything but a blind killer, they are no better. And it would be too easy to blame that just on the Muslims, but a category is not sufficient for either hatred or support: all that matters is action, whether you call yourself Muslim or anything else. We must blame the inaction of those Muslims that don't act against Al-Qaeda, those Clintons that enabled Al-Qaeda, the peaceniks that unwittingly promote Al-Qaeda, even the apathetic who would stand on the sidelines and "wait this one out".

Right now we can not say "Christian good, Muslim bad" because it is the Lord's truth that there are supposed Christians who are helping or have helped to enable Al-Qaeda (Clinton, for example) just as there are Muslims who have attacked Al-Qaeda (the Northern Alliance and the good half of Pakistan, for example).

Now we must demand support against Al-Qaeda.

After Al-Qaeda is eliminated, then we can see who from what religion or non-religion did what. The proof is in the pudding.

As Bush says, you are either for us or against us. Humanity has a chance to advance or regress, depending on the commitment of those who are awake.

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