That’s how I heard it anyway. The so-called experts offer a slightly different translation:
Bin Laden said the fight for the Palestinian cause was the most important factor driving al Qaida’s war with the West. “To Western nations … this speech is to understand the core reason of the war between our civilisation and your civilisations. I mean the Palestinian cause,” said bin Laden.
“The Palestinian cause is the major issue for my (Islamic) nation. It was an important element in fuelling me from the beginning and the 19 others with a great motive to fight for those subjected to injustice and the oppressed,” he added.
IntelCenter, a US group that monitors al Qaida message traffic, said the audio message was accompanied by a photo of bin Laden wearing a white robe and turban next to a picture of the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. It was unclear when the photo of bin Laden was taken.
The al Qaida leader said the Western media managed to brainwash people over the past 60 years by “portraying the Jewish invaders, the occupiers of our land, as the victims while it portrayed us as the terrorists.”
“Sixty years ago, the Israeli state didn’t exist. Instead, it was established on the land of Palestine raped by force,” said bin Laden. “Israelis are occupying invaders whom we should fight.”
I don”t know who’s writing bin Laden’s stuff these days but it’s pretty pathetic. This is the kind of cheap rhetoric you’d expect to hear from a rock-throwing Palestinian or Rosie O’donnell.
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Here’s the thing that really pisses me off about Osama…
We can track a cow from birth almost down to the last person to grill a steak from said cow but we can’t find a 6’7″ tall raghead on dialysis…
Go figure… :?