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deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri,
and reportedly killed four
leading al-Qaida figures,
possibly including al
Zawahri’s son-in-law.
There was no mention
of that attack in the tape,
which Al-Jazeera said was
recorded in January. The
network initially reported it
believed the tape was made
in December, but later
corrected itself on the air.
Editors at the station said
they could not comment on
how they knew when it was
made.
The CIA has authenticated
the voice on the tape as that
of bin Laden, an agency
official said. The al-Qaida
leader is believed to be
hiding in the border region
between Afghanistan and
Pakistan.
Beyond confirming that
bin Laden remains alive,
the tape could be aimed
at projecting an image
of strength to al-Qaida
sympathizers and portray
tbe group as still capable of
launching attacks despite
blows against it, analysts
said.
The White House rejected
the truce offer.
The United States will not
let up in the war on terror
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despite bin Laden’s latest
threats, White House press
secretary Scott McClellan
said. “We do not negotiate
with terrorists,” McClellan
said. “We put them out of
business.”
U.S. counterterror
officials said Thursday
they have seen no specific
or credible intelligence to
indicate an impending al
Qaida attack on the United
States. The Homeland
Security Department has
no immediate plans to raise
the national terror alert,
spokesman Russ Knocke
said.
In the tape, bin Laden
spoke in a soft voice, as he
has in previous recordings,
but his tone was flatter than
in the past and had an echo,
as if recorded indoors. He
presented his message with a
combination of threats, vows
his followers can fight forever
and a tone of reconciliation,
insisting he wants to offer a
way to end the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
He even 'recommended
a hook for Americans to
read — “The Rogue State,”
apparently a book of the
same title by American
author William Blum. He
said it offers the path to
peace — that America must
apologize to victims of the
wars and promise never to
“interfere” in other nations
— though it was not clear if
these were conditions for the
truce.
Bin Laden said he decided
to make a statement to the
American people because
he said President Bush
was pushing ahead despite
polls . which showed “an
overwhelming majority of
you want the withdrawal of
American troops from Iraq.”
He said the Bush
administration* was lying
about victories in the Iraq
war. Bin Laden insisted the
insurgents will eventually
win the conflict, which he
said is only strengthening the
cause of the “mujahedeen,”
or holy warriors.
He warned that security
measures in the West and
the United States could
not prevent attacks there,
citing the July 7 bombings
in London that killed 56
people.
“The delay in similar
operations happening in
America has not been because
of failure to break through
your security measures,” he
said. “The operations are
under preparation and you
will see them in your homes
the minute they are through
(with preparations), with
God’s permission.”
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