Purported Bin Laden Tape Offers Truce to Europe-TV

[lucky wilbury]

http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/353438|top|04-15-2004::02:05|reuters.html

Purported Bin Laden Tape Offers Truce to Europe-TV

Apr 15, 2:03 AM (ET)

DUBAI (Reuters) - Arab television stations aired a new audio tape purportedly from Osama bin Laden on Thursday offering a truce with European states if they stop attacking Muslims, but not with the United States.

The voice on the tape, broadcast by Dubai-based Al Arabiya channel and then by Qatar-based Al Jazeera station, said there would be no truce with the United States.

The taped message also vowed revenge on Israel for the death of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin, killed last month in Gaza.

It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the tape though the voice sounded like previous tapes thought to be genuine. The CIA has said some previous tapes purportedly from bin Laden were likely to be genuine.

Bin Laden's al Qaeda network is blamed by Washington for the September 11, 2001, attacks on U.S. cities.

The tape said the March 11 train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 people were payment for Spain's actions in Iraq, Afghanistan and "Palestine."

"What happened on September 11 and March 11 are your goods returned to you so that you know security is a necessity for all," the voice on the tape said.

Madrid sent troops to Iraq after Saddam Hussein was toppled and also has a contingent in Afghanistan. Militants claiming links to al Qaeda have claimed responsibility for the Madrid bombings, which have raised pressure on the government to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq.

[BigBadBrian]

I'll bet the Euro-weinies are just absolutely giddy at the prospect at surrenderring to OBL.

[FORD]

Maybe I should have added fake Bin Laden tapes to my poll in House of Music

[High Life Man]

Wow...the EU shows balls and rejects the "offer."

[Dr. Love]

That's somewhat surprising.

[John Ashcroft]

I thought we were acting uni-laterally?????????????

[FORD]

I thought the French were "cheese eating surrender monkeys"??

Or was that Sammy Hagar? :confused:

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by FORD
I thought the French were "cheese eating surrender monkeys"??

They still are. Even they couldn't act like total cunts to a video threat.

Or was that Sammy Hagar? :confused:

Both.

[lucky wilbury]

bump because i referenced it in another thread

[FORD]

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
bump because i referenced it in another thread

Ok, but this is supposedly Osama talking about Europe. There's no mention of a "truce" with Canada here. :confused:

[lucky wilbury]

this was just a short article on it when it was first breaking. it covered canada as well under the all the countries that are helping the "infidels" in afghanistan.