In an audio message released Sunday to the Al-Jazeera news channel, Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden explained, "If our messages had been able to reach you through words we wouldn't have been delivering them through planes." What's the big deal, bin Laden has been hiding in some cave in Afghanistan for the past decade, he's powerless now! Well, that's definitely not what bin Laden wants us to believe. bin Laden, allegedly endorsed the failed attacks of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Christmas day. Spokesman P.J. Crowley said, "He's trying to continue to appear relevant" by holding himself accountable for the attack. bin Laden went on to say that Americans don't deserve to live in a secure and peaceful nation, and that "God willing, our raids on you will continue as long as your support for the Israelis continues," bin Laden said in his message. bin Laden said that the "heroic warrior", Abdulmutallab's attack was intended to confirm previous messages meant to be interpreted after the September 11th attacks of 2001. Nearly 3,000 lives lost, I'm having trouble understanding what additional messages he wanted to confirm. Since, Abdulmutallab's attack failed, is there another attack on the horizon that we should be weary of?
Check out this link to listen to audio tape released to Al-Jazeera news channel, Sunday, January 24th. (It's translated, don't worry).
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