I was wondering when we’d hear from Osama again. He always seems to release a tape when something major is happening. He just has that timing right on spot.

I can’t see how he can get these tapes out yet we still can’t find him. He is really slick!

Did Bin Laden happen to tell the jihadists where exactly they should go to liberate/free Palestine?

For 60 years, the Palestinians have chosen armed struggle over constructive peaceful negotiation. They murder innocent civilians, engage in terrorism and sabotage every opportunity for progress.
It has brought them nothing but pain and misery. Israel, on the other hand, has built a first world nation that provides technology and medicine to advance the cause of civilization. Could there be a lesson here?

What is extremely saddening regarding this issue is that by bin Laden making these types of statements the mainstream media will take as the issue of Palestine is only one of Extremists and Terrorists. When in fact this is an issue of two cultures laying claim to one piece of land. I repeat, two cultures laying this claim. It is not a case of Good Guys against Bad Guys, these are human beings which should be treated fairly and not by double standards.

The promotion of the statements of bin Laden are the type which only further fuel this Good against Evil mindset.

When George Bush is in Israel addressing the Knesset and calling them the “most important democracy” and “God’s chosen people”, is it any wonder that Bin Laden (and others) counter with a different message. First, when the occupied territories are included (which Israel dominates and controls), Israel is a theocratic democracy, meaning that you have representation in the government if you are Jewish. Second, why would God make all the different people in the world and then choose only one group to be his people? Third, why is that only in the books written by the Jewish people is it declared that God chose them to be His people?

First, Obama should be elected,that will untie terrorist’s hands.Than Bin Laden will be invited to the White House for discassing how to do it.

Another reminder that Osama is still alive and President Bush’s failure as a President. Every American should be outrage that this man has killed over 3000 Americans and is still free from justice Because our President had another adjenda. IRAQ

if Bin Laden knew he knows sorry that he does not time anymore because when this happen the end is here. It must happen so says God in the bible. Israel never will fall dow bcause it is gods folk. It will be happen like Irak with Iran. Iran is Goliath and Israel David

I don’t beleive in his statement. Because Palestine has christians, jews & muslims & they are seeking for their independence. This is also noticable that we are not finding him & his tape comes in a timely manner. This is a BIG question how this is happening.

Good morning, I agree with the comments of what one of the other posters said. Osma Bin Laden does seem to have his timing for putting out alarming audio commentary, down perfectly. His timing is so perfect, (which seems to be during every pivital U.S. election) that it makes you wonder if he is actually secretly lying in bed with the republican party particularly, with the Bush Dynasty.

Why do these people (Muslims) not understand that they are dying for a coward in a cave. Wake up people , let him throw his own stones but he will not, he is very frightened the what happened to his pal Hussein will happen to himself. Hey for your sorry sake , you better stay in that cave .

Another thing I cannot understand is that these people have been fighting for ever and keep on losing, every intelligent person knows that if you keep on losing YOU QUIT!!!

It must be hard to stay relevant when you have to hide all the time. As much as bin Laden likes attention, I think he would pick up any issue and embrace it to keep his name alive and his movement growing. Muslims are ill served by him and other extremists like him. With peace it is possible to develop areas for people to live and work; with war there is no creation except that of hate.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

Nobody should be surprised that Bin Laden would issue this broadside. As other posters have written … what is very perplexing is that this thug is still around to issue these broadsides and has a way to do it. It’s just illogical that the civilized world can’t capture this thug and otherwise shut him up. The ISP’s who are providing bin Laden a place to post these broadsides are aiding and abetting a criminal -it is not a question of free speech. Crime is crime and these ISPs should either be co-operating with back tracking these tapes to OBL’s location or be shut down.

The Bin Laden family is one of the richest families in Saudi Arabia, so why is it that he does not use his wealth to promote his ideas, but rather he uses violence to create havoc in the region. I would like to see Bin Laden and his followers answer that question.

This is just another message from yet another fanatical nut job trying to ispire other fanatical nut jobs in order to help him bring strict Islamic law to every inch of land that he can. It’s about power - not about the power of palestinians…he doesn’t give a rat’s glutes about them but he does want power.

I can’t believe to this day that the richest, most powerful nation in the world cannot find this guy. Unbelieveable!! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…I won’t be happy until I see this guy’s head on a stick on the White House lawn!

I find this very suspicious that Bin Laden speaks at the same time that G Bush spoke to the Knesset.

Bush bashes the Dems in front of the World, how disgusting and unpatriotic he is towards his fellow congressmen. He is the least patriotic of all presidents. I am really ashamed of Bush.

Why does CNN even give Bin Laden a venue to promote his hateful message? What’s wrong with you? You play right into his evil intentions. WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU!? If you want to report the news, why don’t you say, “Bin Laden once again releases a tape promoting terrorism and violence. And since that’s not news, will not offer a platform promoting this murderous criminal’s message of hate and intolerance.”

You glorify this demon when you broadcast his evil for him. You may as well admit to being part of his terroristic network, because, in effect, that’s exactly what you are! THAT’S WHAT”S WRONG WITH YOU! Reporting of this kind is unconscionable and disgusting!

Is he still relevant? Could he have an impact? He is just a mass murderer on the run to whom we should not give much credibility.

as christopher said: The promotion of the statements of bin Laden are the type which only further fuel this Good against Evil mindset.

i totally agree. i do not support bin laden and he does not respresent my support of the palestinian people and the end to this apartied regieme.

as macleans magazine (canada’s “time”) points out:

“Within one or two decades, the number of Muslim and Christian Arabs living under Israeli control (including in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel itself) will surpass the number of Israeli Jews. When that happens, if there is still no Palestinian state (and in the absence of large-scale ethnic cleansing), Israelis will be forced to choose between two futures. Their country will either be Jewish, but not democratic — in other words, a Jewish minority will control a land mostly inhabited by Palestinians — or Israel will be democratic, but not Jewish…”

in order for israel to survive, aparthied must end, and it must end before it reaches the level of holocaust (israel is now engaged in starving the people of gaza in a collective punishment of civillians that has left palestinians surviving on less calories per day than even the poorest african nations)

LISTEN ISRAEL IS SO INPORTANCE THEY ARE GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO GIVE UP LAND WHEN IT ONLY BELONGS TO
THEM ,READ YOUR BIBLE AND SEE IF THAT NOT SO,
THE PALESTINIAN HATE. IS ISRAEL, WHY WE ARE ALL GODS
PEPOLE THE REASON IS PEPOLE LIKE OSAMA BIN LADEEN
AND OTHERS THAT ARE PLAYING THE GAME OF A FOOL
JUST LIKE HITLER DID.AND OTHERS IN THE PAST ,
THE PEPOLE WHO GO AGINST ISRAEL WILL LOSE BUT
AT THE SAME TIME I WISH THEIR COULD BE REAL PEACE
AND ALL THE PEPOLE IN THE WORLD COULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER LIKE JESUS LOVES US.

I THINK THAT THIS AUDIO TAPE IS A FALSE ONE- AND IRAN IS UNDER THIS WHOLE MESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST-

The US should ind the individuals who are broadcasting this stuff, torture them to get the location of were these tapes are made then go in and kill him, if anybody needs a voluntier to pull the trigger let me know.

When will you all come to realize, that Osama is dead, and you are being manipulated. As for the colonialist behavior of Israel, remember, the oppressed are the ones who receive additional favor from God. Sounds familiar doesn’t.

I do not care to see him on the cover of CNN ever again…he’s nothing more than a murderer…

Has anybody noticed that every time we are in a major election year vidio’s start to surfacing about messages from bin Laden.
I wonder, will this frighten people enough into voting for a president who will give us another 4 years of the current administration.

It baffles me to hear the Coward call Bin laden calling on his partners-in-crime to liberate the people of Palestine when he is in a hide out.
Brave people hide and urging people to kill all in the name of seing his so called 12 Virgins. Why doesn’t he want to meet these so called 12 virgins if there is anything of such……..hmmmmmmmmm all you that believes and follow his satanic doctrines should for once ask yourselves these questions before you engage yourselves in self destruction. Please laden or whatever you call yourself, come out of your self prison, in order to lead your followers to liberate your over grown beard to make you look human again.

Anthony from Dallas TX

Well I thought bush said we did not have to worry about bin Laden, or was he wrong again.

Thanks GW. We really need to have a person like this around to remind us that we did not do what needed to be done in the first place.

I’m glad FDR and Truman had their priorities straight. I would hate to see the world today if we had let Hitler and Japan off the hook.

Once again thanks alot GW, each of our fallen heros thank you from the bottom of our hearts, oh yea the First Responders of NY also thank you. Idiot.

Christopher: Good point; Bin Laden only makes things seem more lop-sided when he gives the issue an even more extremist stigma. However, there is also a few other reasons to be considered as to why the issue is seen as Good against Evil. Obviously western media plays a part but there’s also Israel’s persistent offers for peace–even following a war in which they were attacked–followed by aggression and terrorism. There are valid reasons as to why the western world sees the struggle as Good against Evil; and as someone who desperately wants peace in Israel it is disheartening but just a matter of fact, in my opinion.

I may be way off base, but the picture that is posted on CNN seems like the face is a little younger and the beard compared to previous photos had a lot more gray. Does anyone else think this is a different man but only looks a lot like Bin Laden? Maybe it is just the profile that throws it off for me.

This propaganda serves no purpose. 8 years and not captured by this Bush administration and America is still no safer. You figure it out for yourself.

When will the new show a new picture of Bin Laden. You give his people hope when they see a picture like the one on this article looking young or you see him walking down the hill with stick. Find some new pictures or videos PLEASE

Sixty years ago the West, in the throes of post Holocaust guilt, supported the creation of the Israeli state in a manner that totally ignored the rights of the current occupants of the land. This is an example of the typical blindness of the west to peoples of color: the Zionist returners were whiter than the Palestinians.

How different might history have been had the Jewish state been created in Montana (for example), with UN-negotiated treaties favorable to Palestine ensuring the right of peoples of all faiths to make pilgrimage to the historic sites of the holy land.

CNN, why did you twist the title of your front page to slant it? According to your own article, Bin Laden’s statement was titled “The Causes of Conflict on the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israeli Occupation”. That was the point of his statements.

But you seem intent on reinforcing ludicrous claim that Al Qaeda’s reason for their 9/11 attack was because “they hate our freedoms and values”. Al Qaeda has repeatedly explained that their attack was in response to our foreign policy of supporting middle east dictators and unconditional support for Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands (in opposition to many UN mandates).

Al Qaeda is clearly a radical organization with extremist views and actions. But we cannot win against an enemy if we keep lying to our own people about why they are fighting us.

America ! Here they go again. The Republicans have no focus , no direction and no plan. Now it is time for them to do what they do best, scare the masses and divert attention from the real issues. Be weary of this Bin Ladin tape, check out the timing.The tape comes the day after Bush’s attemps to scare America and Israel about Barack Obama. Hey ! whatever happened to the “Terror Elerts”, what is the code for today? We used to see them every day, now they seemed to have dissapeared after the 2004 Presidential Election. I suspect the Boogey Man will be making more frequent visits between now and November.

* brave dont hide*

Better go hide Bin Laden. John McCain says he’s going to have your butt by 2013. That bode this question, if McSame knows where you are, why isn’t he the great liberator and finding you now….oh my, politics.

Ok. Why have we not caught this guy? Well it is simple. The US does not want him caught. If he is caught the war against terrorism is over. This government wants to keep Americans stimulated on issues of fear to make this country run.

Mr. Siegel, the Israelis have received $3B/year in aid plus weapons and ammunition from the USA. Would they have been able to build themselves into such a wonderful modern state without this? Additionally, if they are such a wonderful nation providing technology and medicine to the world, could they please give the USA taxpayers a break and indicate to the next president that they don’t need this handout.

the president makes stupid remarks about american senators and UO POPS BIN LADEN. HE MUST BE SAYING TO HIMSELF “LIFE IS HARD, BUT IT’S EVEN HARDER WHEN YOU’RE STUPID”

What? The last time I remember bin Laden released a tape was 4 years ago during the Bush reelection. Is it just me or doesn’t it look obvious that Al Qaeda is working for the Republicans.

why is it that when ever the republicans are down a bin laden tape comes out. dekalb IL

Comments such as “The Palestinians have engaged in violence/terrorism/confrontation” are crude generalizations that blame the victim.

The Palestinians have lived in tents and refugee camps since 1948! That is astounding.

America’s ability to project global power: Iraq Parts I & II, Afghanistan, humanitarian relief efforts, trade, etc. must truly frustrate many Palestinians because for all our power, we have not yet enabled the creation of a Palestinian nation.

That is the crux of the matter: a home for these homeless people. Now!

Anderson, Proverbs 16:14 says The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man pacify it or appease. 14:34 says Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach to any people. I believe our nation and leaders have lost or forgotten about God, why not ask him what is right.

Cindy wrote:

“He always seems to release a tape when something major is happening. He just has that timing right on spot….I can’t see how he can get these tapes out yet we still can’t find him….”

Makes you wonder if these tapes are really what they say they are.

I don’t know, but it seems to me to fight 5 more years over there will not end terrosrist and the osbl groups. If it hasn’t happened yet, I wonder what makes McCain think he can fix it. It all goes back to the question of why we are over there. I think we are over there for 10% finding Osama and breaking up terrerist groups and 90% something other stuff. Does anybody really know?

If Americans are serious about catching Osama Bin Laden I suggest they offer;

A 10 BILLION DOLLAR REWARD for his capture. The current offer of 25 million is not enough. Drop wanted dead or alive ads in all areas that it’s anticipated he might be in these days. MONEY TALKS.

10 BILLION DOLLARS would be a bargain compared to the costs of doing business as usual.

If Bush, McCain and Bin Laden are for an independent Palestinian state as they say, perhaps they should talk with Israel about making it happen not fighting. The Bush oil family are good friends with the Bin Laden oil family. The religious choice between Palestinians should be a choice of their own. Protestants and Catholics have fought in Ireland for years but that didn’t solve their differences.

Killing Osama Bin Laden will not end the desire for Palestine and Israel to occupy the same piece of land they have fought over for thousands of years. Killing Sadam changed nothing in Iraq. Should Osama leave the scene without a solution between the nations the fight will go on without him.

The war is about different ideas and beliefs not particular people. War is not a solution to differences in ideas. Sometimes we just have to agree to disagree and move on to embrace our common human needs.

We waste resources we cannot replace, destroy our environment and heat our planet resulting in human suffering like we have never seen in the face of the greed of the past. This will cause the current conflict of thousands of years to pale as the entire human race fights for survival. We have just had to protect polar bears from becoming extinct as the polar ice caps melt away.

Wake up. Humans of all nations, skin color, ancestry and beliefs have more in common in our humanity. We will need to embrace our humanity before our existance is only a memory locked in the rocks of this planet as many powerful creatures and civilizations of the past are remembered.

its high time the world gives Palestinian their right , its being going on for to long ,just coz of united states support israel , usa is much responsible for the bloodshed in middle east , usa provides funds for israel for military which kills womens ,childern and the west media is also to blame example 1 israelies dies its a breaking news and 1000 Palestinian dies u ppl dont even bother to mention it , my dear brother ameriacan its time to end this injustice u ppl should start the creation of plastine not on isrealies terms but on united nations terms

people are wondering about the Palestinians keeping fighting and loosing but never quit. It is so simple “one never quit his land and always seeks justice for his “dead, tortured and raped” relatives”.

Mohamed,
With all due respect the land is for the people not the other way.
If the fight is killing and making the people miserable why continue?
Where you can focus all that effort in rebuilding and educating and becoming a prospers nation.
Why not use the technology to better the future of your nation through peace instead of killing them.
Is it logical to go on for another 60 years and continue killing each other and innocent people?
Why not accept that all humans are created by god and equal.
Why can’t Palestinians and Israelis start loving one another?

Why can’t we start again?

Jim you are so wrong I don’t know where to start.

Shaukat, it is always easier to blame others than taking responsibility.
The innocents are being killed on both sides and they are graphic on both sides.
The rockets that are falling into Israel are also killing women and children but the questions is, is that the solution?
I don’t think so. Again we are all human and have the same right and same responsibility to make our lives better.
It is about choices we make.

It’s time to give Israel up for adoption. She’s not our problem anymore.

Another unfinished job by the Bush Administration! New leadership is Obama.

people are wondering about the Palestinians keeping fighting and loosing but never quit. It is so simple “one never quit his land and always seeks justice for his “dead, tortured and raped” relatives”.

true mohammed, same reason for the warsaw ghetto uprising

Fun Facts to ponder. I like history. Like this one part about a people rising up to throw off their oppressors. They were fighting the best military in the world the outlook was grim. They did things like road side ambushes. And resorted to other forms of terrorism when they lacked the will or forces to fight traditionally. They even began jailing anyone who sympathized with the enemy in inhuman dungeons. Guess who these people were? The American Revolutionaries fighting the British for their Independence. But hey why would i expect people to know their own damn history. Oh and another thing. I don’t either side is right in this. I mean Israeli’s fire tow missiles into pack city streets, tare down Palestinian homes, and the last time they went to Gaza to stop the rockets they killed as many members of Hamas as they did civilians. So neither of them can claim to be any good. To liken this to history simply read about the eastern front in WWII both sides gave up all shreds of decency to slaughter their enemy in the name of their own brands of justice by any and all means necessary.

Hey Mohamed…It was Jewish land to begin with. You can’t have all the land that muslims stole from Jews and Christians and forced everyone to pay the Jizya. Why don’t you apologize for raping and killing Christian’s for over 800 years in Espana and you have the balls to think it is still you’re land. It is interesting that only muslims get to voice their opinion and then we get cut off.

Paris. You say “Why not accept that all humans are created by god and equal. Why can’t Palestinians and Israelis start loving one another?”

That is my point. We are all human beings but many feel they are more valuable than others.

Ironically, Bin Laden refers to the Koran while threatening people with terror. He’s the worlds biggest biggot and coward, hiding in the mountains and releasing idiotic video tapes that only insults the American intelligence for his own political gain. What’s the death count up to for insurgents these days? And to think people actually listen to him…

“Less than a day after Republican presidential candidate John McCain promised that if he won the presidency Osama bin Laden would be captured or killed by 2013, ”

And after Senator McCain making this statement how can anyone have any doubts that he is another WAR MONGERING, Arrogant, Power Hungry, Politician just like the one who is Leading the Nation now!!!

He will capture and killl Osama Bin Laden! PLEASE give us a break.
You mean he also is delusional enuff to believe the man is still alive??? Somebody should ensure that Bush and McCain get the Professional Counselling they both so obviously need! If Americans and the Media don’t soon wake up and see McCain and Obama in a true light the World will be in Peril for another FOUR YEARS!

paris..
that is a strange logic I mean why do ur country has an army if you just leave your land to save the blood.

but even Palestinians agreed to settle the crisis upon 1948 border but isreal refused because they have more land in their hands why should leave!!
then the Palestinians agreed on 1967 borders but Israel now refuses!!
they want their settlements in the west bank . so where the Palestinians would start over and when would Israel stop asking for more land..

bush calls the 1973 borders unrealistic and the plestienians should agree on
* a country ripped apart by the settlements (ghettos).
*denouncing all demands for the return of the “aprox 5 million” Palestinian refugee
*leaving Jerusalem and the “aqsa mosque”which is important for all muslims.
*An Israeli control over the border “to starve them”.

and why shouldn’t they constrait on economy and education.
they are trying but Israel is Imposing a siege an preventing food supplies ,gas ,imports and exports, and if the siege is about preventing guns (why prevent the exports!!!)

that siege destroyed their economy and boosted unemployment to 70% present, most of their factories got destroyed and an average
Palestinian built his home 3 times after being removed by Israel again and again

and about love!! an Israeli professor did a research asking a school
children “who thinks that Palestinians should got tortured and have their homes destroyed?” ,more than 90% said me …the gov fired him instead of investigating the reason of the children’s bloodthirstiness

I one question to ask why Israel didn’t apply the security council resolution while IRAQ got destroyed upon one resolution.

If Israel just comply to the resolutions, the problem would end because they call for a retreat to 1967 border and that is accepted by the Palestinians and all the arab countries.

I’ve always wondered if Osama Bin laden was resting up in some luxurious 5 star hotel somewhere? Where would be the last place you would look? If they haven’t caught him by now, I doubt if they will unless there was some supernatural intervention.Only time will tell?

TINA

Three letters answers that question - O I L
The American Opium

Of course he supports his Islamic and muslim brothers. Why are we/you surprised.
I suspect he does not really care whether Hamas or Fatah bring about a secure and safe Palestinian state… oops by the way why are Bush McCain and any other US politician pushing National American security button?
Hey guys, grow a brain, until the Middle East has national security you will not have it and in the process cause pain internationally unecessarily.
Maybe what I say here is too extreme and the real answer is somewhere in the middle, but for sure the Israelis fighting Hamas and the US waring in Iraq is not a solution. But just maybe talking to ALL concerned might resolve.
Then maybe I can get on a plane like I used to do (1hr beforehand) take a bottle of water on board and not be treated like the criminal I am not at immigration or need finger printing and retina scanning.
Hi tech passports, security scanning devices are the solution. This is a once off cost versus the billions lost internationally by having to turn up 3 hours before departure.
Right now, commercially, Oil prices, territorially, minds of Islamists and Muslims Bin laden is winning and will do so even if McCain catches him and kills him. He is just a titular head not the cause they fight for.
Regards,
Hodgson.

i think binladin is working for the republicans or they are letting him loose on purpose……..terrorist dont like peace.. bin laden is good propaganda tool for bush+mccain.. and bush is a recruiting excuse for continued murder…just two terrorists taking care of each other…democrats will put an end to their game….sorry i just had to go out and say it… ( this doesnt apply to all republicans) ONLY THE RELIGIOUS ATHEIST (MCCAIN) HE’S NOT EVEN BAPTIZED

Osama Bin Ladin, Al-Queda, and Whabbism is no more reflective or the largely secular global Muslim majority than the Ku Klux Klan and the Extremist Christian movement is of the largely secular global Christian majority or for that matter Meir Kahne, and Kahne Chai is representative of the largely secular global Jewish majority.

Extremists are by definition a minority.

We, as religious, atheist, or secular individuals, must come together after the folly of the GW Bush “Freedom Fry” administration’s global response to 9-11 which has not only illegally deystroyed Iraq, removed the focus from Afghanistan and allowed Al-Queda to rebuild, and created many new generations of extremists, but also decimated the allied military, economic, and industrial structures.

President Clinton, President Obama, or President McCain will all face the same reality, their leadership will only marshal, at best, the next four to eight years of US governance, but the problems facing the US and the world, after the actions of President GW Bush and Osama Bin Ladin, will take generations to correct.

But, with every journey, one must take the first step. Unilateralism and brute force is no longer an option, intelligent, moral, ethical, honest discourse, diplomacy, and action in concert with our allies is the only long-term and permanent solution to all the related problems.

God Bless.

It is my strong beelief that if you ignore Ben Laden and his gang he will fade away. The western media puts too much emphasis on what his diabolic mind thinks and give him a platform to spread his poison.
Ignore the man for good, you wont hear from him again!

I wonder why we waste time listening to a tape done by a looser like Bin Laden. Giving him the attention encourages him to think he’s powerful like in the Taliban days in Afganistan. Let’s treat him like a “reject” so that he would realize he has been a fool while he hides in his cave.

This was predictible, wasn’t it? While the world focuses on China and Myanmar (Burma), The World’s Most Badly Parented Kid decides he needs some attention…

Let’s not give it to him.

He’s just trying to stir the pot and hopefully the world is smarter than that.

Meanwhile…congratulations to the young couple I met on their honeymoon this weekend…in a week, she’s back to her humanitarian aid work in Thailand, he’s back to Iraq for what will hopefully be his final tour of duty…a couple of well-parented kids…very humbling to meet people that just work and live their lives with grace and dignity, cleaning up the messes the spoiled brats of the world make.