OSAMA BIN LADEN: Messages and Statements

Introduction

In this paper we are going to give an opinion to book “Messages to World Statements of Osama Bin Laden: written by Osama bin Laden, Lawrence, Bruce, and Howarth, James. This collection of 24 translated public statements by Osama bin Laden offers nuanced and revealing view of Public Enemy No. this book is best suited for those whose knowledge of bin Linden is based upon brief, pixilated clips or quotes gleaned from news accounts, book will provide those who have studied man and his rarified interpretation of Islam with little, if anything, that is new

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An audio recording attributed to Osama bin Laden offered rewards in gold Thursday for killing of top U.S. and U.N. officials in Iraq or of people of any nation battling there. The 20-minute recording, antiquated Thursday, emerged on two World Wide Web sites renowned for militant Islamic messages. The voice sounded like that of receptacle Laden and phrases were laden with Quranic verse, but authenticity of notes could not immediately be verified.

Bin Laden had never been known to offer pays for missions he had recounted as followers' devout obligation to carry out. "You realise that America pledged large-scale buys for those who murdering mujahedeen (holy warriors)," speaker said. "We in al-Qaeda association will assurance, God eager, 10,000 grams of gold to whoever murders occupier Bremer, or American chief commander or his deputy in Iraq."

He was mentioning to L. Paul Bremer, chief U.S. administrator in Iraq, and peak infantry officials. "For security determinants, buys will be allotted as shortly as place permit, God willing," voice said. "As for those who overtake away while killing an occupying solider, large pay will be for us and for him when God portions him martyrdom and lesser pay (the gold) will be for his family."

The United States has offered pays of its own for data leading to captures or deaths of receptacle Laden and his peak lieutenants, as well as for peak figures in former Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein. The cost on receptacle Laden's head now stands at $50 million -- far more than almost $125,000 that 10,000 grams of gold is worth. The recording pledged same pay for deaths of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi.

"The connected nations are not anything but Zionists' apparatus, even if it worked under cover of consigning humanitarian aid," voice said. "... Whoever murders Kofi Annan or head of his commission in Iraq or representative like Lakhdar Brahimi, he will be awarded identical prize of 10,000 grams of gold." The speaker pledged lesser prize -- 1,000 grams of gold -- to any person murdering civilian of countries he called "the experts of veto like Americans and Britons" -- quotation to nations with veto power on U.N. Security Council.

And he offered 500 grams of gold to any person killing people of countries he called "slaves of Security Council who are in Iraq, like Japan and Italy." The context indicated pays directed to people ...