Hans Rustad I et nyttt lydopptak understreker Osama bin Laden at Palestina alltid har vært og vil være en av de viktigste sakene Al Qaida slåss for.
Bin Laden said the fight for the Palestinian cause was the most important factor driving al-Qaida’s war with the West and fueled 19 Muslims to carry out the suicide attacks against the U.S. on September 11.
«To Western nations … this speech is to understand the core reason of the war between our civilization and your civilizations. I mean the Palestinian cause,» said bin Laden in the close to 10 minute audiotape.
«The Palestinian cause is the major issue for my (Islamic) nation. It was an important element in fueling me from the beginning and the 19 others with a great motive to fight for those subjected to injustice and the oppressed,» added bin Laden.
Al-Qaida has been stepping up its attempts to use the Israeli-Arab conflict to rally supporters. Israel has warned of growing al-Qaida activity in Palestinian territory, though the terror network is not believed to have taken a strong role there so far.
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Bin Laden said the fight for the Palestinian cause was the most important factor driving al-Qaida’s war with the West and fueled 19 Muslims to carry out the suicide attacks against the U.S. on September 11.
«To Western nations … this speech is to understand the core reason of the war between our civilization and your civilizations. I mean the Palestinian cause,» said bin Laden in the close to 10 minute audiotape.
«The Palestinian cause is the major issue for my (Islamic) nation. It was an important element in fueling me from the beginning and the 19 others with a great motive to fight for those subjected to injustice and the oppressed,» added bin Laden.
Al-Qaida has been stepping up its attempts to use the Israeli-Arab conflict to rally supporters. Israel has warned of growing al-Qaida activity in Palestinian territory, though the terror network is not believed to have taken a strong role there so far.
Vesten blir hele tiden anklaget for å opptre hyklersk. Ett eksempel på det er, ifølge bin Laden, at Menachim Begin ble tildelt Fredsprisen.
The terrorist leader mentioned former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who he said ordered a Jewish militia to attack the Arab village of Deir Yassin in 1948. The attack during Israel’s push for statehood killed more than 100 Arabs and forced the rest of the village to flee.
«Instead of punishing him (Begin) over his crimes … he was awarded a Nobel prize,» said bin Laden.
Begin won the Nobel peace prize for negotiating a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, Israel’s first with an Arab nation. The Israeli leader shared the prize with former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who was Begin’s negotiating partner. Israel has only signed one other peace treaty with an Arab nation, Jordan.
«We will continue our struggle against the Israelis and their allies,» said bin Laden. «We are not going to give up an inch of the land of Palestine.»
