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-- Anonymous, October 09, 2001

Answers

OG,

Please keep us desk jockies aware of what is said please.

Thanks,

apoc

-- Anonymous, October 09, 2001

It is now 4 PM central time and CNN said they hope it will be aired in a few minutes.

-- Anonymous, October 09, 2001

Message from CNN. They are saying jayhad is the duty of all Muslums. The Americans are objected to a full crusade.

-- Anonymous, October 09, 2001

America has opened a door that cannot be closed...

-- Anonymous, October 09, 2001

The spokesman obviously was trying to rouse every Muslim to jihad.

He said that "those who did what they did and destroyed America with their airplanes, they have done a good deed. They have moved the battle into the heart of America. America must know that the battle will not leave their lands" until they stop supporting Israel, bombing Iraq, etc.

"The storm of airplanes will not stop, we have thousands of young people who look forward to death like the Americans look forward to living. We shall be victorious. The Americans have opened a door that will never be closed."

And he said that our objective is to get rid of the Islamic nation.

-- Anonymous, October 09, 2001

OCTOBER 09, 17:57 EDT

Call for Holy War Renewed

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Osama bin Laden's spokesman on Tuesday called for a holy war against U.S. interests everywhere and praised the hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon for their ``good deed.''

``America must know that the storm of airplanes will not stop, and there are thousands of young people who look forward to death like the Americans look forward to life,'' Sulaiman Abu Ghaith said.

The message from Abu Ghaith was the second statement from al-Qaida since the launch of U.S.-led airstrikes against Afghanistan on Sunday. Bin Laden issued a videotaped message that same day, though it appeared to have been recorded before the attacks began.

Abu Ghaith, who addressed his message ``to the entire Islamic nation,'' said that President Bush had launched a ``crusade'' against Afghanistan with the launch of strikes and Muslims worldwide must respond.

Jihad, or holy war, ``is a duty of every Muslim if they havent got an excuse,'' he said in the videotaped statement broadcast on the Arab television news station Al-Jazeera.

``The American interests are everywhere all over the world. Every Muslim has to play his real and true role to uphold his religion and his nation in fighting, and jihad is a duty,'' he said.

If Muslims do not take up their duty, ``it will be shameful,'' he said. ``This battle is a decisive battle between atheism and faith.''

He praised the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, saying the hijackers ``did something good'' and took the battle to the heart of America.

``The Americans have opened a door that will never be closed,'' Abu Ghaith said of the continuing air raids on Afghanistan. ``America must know that the battle will not leave its land until America leaves our land; until it stops supporting Israel; until it stops the blockade against Iraq.''

That echoed bin Laden's statement on Sunday, which aimed to cast the fight as one that pits the West and Israel against the interests of Muslims everywhere, particularly the Palestinians and Iraqis.

An editorial staffer at Al-Jazeera's headquarters in Qatar, Ibrahim Hilal, said the channel received the tape at its bureau in Kabul, the Afghan capital, Tuesday. Al-Jazeera did not say when the videotape was recorded. The station also broadcast bin Laden's statement Sunday.

Abu Ghaith wore a white turban, similar to that worn by Osama bin Laden, the chief suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks. He was dressed in white robes and stood against a dark brown background.

In closing his remarks, Abu Ghaith thanked god for the chance to wage holy war.

``The land of Afghanistan and the mujehedeen are being subjected to a full crusade with the objective of getting rid of the Islamic nation. The nation must take up its response and in the end I thank god for allowing us to start this jihad and ask God to give us victory in the face of our enemy and return them defeated.''

-- Anonymous, October 09, 2001