NOTE: As-Saḥāb (“The Clouds”) Foundation for Islamic Media Publication officially released a video message of Usāmah Bin Lāden speaking to the American people. It was first aired on al-Jazeera TV back in March. The main highlights of the video include:
“My message is about the captives that you have taken from us. Your friend in the White House [President Barack Obama] has been following the footsteps of his predecessor [President George W. Bush] in many important issues, such as escalating the war in Afghanistan and unjustly treating our people that you took as captives.”
Bin Laden threatened to murder anyone they captured if the United States kills Khāled Shaykh Moḥammed.
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