Al Qaeda, in Web message, confirms bin Laden's death

[Lothario]

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(CNN) -- Al Qaeda released a statement on jihadist forums Friday confirming the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors Islamist websites.

The development comes days after U.S. troops killed bin Laden in a raid on a compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.

The statement, translated by SITE, lauded the late militant, threatened to take action against the United States, and urged Pakistanis to "rise up and revolt."

Bin Laden's death will serve as a "curse that chases the Americans and their agents, and goes after them inside and outside their countries," the message said.

"Soon -- with help from Allah -- their happiness will turn into sorrow, and their blood will be mixed with their tears," it said.

The statement said al Qaeda will "continue on the path of jihad, the path walked upon by our leaders, and on top of them" bin Laden "without hesitation or reluctance.

"We will not deviate from that or change until Allah judges between us and between our enemy with truth. Indeed, He is the best of all judges. Nothing will harm us after that, until we see either victory and success and conquest and empowerment, or we die trying."

It said that Americans "will never enjoy security until our people in Palestine enjoy it."

"The soldiers of Islam, groups and individuals, will continue planning without tiredness or boredom, and without despair or surrender, and without weakness or stagnancy, until they cause the disaster that makes children look like the elderly!"

It urged Pakistanis "to cleanse this shame that has been attached to them by a clique of traitors and thieves" and "from the filth of the Americans who spread corruption in it."

Bin Laden and other militants used the internet to post messages to their followers before and after al Qaeda's September, 11, 2001 attack on the United States.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/bin.laden.qaeda.comment/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

...though I can't find any part of the above text that confirms bin Laden's death from the Navy SEAL raid

[iamse7en]

I think you mean the CIA, through its secret AlQ wing, confirmed his death.

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

That must be from the same source as this story from the AP.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110506/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bin_laden_al_qaida

What a bunch of horse shit. I can't believe the sort of propaganda that gets passed off as news these days.

[tropicangela]

I guess it's ok to release the death photos now. Since they're already flaming pissed?

[JohnGalt1225]

Oh yeah, that's legit.

[HOLLYWOOD]

origin 209.212.148.129

[jmdrake]

Adam Perlman at it again?

Flashback:
http://www.nysun.com/foreign/jewish-musicians-son-joins-al-qaedas-ranks/39535/
A Jewish Musician's Son Joins Al Qaeda's Ranks

By STEVEN STALINSKY | September 13, 2006

http://www.nysun.com/foreign/jewish-musicians-son-joins-al-qaedas-ranks/39535/
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It seems inconceivable that some 28 years ago in California a little-known psychedelic Jewish musician and his wife gave birth to Adam Pearlman, who would become one of America's most notorious traitors in the war on terror. This Southern California boy has emerged as a leading instigator of a religious war between Christians and Jews on one side and the Muslim world on the other.

News outlets reported on September 8 that a sealed indictment accused Adam, now known as Al Qaeda operative "Azzam the American," of helping the terror organization with communications and propaganda, serving as an English translator, and providing information about American culture and vulnerabilities. Treason charges are pending.

In 2004, at the age of 26, Azzam was first put on the FBI's most wanted list; his aliases included Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, and Yahya. He reportedly received training in Afghanistan terrorist camps, and Newsweek reported that he was sent by the mastermind of the attacks of September 11, 2001, Khalid Sheik Muhammad, on a mission to join a suicide attack outside Baltimore.

In time for the fifth anniversary of September 11, Azzam appeared on Al-Sahab — the press and broadcast production house of Al Qaeda and its main propaganda vehicle — attacking America as the "Zionist-Crusader-Fascist" entity. The majority of his speech was a verbal assault on Christianity, which he called a "hollow shell of a religion, whose followers cling to an empty faith, and a false conviction of their inevitable salvation."

Azzam was given the honor of being introduced by Al Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in the September 2 tape, and directed his speech "To America and the rest of Christendom." "Anyone who pays any attention to the messages of the leaders of the jihad, like Sheik Osama bin Laden and Sheik Ayman al-Zawahiri … will know that they have been consistent in inviting the Americans and other unbelievers to Islam. …We would prefer that all Americans and all the other unbelievers … accept the truth. Islam encourages us to invite even the most obstinate enemies and give them a chance to repent," he said.

Adam Pearlman's religious journey began when his family converted to Christianity and took the last name Gadahn. He first came in contact with Islam when his father slaughtered goats and sold the meat to Muslim halal markets. As a pimply, head-banging teenager, Adam embraced Islam at an Orange County mosque when he was just 17.

Until this summer, an essay by "Adam Pearlman" was posted on the University of Southern California's Muslim Student Association compendium of Muslim texts; it has been quoted widely in the press. Titled "Becoming Muslim," it states: "As I began reading English translations of the Qur'an, I became more and more convinced of the truth and authenticity of Allah's teachings. … Having been around Muslims in my formative years, I knew well that they were not the bloodthirsty, barbaric terrorists that the news media and the televangelists paint them to be."

In October 2004, with his face covered, Azzam appeared in his first Al Qaeda video and declared, "Allah willing, the streets of America will run red with blood."

Azzam's next video, again with his face covered, was aired on Al-Jazeera on September 12, 2005, "Four years after the blessed raids on New York and Washington, we find the people of the West continuing to speculate about the … historic events. … We find them uncertain about which steps or actions they must take to achieve the restoration of the security they once enjoyed," he said.

He explained that the numerous audiotapes, videotapes, and communiqués Al Qaeda has issued since September 11 "have been released to explain and propound the nature and goals of the worldwide jihad against America and the Crusaders and convey our legitimate demands."

Azzam was not heard from again until July 8, when counterterrorism officials said he had moved up in rank within Al Qaeda and was now a key official behind Al-Sahab's operations. He appeared in a video for the first time without his mask, alongside footage of the London suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer and Mr. Zawahiri, and warned: "When we bomb their cities and civilians … no sane Muslim should shed tears for them."

Some counterterrorism analysts have downplayed Azzam's warnings and other English-language messages directed to his fellow Americans on behalf of Al Qaeda.

However, as they include what is commonly referred to in different periods of Islamic history as "the triple choice" — conversion, death, or submission — they should be taken seriously. These are all issues that could be identified as markings of further attacks against America.

[Yieu]

So because some unknown random group said something, without proof to back up their claims or even proof of who they are or why we should believe them, we're supposed to take that as proof of anything at all? We're supposed to trust hearsay as fact? Oh, and don't forget to be afraid too.

[unklejman]

That is kind of like anonymous making a statement. Except that anonymous is usually capable of what they plan.

[Ray]

al Qaeda is in on the conspiracy!

[doodle]

Al Qaueda in America or Al Qaeda from another region?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQkmEQCYw0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWV5K0yzGwU

[anaconda]

Alex Jones and Webster Tarpley are right. We are teetering on the edge here...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huO0g7hpeF0

[South Park Fan]

Al Qaeda has a website?! Why would they be so stupid as to reveal their plans to the public? I suppose they call it OBLFs?

[tpreitzel]

LoL ... Okey dokey ... but WHERE'S THE FLIPPING BODY? Just imagine a prosecutor accepting the words of an alleged killer that he committed a murder without the slightest shred of physical proof and standing before a judge seeking a conviction ... Ohhhhhhhh, okay dokay .... The poor chap would likely be committed to a mental institution .... Hmmmmmmm. I've always sensed that POTUS look best in straitjackets...;)