New Osama bin Laden Audio Message
On December 29, 2007, Al-Qaeda's media production company Al-Sahab posted an audio message by Osama bin Laden on various Islamist websites, among them Al-Ikhlaas (http://ek-ls.org).
The message, titled "The Way to Thwart the Conspiracies," is an attempt by bin Laden to stop the increasing anti-Al-Qaeda momentum in Iraq, especially among those tribes which have joined the Awakening movement.
In it, bin Laden warns Iraqis that the new Iraqi national government is merely an American vessel through which the U.S. hopes to deepen its roots in Iraq, gain control of its oil, and destroy the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).
Bin Laden calls upon the mujahideen to thwart the American plan to divide Iraq. He also urges national mujahideen in Iraq to join Al-Qaeda and thus to disobey their current jihad organizations which, according to him, only serve the Iraqi government, and, ultimately the American conspiracy. Finally, bin Laden criticizes Hamas for giving priority to national unity over the need to render the word of Allah supreme.
He then announces that Al-Qaeda will never relinquish the Muslims' rights over even one inch of Palestine, and that it will aspire to liberate all Islamic lands in Palestine, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
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December 30, 2007
