Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1848-1000412465-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:22:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 9532 invoked by uid 510); 13 Sep 2001 20:21:28 -0000 Received: from n31.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.81) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 13 Sep 2001 20:21:28 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1848-1000412465-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.52] by hp.egroups.com with NNFMP; 13 Sep 2001 20:21:05 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_1); 13 Sep 2001 20:21:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 82206 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2001 20:20:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 13 Sep 2001 20:20:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 13 Sep 2001 20:20:47 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id NAA17675 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:20:00 -0700 Message-Id: <200109132020.NAA17675@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Terrorist-Denies-Link-To-Strikes-But-Thanks-God] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit London Times September 13, 2001 Terrorist Denies Link To Strikes But Thanks God By Zahid Hussain in Islamabad Osama Bin Laden last night denied his involvement in the World Trade Centre terror attacks, but congratulated those who carried them out. According to a senior aide, the Saudi exile "thanked God and bowed before him" when heard the news of the attack. A leader of bin Laden's al-Qaeda organisation was said to have spoken by satellite telephone to a correspondent for Abu Dhabi television from his base somewhere in Afghanistan. "Bin Laden has praised those who have carried out the attacks in the United States," he was quoted as saying. He claimed, however, that bin Laden did not have any information or knowledge about the attack. Ausaf, an Islamabad-based Urdu-language newspaper, has also published a statement from bin Laden supporting the attacks in which he also vowed to continue the jihad (holy war) against the United States and Israel. "It is America which is supplying Israel (with) weapons to kill innocent Palestinian children," he declared. The statement was reportedly delivered to the newspaper editor by a close aide of bin Laden. "I promise to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation," he added. "Hundreds of my young supporters across the world are prepared to lay (down) their lives for the cause of Islam." According to the aide, bin Laden refused to show any sympathy for those killed: "Why does the world not care for innocent Palestinians who are being brutally killed every day?" he said. Bin Laden, who has been living in Afghanistan since 1994, said that he would continue fighting until the last drop of his blood. "It is my desire to lay (down) my life in the cause of God," the Saudi fugitive said. Bin Laden has been accused of masterminding the bombing of the two US Embassies in East Africa in 1998. The Saudi millionaire, who escaped an American retaliatory missile attack on his base in eastern Afghanistan three years ago, said the United States was "the biggest terrorist". "The Americans want to kill me, but it will not solve their problem. Several other Osamas would rise if I am killed," he said. The Taleban authorities deny that bin Laden has been involved in terrorism and claim that his movement has been restricted. Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taleban Ambassador in Islamabad, said that bin Laden was a poor man and could not use Afghanistan's territory against any country. He said that all his communication facilities had been withdrawn and his activities were controlled. Mr Zaeef claimed that bin Laden was not allowed to use the telephone or Internet. The Taleban regime calls the Saudi millionaire its "honourable guest" and an "Islamic warrior". Defying the demand of the United Nations, the Islamic fundamentalists have refused to extradite him to the United States for trial on charges of masterminding the attack on the East African American Embassies. Mr Zaeef said that his Government was prepared to expel him from Afghanistan provided that the United States provided evidence of bin Laden's involvement in terrorism. ------------------------ Yahoo! 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