Bin Laden offers Americans truce

**Jared Moya** · January 19th, 2006, 08:34 AM

In an audio tape broadcast on Aljazeera, Osama bin Laden has warned that al-Qaida was preparing an attack very soon, but also offered Americans a "long-term truce".

"The new operations of al-Qaida has not happened not because we could not penetrate the security measures. It is being prepared and you'll see it in your homeland very soon," the voice attributed to bin Laden said, apparently addressing Americans.

But the voice on the tape, which appeared to be aimed at the American public, also offered a truce: "We do not mind establishing a long-term truce between us and you."

The tape, broadcast on Thursday but dated to December last year, comes after a year of silence from the al-Qaida leader.

"This message is about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and how to end those wars," it began.

"It was not my intention to talk to you about this, because those wars are definitely going our way.

"But what triggered my desire to talk to you is the continuous deliberate misinformation given by your President [George] Bush, when it comes to polls made in your home country which reveal that the majority of your people are willing to withdraw US forces from Iraq.

Americans want peace

"We know that the majority of your people want this war to end and opinion polls show the Americans don't want to fight the Muslims on Muslim land, nor do they want Muslims to fight them on their (US) land.

"But Bush does not want this and claims that it's better to fight his enemies on their land rather than on American land.

"Bush tried to ignore the polls that demanded that he end the war in Iraq.

"We are getting increasingly stronger while your situation is getting from bad to worse," he told the US, referring to poor US troop morale and the huge economic losses inflicted by the war.

"The war in Iraq is raging and the operations in Afghanistan are increasing."

Truce offer

"In response to the substance of the polls in the US, which indicate that Americans do not want to fight Muslims on Muslim land, nor do they want Muslims to fight them on their land, we do not mind offering a long-term truce based on just conditions that we will stick to.

"We are a nation that Allah banned from lying and stabbing others in the back, hence both parties of the truce will enjoy stability and security to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, which were destroyed by war.

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**1JOESKY** · January 19th, 2006, 10:49 AM

WTF is this doing on here??? Its all B>>.S<<%

**Jared Moya** · January 19th, 2006, 11:05 AM

Uh, yah but its MAJOR NEWS Mr. Jokety Joke Joke. Have you been living in a cave in the Afghan mountains as well?

**DigitalJunkie** · January 19th, 2006, 11:28 AM

I guess the question comes down to who can you trust? Bush vs. Bin Laden? Israel vs. Arabs? Politicians vs. Terrorists? Liars vs. Extremists!

**Pathtek24** · January 19th, 2006, 11:36 AM

Kiss my white AMERICAN butt, Bin Laden...Maybe if he and the rest of the terrorists had some real man junk, the law abiding citizens and the terrorists could meet and duke it out like men...none of this hit us in the back when were not looking...At least we have the courtesy to do it to their faces....

**CrashPeer44** · January 19th, 2006, 11:57 AM

I think the CIA did this along with the hastage.
Yup and then pass some secret bill that takes more of our so called "rights" away.
This entire war is a blurr to the public and the world.

and to the other post, Id rather believe a terrorist than a US politician who is looking to just make aquick buck off the lives of others and lies every which way to stay in office.

**Digital Bliss** · January 19th, 2006, 12:07 PM

Didn't hitler pull somthing like this.....

**1JOESKY** · January 19th, 2006, 12:50 PM

Ours Theirs who cares about BS propaganda? Oh yes I'm gonna believe Aljezeera and Fox and all the self serving crap they want me to believe!
If you want to know what the joke joke joke is, look no further than the mirror, Newz?? Please its not any more than fodder for the masses that want to feel safe.

**Jared Moya** · January 19th, 2006, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Digital Bliss

Didn't hitler pull somthing like this.....

Yep, that famous speech by Neville Chamberlain, with pruported "Peace in Our Time." If his sentiments were true itd be cool, but hard to tell, as says Muslims dont stab people in back, but what do you call flying a 747 into 2 skyscrapers filled with thousands of people? Just dont know.

**lifehacker** · January 19th, 2006, 01:41 PM

Who believes him? At least I dont...

**lil_amb** · January 19th, 2006, 01:44 PM

I say sure we make a truce...then 6 months down the line he wipes out 1/2 of America.....good idea.

**DigitalJunkie** · January 19th, 2006, 02:03 PM

My point was trust no one.

Ms. Barbara Walter did a piece about is there a heaven after you die. There was a Christan, he said if you're not a Christian. You will not go to heaven, because there's only one god! Is that a vengeful god? Taking my freedom away.

Well, that's not the heaven where I want to go. Heaven should be a happy place, where no one would be discriminated!

Sorry, I don't trust no one but me!

**mountain_rage** · January 19th, 2006, 03:40 PM

Personally if I met him on the street I would ask him for his own opinion and understanding of his view before judging him on what he has done. Sure it was wrong... at least in my opinion. But different cultures have different views of what is right or wrong. Its not like america doesnt have its fair share of horrid dooings from the past and even present. No country has a perfectly spotless record. How many natives, negroid's, arabs etc... Have been killed needlessly. You can prossecute bin laden for dooing it deliberately but it would happen just as much in a conventional war.