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9/11 6th Anniversary: Bin Laden Video Details Emerge

By Jeffrey Imm

4:45 PM ET UPDATE:

SITE Institute: Transcript of Osama Bin Laden video (PDF file 7 pages long)

SITE Institute: One minute video clip of new Osama Bin Laden video

Per SITE Institute: The "solution", as bin Laden presents it, is for the American people to embrace and join Islam. This invitation has been made in past by both Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and Adam Gadahn AKA Azzam the American, in which bin Laden also touts the benefits of Islam for mankind and on the individual level. He presents Islam as peaceful, not barbaric against another human being, not levying taxes, and believing Jesus as a Prophet of Allah. Bin Laden declares: "the greatest mistake one can make in this world and one which is uncorrectable is to die while not surrendering to Allah".

Media Updates
ABC and NBC are both reporting details on the Bin Laden tape, which they estimate to be 25-30 minutes long. NBC reports that the Bin Laden tape urges young Muslims to carry out suicide bombings against the West. The ABC transcript report states that Bin Laden refers to the Iraq war, the U.S. Democratic Party-led Congress, and urges Americans to convert to Islam. The ABC Blotter report transcript references to the 9/11 attacks.

Bin Laden Video Transcript Details Being Reported by NBC:
-- Urges young Muslims to carry out suicide bombings against the West
-- Criticized Democrats in Congress in the video for being unable to stop the war in Iraq
-- Refers to current events in the U.S. involvement in the war in Iraq
-- Recommends reading reading books by Noam Chomsky and Michael Scheuer
-- States the Jewish people could have avoided Holocaust by placing themselves under the protection of Muslims

Transcript Details Being Reported by ABC Blotter:
 

"Bin Laden does refer to the Sept. 11 attacks. He criticizes Americans for not holding 'those who waged this war' accountable and for re-electing President Bush 'to continue to murder our people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then you claim to be innocent! The innocence of yours is like my innocence of the blood of your sons on the 9/11 -- were I to claim such a thing."

Transcript Details Being Reported by ABC:
 

According to the transcript, bin Laden opens with "praise to Allah" and his "law of retaliation" -- "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth and the killer is killed."
"People of America: the world is following your news in regards to your invasion of Iraq, for people have recently come to know that, after several years of tragedies of this war, the vast majority of you want it stopped. Thus, you elected the Democratic Party for this purpose, but the Democrats haven't made a move worth mentioning. On the contrary, they continue to agree to the spending of tens of billions to continue the killing and war there. It would benefit you to listen to the poignant messages of your soldiers in Iraq, who are paying -- with their blood, nerves and scattered limbs -- the price for these sorts of irresponsible statements."
"Among them is the eloquent message of Joshua which he sent by way of the media, in which he wipes the tears from his eyes and describes American politicians in harsh terms and invites them to join him there for a few days."
ABC reports that according to the transcript, bin Laden says there are two ways to end the war: "The first is from our side, and it is to continue to escalate the killing and fighting against you." The second is to do away with the American democratic system of government. "It has now become clear to you and the entire world the impotence of the democratic system and how it plays with the interests of the peoples and their blood by sacrificing soldiers and populations to achieve the interests of the major corporations."
"To conclude, I invite you to embrace Islam. There are no taxes in Islam, but rather there is a limited Zakaat [alms] totaling 2.5 percent.”

Transcript Details Being Reported by AP:
(This is in regards to Bin Laden's request that Americans convert to Islam.)
 

"It will also achieve your desire to stop the war as a consequence, because as soon as the warmongering owners of the major corporations realize that you have lost confidence in your democratic system and have begun to look for an alternative, and this alternative is Islam, they will run after you to please you and achieve what you want to steer you away from Islam."

Sources:

September 7, 2007 - NBC News: Details of purported bin Laden video emerge -- Officials: No specific threat made; Web sites carrying tape shut down

September 7, 2007 - ABC News: Bin Laden Threatens Americans in First Video Message in Three Years

September 7, 2007 - ABC News: New OBL Tape: Iraq, Democratic Control

September 7, 2007 - AP: Bin Laden urges Americans to convert

September 7, 2007 - CNN: Bin Laden tape: Why have Democrats failed to stop war?

September 7, 2007 - Reuters: Bin Laden tape grabs attention but lacks overt threat

September 7, 2007 - AP: No overt threats in new bin Laden video

9/11 6th Anniversary: Bin Laden Video Being Analyzed by US Govt and Islamist "Special Gift" Promised (updated)