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Osama Warns Europe to Leave Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda mastermind says Obama 'has no regard for human life'

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 25, 2009 1:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Osama bin Laden wants Europe to pull its troops out Afghanistan and sever ties with the US. In a new audio message, the al-Qaeda chief admonishes European nations for putting in with a United States whose “supreme commander has no regard for human life and intentionally bombs villagers from the air,” AFP reports. He promises retaliation "on behalf of the oppressed." The authenticity has yet to be verified.

"Were you to see what your American ally and his helpers did in northern Afghanistan, and how they packed thousands of Taliban into freight containers like sardines and locked them inside until they died or were thrown into the river, you would understand the causes of the bloody events in Madrid and London," bin Laden says.

 Osama bin Laden.
Osama bin Laden.   (AP Photo)
Osama bin Laden in 1998.
Osama bin Laden in 1998.   (AP Photo)
US and German troops in Afghanistan.
US and German troops in Afghanistan.   (AP Photo)
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An intelligent man doesn't waste his money and sons for a gang of criminals in Washington, and it is a shameful thing for a person to be in a coalition whose supreme commander has no regard for human life and intentionally bombs villagers.
- Osama bin Laden

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COMMENTS
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bravenew86
Oct 1, 2009 5:33 AM CDT
"Osama bin Laden wants Europe to pull its troops out Afghanistan and sever ties with the US" Isn't there an 'of' missing from this sentence?
Doctor-Zaius
Sep 30, 2009 1:33 AM CDT
How about kissing him on the lips? Like GWB did with the prince, I heard he let him get to third base back at the ranch in Crawdad.
Doctor-Zaius
Sep 30, 2009 1:31 AM CDT
Why, did Bush invent kidney failure?

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