Bin Laden: 'Fire and Iron' Can Free Gaza

Message from Osama's deputy urges attack on 'treacherous regimes'

(NEWSER) - Osama bin Laden's deputy has called on Muslims to launch a holy war to break Israel's economic blockade of Gaza, reports AP. The call was issued in an 11-minute al-Qaeda audiotape by Ayman al-Zawahri, marking the anniversary of the loss of Gaza, the West Bank and the Golan Heights in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. More»

He vows a 'strike by the neck' in audiotape

(NEWSER) - An audiotape purportedly from terror master Osama bin Laden threatens France with a "strike by the neck" because of its burka ban and participation in the Afghan war. "If you want to tyrannize and think that it is your right to ban free women from wearing the burka, isn't it our right to expel your occupying forces, your men from our lands, by striking them by the neck?" the speaker demands in the tape released by Al Jazeera. More»

(NEWSER) - A tape recording attributed to Osama bin Laden supports the Palestinian cause and says some Arab leaders have “conspired” with the US and Israel against it, CNN reports. “The Gaza holocaust is a historic event and a tragic turning point,” says the tape, aired on the Al-Jazeera network. “The road of returning to Al-Aqsa needs righteous leadership,” referring to the mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest Muslim site. More»

(AP) - Osama bin Laden today urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel and condemned Arab governments as allies of the Jewish state, the AP reports. In a new message aimed at harnessing anger in the Mideast over the Gaza offensive, bin Laden spoke in an audiotape posted on Islamic militant websites. It's the first tape he's issued since May. More»

Some supporters hope for McCain victory

(NEWSER) - Al-Qaeda websites are celebrating the crippling crisis sweeping the US economy and financial markets, with some internet postings crediting al-Qaeda for luring the nation into a war that has exhausted its resources, reports the Washington Post. Some writers are penning messages expressing hope for renewed terror attacks and a John McCain victory so that the commitment of US military resources will intensify. More»