The Actual Transcript of OBL's tape

[Guest MikeSC]

These are from MEMRI, the best Arabic translation source available.

"Oh the American people, I address these words to you regarding the optimal manner of avoiding another Manhattan, and regarding the war, its causes, and its consequences. But before this, I say to you: Security is one of the important pillars of human life, and free men do not take their security lightly, contrary to Bush's claim that we hate freedom. Let him explain why we did not attack Sweden, for example. Clearly, those who hate freedom have no pride, unlike the 19 [suicide hijackers of 9/11], may Allah have mercy on them. We have been fighting you because we are free men who do not remain silent in the face of injustice. We want to restore our [islamic] nation's freedom. Just as you violate our security, we violate yours.

 

"But I am amazed at you. Although we have entered the fourth year after the events of 9/11, Bush is still practicing distortion and deception against you and he is still concealing the true cause from you. Consequently, the motives for its reoccurrence still exist...

 

"We had no difficulty dealing with Bush and his administration, because it resembles the regimes in our [Arab] countries, half of which are ruled by the military, and the other half are ruled by the sons of kings and presidents with whom we have had a lot of experience. Among both types, there are many who are known for their conceit, arrogance, greed, and for taking money dishonestly.

 

"This resemblance began with the visit of Bush Sr. to the region. While some of our people were dazzled by the U.S. and hoped that these visits would influence our countries, it was he who was influenced by these monarchic and military regimes. He envied them for remaining in their positions for decades, while embezzling the nation's public funds with no supervision whatsoever. He bequeathed tyranny and the suppression of liberties to his son and they called it the Patriot Act, under the pretext of the war on terrorism.

 

"Bush Sr. liked the idea of appointing [his] sons as state governors. Similarly, he did not neglect to import into Florida the expertise in falsifying [elections] from the leaders of this region in order to benefit from it in difficult moments.

 

"We agreed with the general commander Muhammad Atta, may Allah have mercy on him, that all operations should be carried out within 20 minutes, before Bush and his administration would become aware. We never imagined that the Commander in Chief of the American armed forces would abandon 50,000 of his citizens in the twin towers to face this great horror alone when they needed him most. It seemed to him that a girl's story about her goat and its butting was more important than dealing with planes and their 'butting' into skyscrapers. This allowed us three times the amount of time needed for the operations, Allah be praised.

 

"Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or Al-Qa'ida. Your security is in your own hands, and any U.S. state that does not toy with our security automatically guarantees its own security."

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SA1404

 

This is far more likely to be accurate --- the transcript released thus far are from Al Jazeera's translation --- and it should be released.

-=Mike

[The Czech Republic 0]

I wish he ended it with "I'm Osama bin Laden, and I approve this message."

[2GOLD 0]

Is it just me, or is Osama trying to get us to start a second civil war?

Somebody has been watching HBO movie re-runs.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I can't believe anyone else saw that. Damn secedin'-ass Idaho.

[2GOLD 0]

I can't believe anyone else saw that. Damn secedin'-ass Idaho.

 

A movie with Phil Hartman as the President of the United States? How could I not!

[Ted the Poster 0]

I saw it purely for the Beau Bridges awesomeness.

[IllustriousOne 0]

Sounds like ol' OBL saw F9/11

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

I'd imagine that pirated DVDs are quite popular in Pakistan.

 

I wonder if OBL lives a Koresh-ian life. Those who have read into David Koresh will have an idea of what i'm refering to.

[Vern Gagne 0]

"Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or Al-Qa'ida.

 

Interesting he'd say that about Al Qaeda. One would think Bin Laden would be more confident in his organization.