"The action I am taking is no more than a radical measure to hasten the explosion of truth and justice. I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and is entitled to happiness. My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul. Let them dare, then, to bring me before a court of law and let the enquiry take place in broad daylight!" - Emile Zola, J'accuse! (1898) -

Monday, September 15, 2008


Decade Worth Of Messages, Interviews From Bin Laden Leaked To Web: Complete To The Moment Report.


(At 289 Pages; I suggest you download and Save The PDF Document for Study and Reference (Ed.)


Ten years of messages and interviews with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden have been leaked. Translated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the documents were posted on a blog Friday.


Posted to Secrecy News blog on September 12, and copied to similar sites including Wikileaks.org, the ten years of messages span from 1994-2004. The packet, issued in 2004, is nearly 300 pages, and labeled "official use only". It was translated by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), a division of the CIA, and includes interviews with bin Laden from various news agencies and also includes messages he sent directly to the United States.


One message includes bin Laden's denial of having anything to do with the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania.


"Following the latest explosions in the United States, some Americans are pointing the finger at me, but I deny that because I have not done it. The United States has always accused me of these incidents which have been caused by its enemies. Reiterating once again, I say that I have not done it, and the perpetrators have carried this out because of their own interest," said bin Laden on September 16, 2001, just five days after the attacks.


Bin Laden also states that he was living in Afghanistan at the time of the attacks and that "I have held talks with His Eminence Amir ol-Momenin [Taleban leader Mola Mohammad Omar Mojahed], who does not allow such acts to be carried out from Afghanistan's territory." Again on September 28, 2001 in an interview with Karachi Ummat, bin Laden denies any involvement with the attacks and further denied that al-Qaeda had anything to do with plotting and carrying out the attacks.


However, in May, just four months prior to the September 11 attacks, bin Laden reportedly says that if the Taliban allows him, he can make life for Americans very difficult.


"If the Taleban allowed, [I] could make life miserable for the United States. The United States [is] imposing unjust sanctions on Muslims. Imposing such sanctions and boasting of power [is] a US hobby. The U.S. will fall to pieces," stated bin Laden which was quoted by ANN on May 17, 2001. Five years before, bin Laden declared a "jihad" on the U.S..


In April of 2002, the television station London MBC said it obtained a video reportedly showing bin Laden and an al-Qaeda spokesman praising the 9/11 attacks. It also allegedly showed, for the first time, images of some of the members of al-Qaeda responsible for hijacking the aircraft used in the attacks.


Bin Laden also blames the U.S. for the bombings in China in 1997 saying that the U.S. was trying to "to sabotage relations between China and the Muslim world through the CIA." He then goes on to say that he would "promise" to bring "action in the understanding between Pakistan, Iran and China."


The current whereabouts of bin Laden is not known.


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Analysis


Summary

Usama bin Laden statements and quotations copied and or translated by the CIA’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service and written at the For Official Use Only level. Note that there appear to be some (obvious) OCR errors in the document.


Context


Wikileaks release date
Sunday September 14, 2008
Primary language
English

Note

Identical to the document released by Steven Aftergood from Secrecy News on Sept 12.


A U.S. government compilation of interviews and other public statements issued by Usama bin Ladin between 1994 and 2004 is now publicly available.


The texts were translated by the CIA's Foreign Broadcast Information Service, which since been succeeded by the Open Source Center.


The 289-page collection has not been approved for public release, but a copy was obtained by Secrecy News.


See "Compilation of Usama Bin Laden Statements, 1994 - January 2004," Foreign Broadcast Information Service, January 2004:


File size in bytes
1739309
File type information
PDF document, version 1.3


Cryptographic identity

SHA256 7af4f0eabf588f3eb1a1dc0ded1d0bbc6caa674a79a887bccf1b37c382b3b5f7


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