Nine days after Osama bin Laden released his latest video,
September 11, 2007 Osama bin Laden video, on the sixth anniversary of the
September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, he released a new tape on September 20, 2007 called "Come to Jihad" with his voice over previously released footage of him. In the tape, bin Laden called on
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
is to overthrow President
Pervez Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of t ...
, promising what he called retaliation for the storming of the
Red Mosque in the capital,
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...
, in July.
Bin Laden urges uprising against Musharraf , World news , guardian.co.uk
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Contents
Laura Mansfield provides the following quotes from the new Bin Laden message:
*regarding Pakistan's nuclear weapons program: ''"How is the nation benefited by these weapons and tests of yours? The same goes for the nuclear bomb itself."''
*in conclusion: ''"And we in al-Qaida Organization call on Allah to witness that we will retaliate for the blood of Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi and those with him against Musharraf and those who help him, and for all the pure and innocent blood, foremost of which is the blood of the champions of Islam in Waziristan – both North and South – among them the two noble leaders, Nek Muhammad and Abdullah Mahsud. May Allah have mercy on them all."''
See also
*Videos and audio recordings of Osama bin Laden
There were several video and audio recordings released by Osama bin Laden between 2001 and 2011.
Most of the tapes were released directly (by mail or messenger) to Arabic language satellite television networks, primarily al Jazeera.
Audio or v ...
* Videos and audio recordings of Ayman al-Zawahiri
* Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama bin Laden
References
External links
"Come to Jihad" FULL Transcript“Come to Jihad” – Audio Speech from Usama bin Laden Addressing the People of Pakistan, Declaring War on the Pakistani Government
By SITE Intelligence Group
News articles
- Sky News, September 20, 2007
- Time, September 20, 2007
Al Qaida in war threat to Musharraf
- Channel 4, September 20, 2007
- ITN, September 20, 2007
- CNN, September 20, 2007
- September 20, 2007
Bin Laden urges Pakistan holy war
- BBC News, September 20, 2007
Pre-taperelease
{{Osama bin Laden
Videos of Osama bin Laden
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