A Statement Praising Usama bin Laden and Jihad Against the Alleged Aggression by the West upon Islam By SITE Institute February 24, 2006 <http://www.siteinstitute.org/images/hr.gif> A statement praising Usama bin Laden and discussing his sayings was recently distributed by a member of a password-protected al-Qaeda-affiliated forum, in which the author argues that the "awe and power" of Islam has stricken the European and American civilizations with fear and militancy. He believes that Islam as a movement stands in contrast to the interest of the West, and have branded those mujahideen once supported in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion as terrorists. The document reads: "It is only natural that they wish that we shall not have power but rather servility and obedience to them while they make use of our peoples as instruments for the fulfillment of their goal." Usama bin Laden, who is representative of those "jihad fighters" aided by the U.S. during the Soviet-Afghan war, has chosen to donate the wealth Allah provided him to the "service of the religion and for the raising of the phrase of truth [No God, but Allah] in the face of America". The author states that bin Laden seeks not only the promulgation of Islam, but political goals in the founding of an Islamic state. References to ten statements from bin Laden, indicating belligerence towards the West and calls to jihad are provided by the author, amongst which he states: "Let them come and catch us if they can. We have felt the waning of the strength of the Americans. They are not willing to enter long wars, but only short and cold wars, as their defeat in facing Somalia proves" and "Death is easier for me than living in a European country". http://www.siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications151406 <http://www.siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications151406&Categor y=publications&Subcategory=0> &Category=publications&Subcategory=0 FAIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with "Fair Use" criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The principle of "Fair Use" was established as law by Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. "Fair Use" legally eliminates the need to obtain permission or pay royalties for the use of previously copyrighted materials if the purposes of display include "criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research." Section 107 establishes four criteria for determining whether the use of a work in any particular case qualifies as a "fair use". A work used does not necessarily have to satisfy all four criteria to qualify as an instance of "fair use". Rather, "fair use" is determined by the overall extent to which the cited work does or does not substantially satisfy the criteria in their totality. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/