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[Note that although the US Government says this is a "transcript" the
translators admit that it is not a verbatim transcription, but a free
translation "conveys the messages and flow" of some of the
conversation. It appears, if the video is genuine, that the
photographer was very short of tape. The Osama Show begins 39 minutes
into the tape, and runs through to the end of the tape following
taped scenes of the downed US helicopter in Ghazni Province, which
was apparently shot earlier (see NY Transfer's Middle East newsfeed
of November 6 for story "Taleban Displays Wreckage of Chopper US Says
Wasn't Shot Down").
The taping continues at the beginning of the tape, so the
photographer apparently rewound and resumed, recording over whatever
was on the beginning of the tape. This is not an unusual procedure if
one is short of tape and rushing to get as much recorded as possible.
However, the strange choppy nature of the conversation indicates
edits by someone, or that the photographer simply kept turning on and
off the video camera (he must have been *very* short of tape).
The welcoming chatter, political discussion and religious quotations
are suddenly interrupted by the person identified as Osama bin Laden
making one statement that the US sees as highly significant about the
attacks. Then back goes the conversation to smalltalk and political
conversation about support in the mosques. Similarly a lot of bizarre
and superstitious talk about premonitions of buildings being blown up
by planes is interrupted by several very coherent and incriminating
statements by the bin Laden character. Much of the context appears
to have been left out of the translation, possibly due to all this
"inaudible" sound, possibly because the US Government told the
translators to excise any specific references to the travel
arrangements of the crippled visitor from Saudi Arabia, or possibly
because the camera person did not record large hunks of the
action.--NY Transfer]
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source - www.abcnews.com in .PDF format
December 13, 2001
TRANSCRIPT OF USAMA BIN LADEN VIDEO TAPE
[(Transcript and annotations independently prepared by George
Michael, translator, Diplomatic Language Services; and Dr. Kassem M.
Wahba, Arabic language program coordinator, School of Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. They collaborated on
their translation and compared it with translations done by the U.S.
government for consistency. There were no inconsistencies in the
translations.)
In mid-November, Usama Bin Laden spoke to a room of supporters,
possibly in Qandahar, Afghanistan. These comments were video taped
with the knowledge of Bin Laden and all present.
Note: The tape is approximately one hour long and contains three
different segments: an original taping of a visit by some people to
the site of the downed U.S. helicopter in Ghazni province
(approximately 12 minutes long); and two segments documenting a
courtesy visit by Bin Laden and his lieutenants to an unidentified
Shaykh, who appears crippled from the waist down. The visit
apparently takes place at a guesthouse in Qandahar. The sequence of
the events is reversed on the tape-the end of his visit is in the
beginning of the tape with the helicopter site visit in the middle
and the start of the Usama bin Laden visit beginning approximately 39
minutes into the tape. The tape is transcribed below according to
the proper sequence of events.
Due to the quality of the original tape, it is NOT a verbatim
transcript of every word spoken during the meeting, but does convey
the messages and information flow.]
[EDITOR'S NOTE: 39 minutes into tape, first segment of the bin Laden
meeting, begins after footage of helicopter site visit.]
Shaykh: (...inaudible...) You have given us weapons, you have given
us hope and we thank Allah for you. We don't want to take much of
your time, but this is the arrangement of the brothers. People now
are supporting us more, even those ones who did not support us in the
past, support us more now. I did not want to take that much of your
time. We praise Allah, we praise Allah. We came from Kabul. We were
very pleased to visit. May Allah bless you both at home and the
camp. We asked the driver to take us, it was a night with a full
moon, thanks be to Allah. Believe me it is not in the country side.
The elderly...everybody praises what you did, the great action you
did, which was first and foremost by the grace of Allah. This is the
guidance of Allah and the blessed fruit of jihad.
UBL: Thanks to Allah. What is the stand of the Mosques there (in
Saudi Arabia)?
Shaykh: Honestly, they are very positive. Shaykh Al-Bahrani
(phonetic) gave a good sermon in his class after the sunset prayers.
It was videotaped and I was supposed to carry it with me, but
unfortunately, I had to leave immediately.
UBL: The day of the events?
Shaykh: At the exact time of the attack on America, precisely at the
time. He (Bahrani) gave a very impressive sermon. Thanks be to
Allah for his blessings. He (Bahrani) was the first one to write at
war time. I visited him twice in Al-Qasim.
UBL: Thanks be to Allah.
Shaykh: This is what I asked from Allah. He (Bahrani) told the
youth: "You are asking for martyrdom and wonder where you should go
(for martyrdom)?" Allah was inciting them to go. I asked Allah to
grant me to witness the truth in front of the unjust ruler. We ask
Allah to protect him and give him the martyrdom, after he issued the
first fatwa. He was detained for interrogation, as you know. When
he was called in and asked to sign, he told them, "don't waste my
time, I have another fatwa. If you want me, I can sign both at the
same time."
UBL: Thanks be to Allah.
Shaykh: His position is really very encouraging. When I paid him the
first visit about a year and half ago, he asked me, "How is Shaykh
Bin-Ladin?" He sends you his special regards. As far as Shaykh
Sulayman `Ulwan is concerned, he gave a beautiful fatwa, may Allah
bless him. Miraculously, I heard it on the Quran radio station. It
was strange because he (`Ulwan) sacrificed his position, which is
equivalent to a director. It was transcribed word-by-word. The
brothers listened to it in detail. I briefly heard it before the
noon prayers. He (`Ulwan) said this was jihad and those people were
not innocent people (World Trade Center and Pentagon victims). He
swore to Allah. This was transmitted to Shaykh Sulayman Al ((`Umar))
Allah bless him.
UBL: What about Shaykh Al-((Rayan))?
Shaykh: Honestly, I did not meet with him. My movements were truly
limited.
UBL: Allah bless you. You are welcome.
Shaykh: (Describing the trip to the meeting) They smuggled us and
then I thought that we would be in different caves inside the
mountains so I was surprised at the guest house and that it is very
clean and comfortable. Thanks be to Allah, we also learned that this
location is safe, by Allah's blessings. The place is clean and we
are very comfortable.
UBL: (...Inaudible...) when people see a strong horse and a weak
horse, by nature, they will like the strong horse. This is only one
goal; those who want people to worship the lord of the people,
without following that doctrine, will be following the doctrine of
Muhammad, peace be upon him.
(UBL quotes several short and incomplete Hadith verses, as follows):
"I was ordered to fight the people until they say there is no god but
Allah, and his prophet Muhammad."
"Some people may ask: why do you want to fight us?"
"There is an association between those who say: I believe in one god
and Muhammad is his prophet, and those who don't (...inaudible...)
"Those who do not follow the true fiqh. The fiqh of Muhammad, the
real fiqh. They are just accepting what is being said at face
value."
UBL: Those youth who conducted the operations did not accept any
fiqh in the popular terms, but they accepted the fiqh that the
prophet Muhammad brought. Those young men (...inaudible...) said in
deeds, in New York and Washington, speeches that overshadowed all
other speeches made everywhere else in the world. The speeches are
understood by both Arabs and non-Arabs�even by Chinese. It is above
all the media said. Some of them said that in Holland, at one of the
centers, the number of people who accepted Islam during the days that
followed the operations were more than the people who accepted Islam
in the last eleven years. I heard someone on Islamic radio who owns
a school in America say: "We don't have time to keep up with the
demands of those who are asking about Islamic books to learn about
Islam." This event made people think (about true Islam) which
benefited Islam greatly.
Shaykh: Hundreds of people used to doubt you and few only would
follow you until this huge event happened. Now hundreds of people
are coming out to join you. I remember a vision by Shaykh Salih
Al-((Shuaybi)). He said: "There will be a great hit and people will
go out by hundreds to Afghanistan." I asked him (Salih): "To
Afghanistan?" He replied, "Yes." According to him, the only ones who
stay behind will be the mentally impotent and the liars (hypocrites).
I remembered his saying that hundreds of people will go out to
Afghanistan. He had this vision a year ago. This event
discriminated between the different types of followers.
UBL: (...Inaudible...) we calculated in advance the number of
casualties from the enemy, who would be killed based on the position
of the tower. We calculated that the floors that would be hit would
be three or four floors. I was the most optimistic of them all.
(...Inaudible...) due to my experience in this field, I was thinking
that the fire from the gas in the plane would melt the iron structure
of the building and collapse the area where the plane hit and all the
floors above it only. This is all that we had hoped for.
Shaykh: Allah be praised.
UBL: We were at (...inaudible...) when the event took place. We had
notification since the previous Thursday that the event would take
place that day. We had finished our work that day and had the radio
on. It was 5:30 p.m. our time. I was sitting with Dr. Ahmad
Abu-al-((Khair)). Immediately, we heard the news that a plane had
hit the World Trade Center. We turned the radio station to the news
from Washington. The news continued and no mention of the attack
until the end. At the end of the newscast, they reported that a
plane just hit the World Trade Center.
Shaykh: Allah be praised.
UBL: After a little while, they announced that another plane had hit
the World Trade Center. The brothers who heard the news were
overjoyed by it.
Shaykh: I listened to the news and I was sitting. We didn't...we
were not thinking about anything, and all of a sudden, Allah willing,
we were talking about how come we didn't have anything, and all of a
sudden the news came and everyone was overjoyed and everyone until
the next day, in the morning, was talking about what was happening
and we stayed until four o'clock, listening to the news every time a
little bit different, everyone was very joyous and saying "Allah is
great," "Allah is great," "We are thankful to Allah," "Praise Allah."
And I was happy for the happiness of my brothers. That day the
congratulations were coming on the phone non-stop. The mother was
receiving phone calls continuously. Thank Allah. Allah is great,
praise be to Allah. (Quoting the verse from the Quran)
Shaykh: "Fight them, Allah will torture them, with your hands, he
will torture them. He will deceive them and he will give you
victory. Allah will forgive the believers, he is knowledgeable about
everything."
Shaykh: No doubt it is a clear victory. Allah has bestowed on
us...honor on us...and he will give us blessing and more victory
during this holy month of Ramadan. And this is what everyone is
hoping for. Thank Allah America came out of its caves. We hit her
the first hit and the next one will hit her with the hands of the
believers, the good believers, the strong believers. By Allah it is
a great work. Allah prepares for you a great reward for this work.
I'm sorry to speak in your presence, but it is just thoughts, just
thoughts. By Allah, who there is no god but him. I live in
happiness, happiness...I have not experienced, or felt, in a long
time. I remember, the words of Al-Rabbani, he said they made a
coalition against us in the winter with the infidels like the Turks,
and others, and some other Arabs. And they surrounded us like the
days...in the days of the prophet Muhammad. Exactly like what's
happening right now. But he comforted his followers and said, "This
is going to turn and hit them back." And it is a mercy for us. And a
blessing to us. And it will bring people back. Look how wise he
was. And Allah will give him blessing. And the day will come when
the symbols of Islam will rise up and it will be similar to the early
days of Al-Mujahedeen and Al-Ansar (similar to the early years of
Islam). And victory to those who follow Allah. Finally said, if it
is the same, like the old days, such as Abu Bakr and Othman and Ali
and others. In these days, in our times, that it will be the
greatest jihad in the history of Islam and the resistance of the
wicked people.
Shaykh: By Allah my Shaykh. We congratulate you for the great work.
Thank Allah.
[Tape ends here. Second segment of Bin Laden's visit, shows up at the
front of the tape.]
UBL: Abdallah Azzam, Allah bless his soul, told me not to record
anything (...inaudible...) so I thought that was a good omen, and
Allah will bless us (...inaudible...). Abu-Al-Hasan Al-((Masri)), who
appeared on Al-Jazeera TV a couple of days ago and addressed the
Americans saying: "If you are true men, come down here and face us."
(...inaudible...) He told me a year ago: "I saw in a dream, we were
playing a soccer game against the Americans. When our team showed up
in the field, they were all pilots!" He said: "So I wondered if that
was a soccer game or a pilot game? Our players were pilots." He
(Abu-Al-Hasan) didn't know anything about the operation until he
heard it on the radio. He said the game went on and we defeated
them. That was a good omen for us.
Shaykh: May Allah be blessed.
Unidentified Man Off Camera: Abd Al Rahman Al-(Ghamri) said he saw a
vision, before the operation, a plane crashed into a tall building.
He knew nothing about it.
Shaykh: May Allah be blessed!
Sulayman ((Abu Guaith)): I was sitting with the Shaykh in a room,
then I left to go to another room where there was a TV set. The TV
broadcasted the big event. The scene was showing an Egyptian family
sitting in their living room, they exploded with joy. Do you know
when there is a soccer game and your team wins, it was the same
expression of joy. There was a subtitle that read: "In revenge for
the children of Al Aqsa', Usama Bin Ladin executes an operation
against America." So I went back to the Shaykh (meaning UBL) who was
sitting in a room with 50 to 60 people. I tried to tell him about
what I saw, but he made gesture with his hands, meaning: "I know, I
know..."
UBL: He did not know about the operation. Not everybody knew
(...inaudible...). Muhammad ((Atta)) from the Egyptian family
(meaning the Al Qa'ida Egyptian group), was in charge of the group.
Shaykh: A plane crashing into a tall building was out of anyone's
imagination. This was a great job. He was one of the pious men in
the organization. He became a martyr. Allah bless his soul.
Shaykh (Referring to dreams and visions): The plane that he saw
crashing into the building was seen before by more than one person.
One of the good religious people has left everything and come here.
He told me, "I saw a vision, I was in a huge plane, long and wide. I
was carrying it on my shoulders and I walked from the road to the
desert for half a kilometer. I was dragging the plane." I listened to
him and I prayed to Allah to help him. Another person told me that
last year he saw, but I didn't understand and I told him I don't
understand. He said, "I saw people who left for jihad...and they
found themselves in New York...in Washington and New York." I said,
"What is this?" He told me the plane hit the building. That was last
year. We haven't thought much about it. But, when the incidents
happened he came to me and said, "Did you see...this is strange." I
have another man...my god...he said and swore by Allah that his wife
had seen the incident a week earlier. She saw the plane crashing
into a building...that was unbelievable, my god.
UBL: The brothers, who conducted the operation, all they knew was
that they have a martyrdom operation and we asked each of them to go
to America but they didn't know anything about the operation, not
even one letter. But they were trained and we did not reveal the
operation to them until they are there and just before they boarded
the planes.
UBL: (...inaudible...) then he said: Those who were trained to fly
didn't know the others. One group of people did not know the other
group. (...inaudible...)
(Someone in the crowd asks UBL to tell the Shaykh about the dream of
((Abu-Da'ud)).
UBL: We were at a camp of one of the brother's guards in Qandahar.
This brother belonged to the majority of the group. He came close
and told me that he saw, in a dream, a tall building in America, and
in the same dream he saw Mukhtar teaching them how to play karate.
At that point, I was worried that maybe the secret would be revealed
if everyone starts seeing it in their dream. So I closed the
subject. I told him if he sees another dream, not to tell anybody,
because people will be upset with him. (Another person's voice can be
heard recounting his dream about two planes hitting a big building).
UBL: They were overjoyed when the first plane hit the building, so I
said to them: be patient.
UBL: The difference between the first and the second plane hitting
the towers was twenty minutes. And the difference between the first
plane and the plane that hit the Pentagon was one hour.
Shaykh: They (the Americans) were terrified thinking there was a
coup.
[Note: Ayman Al-Zawahri says first he commended UBL's awareness of
what the media is saying. Then he says it was the first time for
them (Americans) to feel danger coming at them.]
UBL (reciting a poem):
I witness that against the sharp blade
They always faced difficulties and stood together...
When the darkness comes upon us and we are bit by a
Sharp tooth, I say...
"Our homes are flooded with blood and the tyrant
Is freely wandering in our homes"...
And from the battlefield vanished
The brightness of swords and the horses...
And over weeping sounds now
We hear the beats of drums and rhythm...
They are storming his forts
And shouting: "We will not stop our raids
Until you free our lands"...
[Bin Laden visit footage complete. Footage of the visit to the
helicopter site follows the poem.]
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