Sunday, July 15, 2007

Usama Bin Laden appears in new video, officials probe authenticity



He himself said ‘By Him in Whose Hands my life is!I would love to attack and be martyred, then attack again and be martyred, then attack again and be martyred.’

Those are the words of Osama Bin Laden in a short clip from a longer As Sahab video obtained by LauraMansfield.com. In the clip, 50 seconds long, Bin Laden says:

The seal of the prophets and all messengers (reference to Prophet Mohammed), prayers and peace be upon him, wished this status. So be alert, be wise and think.What is this status that the best of mankind wished for himself? He wished to be a martyr. He wished upon himself this status. Happy is the one who was chosen by god as a martyr.

The remainder of the video includes various clips showing jihadist fighters reading their final wills, as well as statements from new Al Qaeda in Afghanistan commander Abu Yazid.

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