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Osama bin Laden Condemns U.N.
Saturday, November 3, 2001
(10:29 PM ET)
The Associated Press

"This is a matter of belief and ideology, not like (President) Bush and (British Prime Minister Tony) Blair paint it as a war against terrorism."

CAIRO, Egypt -- AP
Osama bin Laden condemned Arab leaders who turn to the United Nations for peace negotiations, saying in a videotape broadcast Saturday that this amounts to a renunciation of Islam. "They are infidels," said bin Laden, whom the United States believes was behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington that killed thousands of people.

"Those who claim they are the leaders of Arabs and are still in the United Nations have renounced the message of Muhammad. Those who resort to international legitimacy are renouncing the legitimacy of the holy book and the legacy of the Prophet Muhammad," he said.

"Today, without any evidence, the United Nations issues decisions supporting the oppressive, tyrannical and arrogant America against those oppressed who have emerged from a ferocious war at the hands of the Soviet Union," he said, referring to the Afghan struggle against the Soviet occupation of 1979-89.

Al-Jazeera television, based in the Gulf emirate of Qatar, said the video was delivered to its office in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital.
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It’s actually kind of fun to watch an asshole’s house of cards collapse. Maybe he’ll have more tapes released that can bury him even deeper. Aiming his sights on every nation on the U.N. was a great way to seal his coffin.

Waiting for tomorrow's headlines,
Dan