By SALAH NASRAWI, Associated Press Writer Salah Nasrawi, Associated Press Writer   – 

CAIRO – Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden issued a new audio message claiming responsibility for the Christmas day airline bombing attempt in Detroit and vowed further attacks.

The message suggests that bin Laden wants to show he remains in direct command of al-Qaida's many branches around the world.

In a short recording carried by the Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel, bin Laden addressed President Barack Obama saying the attack was a message similar to that of Sept. 11 and more attacks against the U.S. would be forthcoming.

"[b]The message delivered to you through the plane of the heroic warrior Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab [/b]was a confirmation of the previous messages sent by the heroes of the Sept. 11," he said.

"America will never dream of security unless we will have it in reality in Palestine," he added. "God willing, our raids on you will continue as long as your support for the Israelis continues."

On Christmas Day, Nigerian national Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up the Northwest Airlines flight he was sitting on as it approached Detroit Metro Airport. But the bomb he was hiding in his underwear failed to explode.

He told federal agents shortly afterward that he had been trained and instructed in the plot by al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula originally took credit for the attack, but by issuing this message, bin Laden is indicating that he himself is ordering attacks, rather than just putting his seal of approval on events afterward.

Analysts had previously suggested that al-Qaida's offshoots in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and elsewhere were operated independently from bin Laden, who is believed to be somewhere in Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.

There was no way to confirm the voice was actually that of Bin Laden, but it resembled previous recordings attributed to him.

In the past year, bin Laden's messages have concentrated heavily on the plight of the Palestinians in attempt to rally support across the region.

Many analysts believe that bin Laden is worried about Obama's popularity across the Middle East with his promises to withdraw from Iraq and personal background, so the al-Qaida leader is focusing on the close U.S.-Israeli relationship.

The suffering of the Palestinians, especially in the blockaded Gaza Strip where 1,400 died during an Israeli offensive there last year, angered many in the Arab world.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, Andy David, dismissed the latest al-Qaida message and its attempt to link Israel with attacks on the U.S.

"This is nothing new, he has said this before. Terrorists always look for absurd excuses for their despicable deeds," he said.

The last public message from bin Laden appears to have been on Sept. 26, when he demanded that European countries pull their troops out of Afghanistan. The order came in an audiotape that also warned of "retaliation" against nations that are allied with the United States in fighting the war.

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More troubles for Farouk?
He's now a confirmed bin Laden boy.

Ooop! you beat me to it,

Nigerians beware, this is comfirming the boy link with osama bin ladin

The boy don enter american soup for real

More troubles for the boy and Naija in general.
That boy is Satan himself.

who says Nigeria doesnt have terrorists. Where are the skeptics who allege that Farouk is a novice to be a bomber?

I believe the Diaper Bomber experienced premature detonation, otherwise we would have seen a very gruesome result from the explosive device. . .

This piece of information just drove the last nail in Mumutallab's coffin.

Until islam is wiped out,terrorism will never cease.This bast-ards alqaeda kill in Gods name according to d quran jihad.Mohammad their leader murdered millions.Very soon Bin laden will av alqaeda arm in northern Nigeria,boko haram&jos crisis.Hav u ever seen an atheist,xtian,etc group openly defending terrorism? No its only islam dat does dat.Nigeria is in big problem.72 virgins in hell fire are waiting 4 osama on judgement day

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who says Nigeria doesnt have terrorists. Where are the skeptics  who allege that Farouk is a novice to be a bomber?

Terrorists have been in Nigeria since the 50's. We  are just not accustomed to the Diaper clad types that would blow themselves to smithereens, starting from the wee- wee.

For over a week i have been shouting for these people to accept education, fight poverty(almajiri culture) and become enlightened. But How many non-muslims in Nigeria have the education , wealth, enlightenment and exposure of Farouq ? I guess my proposed solution to the hausa religious violence problem was wrong all along.

There was no way to confirm the voice was actually that of Bin Laden, but it resembled previous recordings attributed to him.

Interesting. . . . . .

Folks don't get excersized

More than anything this once again confirms what Al-Qaeda is. It is a movement built on propaganda which depends on brainwashed minds like mutallab to flourish.

I can bet my last kobo that it is possible that 1hr to the detroit bombimg Bin Laden did not know there was going to be bombing. There is no evidence of direct operational control of activities between Bin Laden or Ayman Al-Zaawahiri and the brainwashed men who carry out these bombings.

What happens is once these is a bombing Bin Laden sits in his hole to claim credit for it.
More than anything it is just a distraction to FBI and CIA to create fear and undermine the intelligence efforts by leading them into investigating un-existent links.

Nigeria condones terrorism within its ranks and I am not worried about the inclusion of Nigeria in terror watch list but surely the kind of terror by al-qaeda where the sole objective is to blow themselves and oyibo people up is not necessarily a Nigerian thing.

I don't even believe that Bin Laden is the one talking on the tape. Multitudes know by now that he was not responsible for 9/11 and yet here is recording of 'him' claiming to be responsible for it.

Let us accept the fact! Nigeria is a country that condones terrorism. Just days after mutallab we have had 2 or 3 major religious crisis with bloodletting. The Nigerian government is sympathetic to religious extremists from the north hence no serious prosecution of culprits.
USA was very diplomatic and matured in classifying us as 'country of interest' ideally we should be classified as a terrorist country. Remember there was wild jubilation in the. North after Sept 11th. Yemeni govt is actively combatting al-quaida bombing and making arrests
While the dimwits in abuja were giving ultimatum to US. I foresee us being classified as a frontline terrorist country soon ahead of yemenm, saudi, iraq or even afghanistan

I don't even believe that Bin Laden is the one talking on the tape. Multitudes know by now that he was not responsible for 9/11 and yet here is recording of 'him' claiming to be responsible for it.

Cyberfreak:

I don't even believe that Bin Laden is the one talking on the tape. Multitudes know by now that he was not responsible for 9/11 and yet here is recording of 'him' claiming to be responsible for it.

Thats part of what we are saying. Bin Laden not responsible for 9/11

Yusufi take am easy abeg

So,That B*sta*d Bin Laden is still alive?

@mikeansy, I don't understand your last statement. What do you mean?
@klarry79,But you are not addressing the topic.
And as for your saying that Nigeria condones terrorism, that may well be so but the people who named Nigeria 'a country of interest', did not do so because we have ethnic and religious clashes in Nigeria (which other countries also have by the way but are nowhere on that list) rather we were called so because of Farouk Muttalab. A boy who was not trained to be a terrorist in Nigeria and was radicalised in Britain. We are 'a country of interest' simply because he is a Nigerian.
That is it.
So it is not justified.
Since this is the case, why isnt Britain also a country of interest? And by the way, who made the U.S. a world government with the right to place tags on countries.?

Me think that the plan wasnt for Abdul to detonate the bomb.Otherwise he wld have done that long b4 the plane attempts to land.Or better still,he wld have gone into the restroom to detonate the bomb.I think al quada wants to use him to warn the US.

Cyber. Are you saying we're not a terrorist nation. Because it's one day a country joins the terror squad. Why did if pass through nigeria in the first place.

^What do you mean "its one day a country joins the terror squad"? What is 'terror squad'?
And I don't know what passed through Nigeria. Is it the plane? Or Al qaeda?

ReachRich:

Me think that the plan wasnt for Abdul to detonate the bomb.Otherwise he wld have done that long b4 the plane attempts to land.Or better still,he wld have gone into the restroom to detonate the bomb.I think al quada wants to use him to warn the US.

But I heard, they wanted the explosion to take place in US soil.

Terror squads are countries that secretly align with terrorists in the name of islam. And the any passed through nigeria for a reason k guess.

Cyberfreak:

I don't even believe that Bin Laden is the one talking on the tape. Multitudes know by now that he was not responsible for 9/11 and yet here is recording of 'him' claiming to be responsible for it.

Does it matter if it was Bin Laden or not?
What matters is that he has taken credit and he is an enemy of the US.

An friend of the enemy is also an enemy of the US.

Bin laden is a coward. If he is courageous and strong enough let him show himself.

Does it matter if it was Bin Laden or not?
What matters is that he has taken credit

Do you even understand yourself?
@revolt,
I was not aware that Nigeria is in 'terrorist squad'. And please produce what proof you have that there is an alliance between Nigeria and terrorists.

everyday is for d thief but one day is for the owner
pls where is OAMJ i need to talk to him,

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Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion.[1] At present, there is no internationally agreed definition of terrorism.[2][3] Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack), and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).

In a country where people kill others in the name of religion I wonder why people are getting excersized when we are included on terror watch list. It is ok to draw comparism with the British shoe bomber but the British Government will not turn a blind eye while some group kills others in the name of religion or tribe.

see the FBI definition of terror below

“The use of serious violence against persons or property, or threat to use such
violence, to intimidate or coerce a government, the public or any section of the
public, in order to promote political, social or ideological objectives.”

I think instead of looking for a diplomatic row, we should get our acts together

all those who occupy high places in politics who plot to kill others in the name of religion must be tried in a law court and sent to jail. That is how to end this madness.

Historical evidence has shown that it is the policy of the Nigerian Government to ignore terrorist and religious acts perpetrated in the name of Sharia.

So the whole protest on being put on a terror watch list is delusional, self decieving, living in denial and most importantly out of place.

cyberfreak
I don't even believe that Bin Laden is the one talking on the tape. Multitudes know by now that he was not responsible for 9/11 and yet here is recording of 'him' claiming to be responsible for it.

Maybe you are reading  tons of documents related to 9/11 written by Northern radical clerics only if they knew how to write. Or maybe you read materials from Ikebe Super Magazine. If u dont agree with the US, dont come here to share ignorance cos we already ve had enough.You are not an expert on terrorism, that "I dont believe " clause  doesn't change anything and it makes you sound insular, and devoid of any current affairs.


And as for your saying that Nigeria condones terrorism, that may well be so but the people who named Nigeria 'a country of interest, did not do so because we have ethnic and religious clashes in Nigeria (which other countries also have by the way but are nowhere on that list) rather we were called so because of Farouk Muttalab. A boy who was not trained to be a terrorist in Nigeria and was radicalised in Britain. We are 'a country of interest' simply because he is a Nigerian.
That is it.
So it is not justified.
Since this is the case, why isnt Britain also a country of interest? And by the way, who made the U.S. a world government with the right to place tags on countries.

Maybe they should have called Nigeria a country of interest when all these Jihadists and Boko Harams have taken over Abuja and Lagos.U keep trivialising the magnitude of these problems. Osama Bin Laden, even though U believe is a character in Tales By Moonlight, had mentioned Nigeria in some of his speeches and your so called friends in Aso Rock and northern elite kept  and are still keeping mum because they benefit from the status quo.in your warped thinking, a country harbouring Jihadists who kill and maim in the name of their God is not terrorism. Maybe you should go and live in Jos and try to tell these guys not to kill and see if you can make it alive to write your stories.  When a section of the country sympathises with  Taliban and Muslims over a cartoon in Denmark and feels the blood of their  country men/women should be used to appease fellow Muslims- then this should be treated as terrorism. Or it's OK  for Nigerians to be killed in the name of Islam since "other" countries are having the same problems.I wonder if UK is also among  since it's not listed as a country of interest by the US.UK has laws in the books dealing with terrorism and has  prosecuted all the terrorists, while your country is still in denial.

^You are too emotional over this issue for me to bother trying to get my points (which you grossly misunderstood) across to you clearly, so if believing all the drivel you typed above is what makes you happy, then by all means, be overjoyed.

Cyberfreak:

I don't even believe that Bin Laden is the one talking on the tape. Multitudes know by now that he was not responsible for 9/11 and yet here is recording of 'him' claiming to be responsible for it.

So even when videotapes came out with the bombers walking around with Bin Laden, even when videos of the bombers making their last will and praising Bin Laden were released, you still no dey hear word?

As a wise man said, "There are none so blind as those who will not see!"

I don't even believe that Bin Laden is the one talking on the tape. Multitudes know by now that he was not responsible for 9/11 and yet here is recording of 'him' claiming to be responsible for it.

thats correct.

We all know that Bin laden has been long dead after tora bora bombing with his worsening liver problem.

The USA needs to keep the war-going for their selfish aims and they need 'voice recording' of Bin Laden to continue their brain washing of weak minded people.

Only a fool will believe a country that lied straight face to the whole in UN that Saddam had WMD!

Cyberfreak:

Do you even understand yourself?

If you don't understand that elementary statement,
Kindly change your name to cyberdummy.

otawa:

thats correct.

We all know that Bin laden has been long dead after tora bora bombing with his worsening liver problem.

The USA needs to keep the war-going for their selfish aims and they need 'voice recording' of Bin Laden to continue their brain washing of weak minded people.

Only a fool will believe a country that lied straight face to the whole in UN that Saddam had WMD!

Really?
Not all of us know sha. Maybe only you.

You people enjoy self deceit.
The Arabs and Muslims in general are terrorists.

I don't blame the US for entering those countries under any guise.
What has been done to stop the ethnic violence in Northern Nigeria over the years? Nothing !!!

I'd even like the US to invade the North under the guise of looking for WMD.
Let's get rid of those bigots once and for all.