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Bin Laden Slams EU Over Prophet Cartoons

19 March 2008

Bin Laden Slams EU Over Prophet Cartoons

CAIRO, EGYPT: Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden addressed the "wise men" of the European Union in a new audio message late Wednesday, slamming the publication of drawings insulting to the Prophet Muhammad and vowing a strong reaction.

The message, which appeared on a militant Web site that has carried al-Qaida statements in the past and bore the logo of the extremist group's media wing al-Sahab, showed a still image of bin Laden aiming with an AK-47.

A voice believed to be bin Laden's described the attacks of the Europeans on women and children but said these "paled (in comparison) when you went overboard in your unbelief and freed yourselves of the etiquettes of dispute and fighting and went to the extent of publishing these insulting drawings, this is the greatest misfortune and the most dangerous..." <Developing>

-- Source/continues at: Google/AP: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h0ara
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OBL: Revenge for Republishing Offensive Cartoons Will Be Severe

Says Reprinting the Cartoons More Serious Than Killing Women and Children

A jihadist Web site Wednesday posted a message from Osama bin Laden chiding the European Union for allowing newspapers to republish cartoons insulting the prophet Muhammad.

Listen to Bin Laden's New Message in his five-minute audio message (below) entitled, "The Response Is What You See, Not What You Hear." Bin Laden accuses Europeans of abandoning the "etiquettes of disputes and morals of fighting."

-- Source/continues: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4484466&page=1

-- Listen to the Video: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4484362

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