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Alleged Bin Laden Tape Offers Europe Truce, Not U.S.
Thu Apr 15, 2004 06:51 AM ET
By Ghaida Ghantous
DUBAI (Reuters) - A purported audio tape by Osama bin Laden, aired on Arab
television Thursday, offered a truce to Europeans if they pulled troops
out of Muslim nati##被过滤## but vowed to continue fighting the United States and
Israel.
The voice on the tape, which sounded like that on previous broadcasts
believed to be genuine, also said that the March 11 train bombings in
Madrid that killed 191 people were retaliation for Spain's role in Iraq,
Afghanistan and with the Palestinians.
"I offer a truce to them (Europe) with a commitment to stop operati##被过滤##
against any state which vows to stop attacking Muslims or interfere in
their affairs," the voice said.
"The announcement of the truce starts with the withdrawal of the last
soldier from our land and the door is open for three months from the date
of the announcement of this statement.
"Whoever rejects this truce and wants war, we are its (war's) s##被过滤## and
whoever wants this truce, here we bring it."
The address to Europe looked like an attempt to exploit transatlantic
differences over the war in Iraq and the Middle East peace process and
notably wide disquiet among European voters and some governments about
U.S. foreign policy.
In the first reaction by a European state, Italian Foreign Minister Franco
Frattini ruled out any talks with the al Qaeda leader. "It is completely
unthinkable that we could start negotiati##被过滤## with bin Laden. Everyone
understands that."
British officials told Sky television that London would not negotiate with
militants and the idea of an armistice with terrorists was "an absurdity."
It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the tape
broadcast by Dubai-based Al Arabiya and Qatar-based Al Jazeera channels.
The CIA has said some previous tapes allegedly by bin Laden were likely to
be genuine.
The Saudi-born fugitive blamed for the September 11 attacks on U.S. cities
in 2001 is believed to be in hiding somewhere in Afghanistan or on the
Pakistan frontier.
"President (George W.) Bush and leaders in his sphere, big media
instituti##被过滤## and the United Nati##被过滤## ... all of them are a fatal danger to
the world, and the Zionist lobby is their most dangerous and difficult
member, and we insist, God willing, on continuing to fight them," the man
on the tape said.
He vowed revenge on Israel and the United States for the death of Hamas
leader Ahmed Yassin, killed last month in Gaza.
TRUCE FOR SPAIN
Speaking of Sept. 11 and this year's March 11 bombings in Spain, he said:
"Our acti##被过滤## come in resp##被过滤##e to your acti##被过滤## of destroying and killing
our people in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. It is enough to witness the
event that shocked the world, the killing of the elderly, wheelchair-bound
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, God have mercy on him, and we pledge to God to take
revenge on America."
"What happened on September 11 and March 11 are your goods returned to you
so that you know security is a necessity for all."
Madrid sent troops to Iraq after Saddam Hussein was toppled and has a
contingent in Afghanistan. Militants claiming al Qaeda links claimed
resp##被过滤##ibility for the Madrid bombs, which have raised pressure on the
government to withdraw troops from Iraq.
Spain believes most of the bombers are among Moroccans now in custody or
who died in a suicide blast two weeks ago. It says they may well have had
links to al Qaeda.
"This is a message to our neighbors north of the Mediterranean Sea with a
proposal for truce in resp##被过滤##e to the positive reacti##被过滤## which emerged
there," the tape said.
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