Posted by Ben on 1/14/2009, 8:41 am
Bin Laden Challenges Obama in New Audio Message
"Is America Capable of Fighting Us After Bush?" Osama Asks.
In a direct challenge to President-elect Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden questions whether America "is capable to keep fighting us" in a new audio message attributed to him Wednesday morning on an internet website with a challenge to the U.S., and implicitly the incoming Obama administration.
"Now America is begging the world for money," bin Laden says, "and the USA will not be as powerful as it used to be."
"This rapid failing for America was one of the reasons that the Israelis started their attacks against Gaza and just to make use of what's left of the Bush term," he says.
Bin Laden makes reference to Vice-President elect Joseph Biden, quoting him as saying "the financial crisis is bigger than we expected" and the al Qaeda leader counsels patience in continuing to fight the U.S.
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