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To: epsteinbd who wrote (4378)	9/24/2001 12:52:48 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Respond to of 23908

TV: Bin Laden Urges Pakistanis to Defend Afghans DUBAI (Reuters) - A Gulf Arab satellite television station Monday quoted Osama bin Laden, the top suspect in September 11 attacks in the United States, as urging Pakistanis to fight any assault on Afghanistan by ``crusader Americans.'' ``We incite our Muslim brothers in Pakistan to deter with all their capabilities the American crusaders from invading Pakistan and Afghanistan,'' Qatar's al-Jazeera television reported him as saying in a statement dated September 23. Washington wants Afghanistan-based bin Laden ``dead or alive'' for what it sees as his guiding hand in the suicide plane attacks in New York and Washington that killed thousands of people. Bin Laden has denied any role in the attacks. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the statement's authenticity. An editor at Jazeera said the Qatar-based satellite channel, which interviewed the Saudi-born militant in Afghanistan in 1999, considered the statement genuine. ``I assure you, dear brothers, that we are firm on the road of jihad (holy struggle) for the sake of God inspired by His Prophet, may peace be upon him, and with the heroic faithful Afghani people under the leadership of the emir of the faithful Mullah Mohammed Omar,'' the statement said, referring to the reclusive leader of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. The statement said it was being sent to express condolences for what it called the killing of Muslims in recent disturbances in Karachi related to U.S. plans to use Pakistan in its campaign of retaliation against the suicide-hijacks. ``We hope those brothers (killed in Karachi) are the first martyrs in the battle of Islam in this age,'' it said. ``The new Jewish Crusader campaign is led by the biggest crusader Bush under the banner of the cross,'' it said in reference to President Bush. The statement faxed to Jazeera was typed in Arabic, signed ''Osama bin Laden'' in typed letters and signed in handwriting by ''Osama Mohammad.'' dailynews.yahoo.com