New Bin Laden Audio Message Released
World | May 19, 2011, Thursday // 11:17| views
Al-Qaeda has released a message from slain leader Osama bin Laden praising the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia and urging Muslims to take advantage of a "rare historic opportunity" to rise up, US monitors said. Photo by EPA/BGNES
A recording purported to have been made by Osama Bin Laden shortly before he died has been released by al-Qaeda.
In the 12-minute recording, Bin Laden praises the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt but makes no mention of the uprisings in Syria, Libya and Yemen.
"I think that the winds of change will blow over the entire Muslim world, with permission from Allah," he says.
"There is a serious crossroads before you, and a great and rare historic opportunity to rise up with the Ummah (Muslim community) and to free yourselves from servitude to the desires of the rulers, man-made law, and Western dominance," he also says.
"So, what are you waiting for? Save yourselves and your children, because the opportunity is here".
The audio message appeared on a video posted on Islamist websites, and has been translated by the US monitoring group SITE intelligence.
Bin Laden was shot dead by US Navy Seals at a Pakistan compound on 2 May.
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