10/16/01 - Extract from bin laden 9/11 denial
"I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle." [Public Action]
05/19/05 - Purported Zarqawi Tape Says Killing of Muslims Is Justified
A tape said to have been recorded by terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search) condemns the new government in Baghdad and claims the killing of fellow Muslims is justified in attacks against U.S. soldiers and Iraqi security forces. "God ordered us to attack the infidels by all means ... even if armed infidels and unintended victims — women and children — are killed together," the speaker said. "The priority is for jihad so anything that slows down jihad should be overcome." [FOXNews]
06/30/06 - Praise for Zarqawi in new 'Bin Laden' broadcast
A new audio message purportedly by Osama bin Laden was broadcast today in which he eulogises the late leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, as a "knight, the lion of holy war". The message emerged on an Islamic website and played alongside an old still image of Bin Laden and previously seen video footage of Zarqawi, who was killed by a US airstrike north-east of Baghdad on June 7. Bin Laden effusively praised the Jordanian-born militant, who some saw as a growing challenger to Bin Laden's status as leader of the global Islamist jihad, often using rhyming couplets. [Guardian]
Why would bin Laden praise Zarqawi?
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/binladen_zarqawi.html