In a statement, publicized through the al-Jazeera Arab news network, terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden said that he would support the orphans of those Pakistanis who were killed by Pakistani police during anti-American protests in Karachi. Bin Laden wrote that he asks Allah ?to accept them as martyrs and to join them with the prophets, the caliphs and the martyrs and those of goodwill?? However, Bin Laden is not satisfied with only their deaths, rather ?[w]e hope that these brothers will be the first martyrs in the battle of Islam in this era against the new [infidel] Jewish and Christian crusader campaign that is led by the Chief Crusader Bush under the banner of the cross.?
According to the terrorist leader, individual martyrdom is still just a start. He expects ?the Muslim nation in Pakistan [to] die defending Islam?? In order to prevent his demise or arrest, Bin Laden calls on all of Pakistan, which he says is ?on the front line,? to be willing to emulate the Afghani Mujahadeen of twenty years ago, who were ?defending [Afghanistan] and Pakistan during the Russian invasion?? He insists that ?our Muslim brothers in Pakistan? use all their means to resist the invasion of the American crusader forces in Pakistan and Afghanistan.?
?If Allah allows you to win, there will be no defeat; if he chooses that you
will be defeated, nothing will allow you to win; therefore, depend on Allah,? Bin Laden advised. Removing any doubt as to who he sees as representing authentic dependency on the will of Allah, Bin Laden wrote that he and his cadres are ?steadfast in the way of jihad? under the leadership of our prince, the warrior Mullah Mohammed Omar [leader of the Taliban].?
According to the terrorist leader, individual martyrdom is still just a start. He expects ?the Muslim nation in Pakistan [to] die defending Islam?? In order to prevent his demise or arrest, Bin Laden calls on all of Pakistan, which he says is ?on the front line,? to be willing to emulate the Afghani Mujahadeen of twenty years ago, who were ?defending [Afghanistan] and Pakistan during the Russian invasion?? He insists that ?our Muslim brothers in Pakistan? use all their means to resist the invasion of the American crusader forces in Pakistan and Afghanistan.?
?If Allah allows you to win, there will be no defeat; if he chooses that you
will be defeated, nothing will allow you to win; therefore, depend on Allah,? Bin Laden advised. Removing any doubt as to who he sees as representing authentic dependency on the will of Allah, Bin Laden wrote that he and his cadres are ?steadfast in the way of jihad? under the leadership of our prince, the warrior Mullah Mohammed Omar [leader of the Taliban].?