The
following is the text of the tape as broadcast by al-Arabiya:
Praise be to Almighty God; Peace
and prayers be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and
companions.
This is a message to our
neighbours north of the Mediterranean, containing a
reconciliation initiative as a response to their positive
reactions.
Praise be to God; praise be to
God; praise be to God who created heaven and earth with justice
and who allowed the oppressed to punish the oppressor in the
same way.
Peace upon those who followed the
right path:
'Oppression kills the
oppressors'
In my hands there is a message to
remind you that justice is a duty towards those whom you love
and those whom you do not. And people's rights will not be
harmed if the opponent speaks out about them.
The greatest rule of safety is
justice, and stopping injustice and aggression. It was said:
Oppression kills the oppressors and the hotbed of injustice is
evil. The situation in occupied Palestine is an example. What
happened on 11 September [2001] and 11 March [the Madrid train
bombings] is your commodity that was returned to you.
It is known that security is a
pressing necessity for all mankind. We do not agree that you
should monopolise it only for yourselves. Also, vigilant people
do not allow their politicians to tamper with their security.
Having said this, we would like
to inform you that labelling us and our acts as terrorism is
also a description of you and of your acts. Reaction comes at
the same level as the original action. Our acts are reaction to
your own acts, which are represented by the destruction and
killing of our kinfolk in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine.
The act that horrified the world;
that is, the killing of the old, handicapped [Hamas spiritual
leader] Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, may God have mercy on him, is
sufficient evidence.
We pledge to God that we will
punish America for him, God willing.
Which religion considers your
killed ones innocent and our killed ones worthless? And which
principle considers your blood real blood and our blood water?
Reciprocal treatment is fair and the one who starts injustice
bears greater blame.
'Bloodsuckers'
As for your politicians and those
who have followed their path, who insist on ignoring the real
problem of occupying the entirety of Palestine and exaggerate
lies and falsification regarding our right in defence and
resistance, they do not respect themselves.
They also disdain the blood and
minds of peoples. This is because their falsification increases
the shedding of your blood instead of sparing it.
Moreover, the examining of the
developments that have been taking place, in terms of killings
in our countries and your countries, will make clear an
important fact; namely, that injustice is inflicted on us and on
you by your politicians, who send your sons - although you are
opposed to this - to our countries to kill and be killed.
Therefore, it is in both sides'
interest to curb the plans of those who shed the blood of
peoples for their narrow personal interest and subservience to
the White House gang.
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" The Zionist
lobby is one of the most dangerous and most difficult
figures of this group. God willing, we are determined
to fight them. "
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We must take into consideration that
this war brings billions of dollars in profit to the major
companies, whether it be those that produce weapons or those
that contribute to reconstruction, such as the Halliburton
Company, its sisters and daughters.
Based on this, it is very clear
who is the one benefiting from igniting this war and from the
shedding of blood. It is the warlords, the bloodsuckers, who are
steering the world policy from behind a curtain.
As for President Bush, the
leaders who are revolving in his orbit, the leading media
companies and the United Nations, which makes laws for relations
between the masters of veto and the slaves of the General
Assembly, these are only some of the tools used to deceive and
exploit peoples.
All these pose a fatal threat to
the whole world.
The Zionist lobby is one of the
most dangerous and most difficult figures of this group. God
willing, we are determined to fight them.
'Reconciliation initiative'
Based on the above, and in order
to deny war merchants a chance and in response to the positive
interaction shown by recent events and opinion polls, which
indicate that most European peoples want peace, I ask honest
people, especially ulema, preachers and merchants, to form a
permanent committee to enlighten European peoples of the justice
of our causes, above all Palestine. They can make use of the
huge potential of the media.
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"The door of
reconciliation is open for three months of the date
of announcing this statement. "
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I also offer a reconciliation
initiative to them, whose essence is our commitment to stopping
operations against every country that commits itself to not
attacking Muslims or interfering in their affairs - including
the US conspiracy on the greater Muslim world.
This reconciliation can be
renewed once the period signed by the first government expires
and a second government is formed with the consent of both
parties.
The reconciliation will start
with the departure of its last soldier from our country.
The door of reconciliation is
open for three months of the date of announcing this statement.
For those who reject
reconciliation and want war, we are ready.
As for those who want
reconciliation, we have given them a chance. Stop shedding our
blood so as to preserve your blood. It is in your hands to apply
this easy, yet difficult, formula. You know that the situation
will expand and increase if you delay things.
If this happens, do not blame us
- blame yourselves.
A rational person does not
relinquish his security, money and children to please the liar
of the White House.
Had he been truthful about his
claim for peace, he would not describe the person who ripped
open pregnant women in Sabra and Shatila [reference to Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon] and the destroyer of the
capitulation process [reference to the Palestinian-Israeli peace
process] as a man of peace.
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"Reality proves
our truthfulness and his [George Bush's] lie. "
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He also would not have lied to
people and said that we hate freedom and kill for the sake of
killing. Reality proves our truthfulness and his lie.
The killing of the Russians was
after their invasion of Afghanistan and Chechnya; the killing of
Europeans was after their invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan; and
the killing of Americans on the day of New York [reference to 11
September] was after their support of the Jews in Palestine and
their invasion of the Arabian Peninsula.
Also, killing them in Somalia was
after their invasion of it in Operation Restore Hope. We made
them leave without hope, praise be to God.
It is said that prevention is
better than cure. A happy person is he who learns a lesson from
the experience of others.
Heeding right is better than
persisting in falsehood.
Peace be upon those who follow
guidance.
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