Recorded Message from Osama bin Laden

(31 Oct 2001) Recorded Message from Osama bin Laden (Oct 2001) APTN has bought the rights to this video from Al-Jazeera. There is an Al-Jazeera logo in vision throughout this video. Set up shot of Al Qaeda spokesman, plus Osama bin Laden, plus Ayman El-Zawahri (Head of Egyptian Islamic Jihad - glasses, white turban) SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama bin Laden, Leader of Al Qaeda: “This America, God struck it in its heart and destroyed its biggest buildings, so we have to thank God for that. America was filled with terror from the north to the south and from east to west. What America is living through today is nothing compared to what we have been living through for decades. Our nation has been living for more than 80 years with this kind of oppression. Its people are being killed and slaughtered and its religious symbols attacked but nobody listened or responded. But now God blessed a group of Muslims and opened His doors before them, so they were able to destroy America and I hope God will