Adornado
10-29-2004, 07:21 AM
Osama bin Laden's terrorist group today threatened to make America's streets "run red with blood" in a new video timed to coincide with the US election.
Describing himself as "Assam the American", he claims to be an agent of Bin Laden's al Qaeda network. He praises the September 11 attackers and hints at revenge if President Bush is re-elected next week.
"What took place on September 11 was but the opening salvo of the global war on America and, our Lord willing, the magnitude and ferocity of what is coming your way will make you forget all about September 11," he states during a 75-minute tirade. "After decades of American tyranny, now it's your turn to die.
"You are guilty. You're as guilty as Bush and Cheney. You're as guilty as Rumsfeld and Ashcroft and Powell."
He goes on: "The streets of America shall run red with blood, matching drop for drop the blood of America's victims," and adds that America will "mourn in silence because they will be unable to count the number of the dead".
The video was obtained by ABC News from a contact in Pakistan. The station said it paid $500 for the tape which bears the logo of al Qaeda's usual video production house, As-Sahab.
There was no official confirmation from intelligence agencies that the tape was genuine and officials said they had not yet identified the speaker.
But there was speculation the chief suspect was a Californian man who had converted to Islam, someone the CIA said had been trained at a terrorist camp in Afghanistan.
Describing himself as "Assam the American", he claims to be an agent of Bin Laden's al Qaeda network. He praises the September 11 attackers and hints at revenge if President Bush is re-elected next week.
"What took place on September 11 was but the opening salvo of the global war on America and, our Lord willing, the magnitude and ferocity of what is coming your way will make you forget all about September 11," he states during a 75-minute tirade. "After decades of American tyranny, now it's your turn to die.
"You are guilty. You're as guilty as Bush and Cheney. You're as guilty as Rumsfeld and Ashcroft and Powell."
He goes on: "The streets of America shall run red with blood, matching drop for drop the blood of America's victims," and adds that America will "mourn in silence because they will be unable to count the number of the dead".
The video was obtained by ABC News from a contact in Pakistan. The station said it paid $500 for the tape which bears the logo of al Qaeda's usual video production house, As-Sahab.
There was no official confirmation from intelligence agencies that the tape was genuine and officials said they had not yet identified the speaker.
But there was speculation the chief suspect was a Californian man who had converted to Islam, someone the CIA said had been trained at a terrorist camp in Afghanistan.