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Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden (AP)
Last update - 15:46 19/05/2008
Bin Laden: All Muslims must help end Gaza siege
By News Agencies
Tags: Osama Bin Laden, Israel 

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden lashed out at Arab leaders for sacrificing the Palestinians in a new message released Sunday and he
called on Muslim militants in Egypt to help break the blockade of Gaza.

"Those (Arab) kings and leaders sacrificed Palestine and Al-Aqsa to keep their crowns. ... But we will not be relieved of this responsibility," bin Laden said in the audio message posted on an Islamic militant Web site where al-Qaida leaders issue their statements.
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Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City is one of the holiest sites for
Muslims.

Israel and Egypt have closed their borders with Gaza since the Islamic
militant group Hamas violently seized control of the Palestinian territory in June of last year.

The closure has deepened economic hardship in the already impoverished strip where 1.4 million Palestinians live.

"Each one of us is responsible for the death of our vulnerable people in Gaza where scores have died because of the blockade," bin Laden said.
He urged Muslim militants in Egypt to try to end the closure.

They are the only ones close to its borders and they must work on breaking this blockade, he said.

In his last message, posted on Friday to mark Israel's 60th anniversary, Bin Laden vowed to continue fighting Israel and its allies in the West.

In that message, Bin Laden said Muslims must not give up an inch of Palestinian land.

"We will continue, God permitting, the fight against the Israelis and their allies ... and will not give up a single inch of Palestine as long as there is one true Muslim on earth," the Saudi-born al-Qaida leader said.

Bin Laden said Israel's anniversary celebrations were a reminder that it did not exist 60 years ago, and had been established on land seized from Palestinians by force.

"This is evidence that Palestine is our land, and the Israelis are invaders and occupiers who should be fought," he said.

In a message on March 20, he urged Muslims to maintain the struggle against U.S. forces in Iraq as a path toward "liberating Palestine."

Al-Qaida has vowed attacks on Jews both inside and outside Israel and regularly expresses support for the Palestinians.

The Saudi-born militant leader was based in Afghanistan until its Taliban rule was overthrown by U.S.-led forces in 2001 after the September 11 attacks.

Since then, U.S. and Pakistani officials have said they believe he and his top aide Ayman al-Zawahri are hiding somewhere on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Al Qaeda says it seeks to punish Washington and its allies for bias toward Israel at the expense of Muslims' interests and their "crusades" in Muslim countries - the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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      1.   ISRAEL IS DOOMED 23:37  |  Ehud Bin-Laden 18/05/08
      2.   All muslims must kill Osama 23:43  |  Sadiq M 18/05/08
      3.   Bin 00:19  |  Michael 19/05/08
      4.   #1 - Ehud Bin Laden 00:34  |  Eric 19/05/08
      5.   bin Laden, a "Johnny-come-lately" 00:36  |  Sam C 19/05/08
      6.   Osama is right on one thing 00:42  |  Freethinker 19/05/08
      7.   I can`t wait 00:54  |  Harry 19/05/08
      8.   To "Ehoud" 01:07  |  Hansje 19/05/08
      9.   #1 01:25  |  ChanahS 19/05/08
      10.   MUSLIMS! LIFTING GAZA SIEGE IS EASY!!! LETS DO IT! 01:26  |  Yahud Ibrahim 19/05/08
      11.   sadiq M 01:44  |  Nina 19/05/08
      12.   Ridiculous! who is making these pop-up tapes? 01:44  |  Historian 19/05/08
      13.   The Usual Escape Clause 02:10  |  Jeff Northridge 19/05/08
      14.   Bin Laden 02:14  |  Poppy Bison 19/05/08
      15.   # 2 Sadiq.... at least we agree on OBL. 02:25  |  Lynn 19/05/08
      16.   It`s a shame 02:28  |  Colin Wright 19/05/08
      17.   HE KNOWS HE`S A DEAD MAN WALKING 03:04  |  Nechama 19/05/08
      18.   Gaza siege..?...stop the rockets !! 03:33  |  Mark 19/05/08
      19.   Osama Forgot To Wash His Heart & Mouth Again Today Before Prayers 04:26  |  Lavi 19/05/08
      20.   Mark eleven 05:00  |  jjvanka 19/05/08
      21.   End the siege? Easy-peasy 06:48  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/05/08
      22.   Saith god unto all-- who desire Israeli land 07:17  |  roger wallace 19/05/08
      23.   #1, search achmed the dead terrorist to see how afraid we are 07:19  |  levi ben malka 19/05/08
      24.   History is always subjective 07:40  |  The Source 19/05/08
      25.   ANOTHER "message" from "Bin Dead for Years" 08:15  |  PADDY 19/05/08
      26.   All Muslims MUST...come and visit me! 08:19  |  REAL OBAMA 19/05/08
      27.   #19 LAVI - what a dickhead you are! 08:26  |  PADDY 19/05/08
      28.   #17 NECHAMA - Bin Laden is a DEAD man TALKING! 08:37  |  PADDY 19/05/08
      29.   People everywhere should oppose Israel today... 08:41  |  Dutch 19/05/08
      30.   Check your knowledge about Israel and the Israelo-Arab conflict. 08:43  |  Jean Van Daem 19/05/08
      31.   # 17 Nice article 08:44  |  Adel 19/05/08
      32.   This dustbin Laden is partly right 09:06  |  Aaron 19/05/08
      33.   #21 Margie in Tel Aviv - Deluded in Tel Aviv. 10:08  |  PADDY 19/05/08
      34.   I LOVE THIS GUY!!! :-) 11:37  |  JonathanInTelAviv 19/05/08
      35.   Haaretz What a joke Bin Laden is Dead 11:53  |  Gil 19/05/08
      36.   Haaretz What a joke Bin Laden is Dead 11:53  |  Gil 19/05/08
      37.   #33 PADDY 12:10  |  Rachel Stevens 19/05/08
      38.   not his war 12:29  |  obl 19/05/08
      39.   Dutch - Keep it up Dutch. You are losing with your comments. BTW, 12:37  |  a 19/05/08
      40.   Thank you MAD DUTCH (Doris) 13:01  |  FOX 19/05/08
      41.   like it or not ...hes right 13:03  |  ravi 19/05/08
      42.   ahhhh...the good ol` "osama bin laden"... 13:19  |  eric 19/05/08
      43.   Bin Laden, with severe kidney failure, still talks. 13:45  |  Stephen. 19/05/08
      44.   Paddy`s False information 13:45  |  FOX 19/05/08
      45.   No. 37 Rachel Stevens 13:49  |  Gerald 19/05/08
      46.   Paddy and `Hamas ceasefire` 13:49  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/05/08
      47.   Problem for the world and especially Israel 13:53  |  Chris Linthwaite 19/05/08
      48.   Ode to Osama waiting for Obama 14:16  |  K 19/05/08
      49.   Bin Laden, part of Bush Republican Administration 14:27  |  El-Birawi 19/05/08
      50.   Rachel Stevens 37 14:58  |  ChanahS 19/05/08
      51.   El-Birawi # 47 It`s A Voodoo Doll 15:05  |  Jeff Northridge 19/05/08
      52.   #24 The Source 15:05  |  Saic 19/05/08
      53.   # 41 ravi...you would think after 200 years 15:30  |  Lynn 19/05/08
      54.   He is the most important ally of Bush 15:32  |  Edith 19/05/08
      55.   # 47 Linthwaite...Israeli gov is also talking to Syria 15:36  |  Lynn 19/05/08
      56.   #50 Chanah S 15:38  |  Rachel Stevens 19/05/08
      57.   # 49 El Birawi...easy to sit in the US 15:43  |  Lynn 19/05/08
      58.   DON`T WORRY BIN-LADEN 15:50  |  Robert 19/05/08
      59.   #55 Lynn 15:58  |  Chris Linthwaite 19/05/08
      60.   DENIAL OF JEWISH RIGHT TO ISRAEL IS BLASPHEMY AS PER HOLY QUR`AN 16:12  |  True Muslim 19/05/08
      61.   Caveman`s Jihad 16:12  |  Jane 19/05/08
      62.   Bush is So Over - Time to Move On 16:19  |  Jane 19/05/08
      63.   @57 Lynn 16:22  |  Mark B. 19/05/08
      64.   Rachel Stevens 56 - as I said 16:27  |  ChanahS 19/05/08
      65.   DON`T WORRY OSAMA 16:34  |  indrajaya 19/05/08
      66.   Chris Linthwaite # 47. 16:38  |  David Nigel Braham 19/05/08
      67.   But what about the cricket, Bin? 16:55  |  Rafael of australia 19/05/08
      68.   #64 Chanah S 17:02  |  Rachel Stevens 19/05/08
      69.   Rachel #56 17:03  |  Ex Capetownian. 19/05/08
      70.   Hi guys 17:06  |  jjvanka 19/05/08
      71.   Muslim vs bin Laden 17:12  |  amiratlanta 19/05/08
      72.   Osama is desparate 17:27  |  Fortuna Benmayor 19/05/08
      73.   For "Ehud bin Laden" and his wet dreams of Israel`s doom. 17:31  |  Fortuna Benmayor 19/05/08
      74.   Rachel Stevens 68 - baseless presumptions 17:41  |  ChanahS 19/05/08
      75.   PADDY... 17:56  |  Silvienne 19/05/08
      76.   #69 Capetownian 18:00  |  Rachel Stevens 19/05/08
      77.   The israeli oppression of pals made Bin Laden popular 18:06  |  Aounist 19/05/08
      78.   get a life 18:07  |  wadha 19/05/08
      79.   #77 a comedian defies history again 18:12  |  v hardman 19/05/08
      80.   Talking after the fact 18:16  |  Tosefta 19/05/08
      81.   Wowww 18:21  |  Dav 19/05/08
      82.   Aounist 77 18:21  |  ChanahS 19/05/08
      83.   El Birawi #49 18:37  |  utagawa 19/05/08
      84.   #75 Silvienne 18:37  |  Chris Linthwaite 19/05/08
      85.   To Saic 18:43  |  utagawa 19/05/08
      86.   Ayatollah bin Laden 18:44  |  W 19/05/08
      87.   #27 Paddy: Get Out Much? Especially To The Middle East? 18:45  |  Lavi 19/05/08
      88.   #74, Rachel, take no notice of ChanahS.... 18:54  |  Silvienne 19/05/08
      89.   "Ex Capetownian" insults Rachel...could she be...? 18:57  |  Silvienne 19/05/08
      90.   ChanaS about Rachel Stevens 19:11  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/05/08
      91.   #27 Paddy: Get Out Much? Especially To The Middle East? 19:20  |  Lavi 19/05/08
      92.   What is new? 19:23  |  Stanger 19/05/08
      93.   Anonist #77 19:32  |  Stranger 19/05/08
      94.   Rachel Stevens 19:57  |  Gil 19/05/08
      95.   The opinionated Rachel Stevens 19:57  |  x-ray 19/05/08
      96.   #90 margie of Tel Aviv formerly of Apartheid South Africa 19:58  |  Rachel Stevens 19/05/08
      97.   keep it simple 19:59  |  Odedavivehila 19/05/08
      98.   OBL THE FREAK 20:00  |  Ernest Graefenberg 19/05/08
      99.   rot, rot, rot 20:11  |  Jim 19/05/08
      100.   Rachel Stevens 20:16  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/05/08
      101.   Rachel Stevens 20:31  |  Gimpel the Fool 19/05/08
      102.   Rachel Stevens 76 20:35  |  ChanahS 19/05/08
      103.   Silvienne 88 20:41  |  CHanahS 19/05/08
      104.   #19 Lavi Yeah! 20:41  |  Jim 19/05/08
      105.   #29 Aw C`mon Dutch. 20:43  |  Douglas Fireman 19/05/08
      106.   #94 Gil 20:43  |  Rachel Stevens 19/05/08
      107.   #102 Chanah S 20:57  |  Rachel Stevens 19/05/08
      108.   #24 The Source 21:00  |  Jim 19/05/08
      109.   Subterranean washing machine? 21:05  |  Jim 19/05/08
      110.   paddy,lloks like your the dumbass if you believe bin laden had 21:11  |  nightmare4u john 19/05/08
      111.   Rachel Stevens 107 21:17  |  ChanahS 19/05/08
      112.   to Paddy 21:29  |  TAZ 19/05/08
      113.   chanahS #82 before they can recover from the filty intifada 21:47  |  truth is 19/05/08
      114.   gil #94 DON`T assume rachel stevens is american,what,is it easy 21:55  |  don`tdoitagain 19/05/08
      115.   #109 I don`t need proof 22:19  |  Rachel Stevens 19/05/08
      116.   #106 the haaretz columns a magnet to idiots 22:22  |  v hardman 19/05/08
      117.   Rachel Stevens What happened you cannot answer a simple question 22:22  |  Gil 19/05/08
      118.   #106, Rachel Stevens... 22:24  |  Silvienne 19/05/08
      119.   #103, ChanahS... 22:30  |  Silvienne 19/05/08
      120.   Rachel Stevens - how old are you? 22:52  |  ChanahS 19/05/08
      121.   #117 Gil 22:53  |  Rachel Stevens 19/05/08
      122.   Silvienne you racist #118 22:56  |  FOX 19/05/08
      123.   Silvienne 118 22:57  |  ChanahS 19/05/08
      124.   Racial Stevens 23:04  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/05/08
      125.   Lynn, you are spewing more racist dribble 23:49  |  Ibrahim 19/05/08
      126.   Eric - If god is behind Israel, why was it ever lost? 23:58  |  Historian 19/05/08
      127.   Rachel Stevens Doesn`t need proof 00:13  |  Gil 20/05/08
      128.   Rachel Stevens Doesn`t need proof 00:14  |  Gil 20/05/08
      129.   Lynn, Love they neighbor 00:32  |  El-Birawi 20/05/08
      130.   FOX re: Paddy`s False information 01:06  |  TonyL 20/05/08
      131.   Rachel Stevens Doesn`t need proof 01:24  |  Gil 20/05/08
      132.   racial stevens 109 01:25  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 20/05/08
      133.   `Ex` (#69) 01:46  |  jjvanka 20/05/08
      134.   #39 I am not against Israelis per se but Israeli policies 02:45  |  Dutch 20/05/08
      135.   What A Sad Batch of Jew Haters 03:51  |  Toxic Tex, J Avenger 20/05/08
      136.   Every Muslim should gather his or her camel droppings 05:13  |  Fortuna Benmayor 20/05/08
      137.   All Muslims Must... 07:25  |  Yosemite 20/05/08
      138.   #44 FOX - Actual information 08:24  |  PADDY 20/05/08
      139.   Paddy, Paddy, Paddy 138 11:02  |  Free Gilad Shalit 20/05/08
      140.   Free Gilad Shalit - Free Palestinian kids from Israeli prisons! 12:17  |  PADDY 20/05/08
      141.   Rachel Stevens as you are a Navajo Native American 13:10  |  Gil 20/05/08
      142.   Rachel Stevens as you are a Navajo Native American 13:11  |  Gil 20/05/08
      143.   Gil (#142) 14:58  |  jjvanka 20/05/08
      144.   #125, Ibrahim... 17:21  |  Silvienne 20/05/08
      145.   #122, Dear FOX... 17:39  |  Silvienne 20/05/08
      146.   #132,Margie gives a speech... 17:46  |  Silvienne 20/05/08
      147.   Silvienne (#144) Dear o Dear Silvienne 17:49  |  Gil 20/05/08
      148.   Silvienne (#144) Dear o Dear Silvienne 17:50  |  Gil 20/05/08
      149.   #135, "Toxic Tex J Avenger" thinks he`s posting to.... 17:51  |  Silvienne 20/05/08
      150.   Silvienne (#146) you sure show ignorance 18:16  |  Gil 20/05/08
      151.   Silvienne (#146) you sure show ignorance 18:16  |  Gil 20/05/08
      152.   Gil, why do you send your posts so many times?? 19:06  |  Silvienne 20/05/08
      153.   #151, Gil... 19:07  |  Silvienne 20/05/08
      154.   Prince Osama King of the Moslem Killers 22:10  |  FOX 20/05/08
      155.   Their families should also be held accountable for keeping silenc 00:07  |  Rachel in USA 29/08/08
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