Bin Laden audio praises Arab protests
Shortly before his death, Osama bin Laden recorded a message praising the Arab world protest movements and predicting that revolutions would spread across the region.
“I think that the winds of change will blow over the entire Muslim world, with permission from Allah,” bin Laden said in the 12-minute message released online on Thursday.
The message was released as a video, but it contains only an audio track and a photo of the terrorist leader.
In the recording, Bin Laden accused rulers of building themselves into idols and manipulating the media to stay in power.
“So, what are you waiting for?” he implored listeners. “Save yourselves and your children, because the opportunity is here.”
Bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALs in a daring May 2 raid. U.S. intelligence officials were aware that the recording was in the pipeline. The video was released to jihadist websites by al-Qaeda’s media arm and was obtained and translated by SITE Intelligence Group.
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