Re: Bin Laden's Earlier Statement, Quoted by UPI from 'Unmat', a pro-Taliban paper"

[David Walters <dwalters@xxxxxxx>]

OK...this one I saw. I was referring the one you said where he DID take
credit.

David

> In a message dated 10/11/01 10:48:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> dwalters@xxxxxxx writes:, refering to my assertion that bin Laden had made an
> earlier statement that he was not anti-US:
 
> BEGIN EXCERPT
> 
> Bin Laden was interviewed September 28th by a pro-Taliban newspaper. Here's a
> summary: 
> 
> "In an interview with 'Ummat' -- a publication sympathetic to Afghanistan's
> ruling Taliban -- bin Laden said both he and al Qaida had 'nothing to do with
> the terrorist attacks in America' and that 'hard-line Jewish organizations
> might be involved?'
> 
> "Ummat said it sent questions to bin Laden through Taliban officials, and
> received written responses. Bin Laden reportedly said in his replies that
> dozens of terrorists organizations from countries like Israel, Russia, India
> and Serbia could be responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and
> Pentagon that left over 6,000 people dead or missing.
> 
> He also insisted that al Qaida does not consider the United States its
> enemy?" ('United Press International,' 28 September 28, 2001, Friday)
>  

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