Osama bin Laden

June 3, 2009 Special Dispatch No.2382 New Messages from Al-Qaeda Leaders Osama Bin Laden & Al-Zawahiri - Bin Laden: Obama And Administration Have 'Sown New Seeds That Will Increase Hatred And Vengeance Towards America'; 'American People... [Will] Reap What White House Leaders Are Sowing'; Ayman Al-Zawahiri: Obama, 'Global Criminal' and 'Chief of Oppressors,' Is Not Welcome in Egypt In an audio message aired June 3, 2009 on Al-Jazeera TV, Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden states that "Obama and his administration have sown new seeds that will increase hatred and vengeance towards America," that President Obama is "following in the footsteps of his predecessor," and that "the American people should prepare to continue to reap what the leaders of the White House are sowing." He also praises the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks (to view the full clip, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2134.htm ). In another audio message, posted on the Islamist website Al-Faluja, and titled "The Hangmen of Egypt and Those Who Collaborate with the U.S. Welcome Obama," Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri calls Obama a "global criminal" and says that he is not welcome in Egypt. The full text of this report is available to MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Subscribers. Subscription information is available at this link. JTTM subscribers can visit www.memrijttm.org to view the report.