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March 25, 2010 Special Dispatch No. 2875

Osama Bin Laden Threatens to Kill American Hostages if Al-Qaeda Detainees Are Executed

March 25, 2010
Special Dispatch No. 2875

Following is an excerpt of an audio recording by Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on March 25, 2010.

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Osama bin Laden: "To the American people – peace be upon those who follow the guidance. My message is about our prisoners that you are holding.

"Your master in the White House continues to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor in many important matters, like his escalation of the war in Afghanistan and the oppression of our prisoners you are holding – first and foremost among them the mujahid and hero, Khaled Sheikh Muhammad.

"The White House declared that it wanted to execute them. The day the U.S. makes this decision, it will have made the decision to execute those of you who fall prisoner to us.

"The White House politicians have oppressed us and continue to do so, especially in their support of the Israeli occupation of our land, Palestine. They thought that beyond the oceans, America would be safe from the wrath of the oppressed, but the response came powerful and resounding on your soil on 9/11, by the grace of Allah.

"Happy is he who learns the lessons of others. It is just to respond in kind. Wars have their vicissitudes, and the tide of battle ebbs and flows."

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