On June, 11, 2011, the jihadi forum Ansar Al-Mujahideen posted an audio recording of a song of praise for Osama bin Laden, titled "From Osama's Soldiers to Obama." Links to the recording were also posted on the jihadi site Shumoukh Al-Islam, accompanied by a flashing banner bearing bin Laden's picture. The site states that the song is performed by Abu Lubaba Al-Falastini and Abu Malik Al-Maqdisi.
The song is not accompanied by musical instruments (which are forbidden in the Wahhabi school of Islam), but by sounds of gunfire and explosions. In addition to extolling bin Laden's heroism, it threatens the "Crusaders" and in particular U.S. President Obama, saying that his "reeking blue corpse" will soon be "thrown onto the refuse heap." ...
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