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Bin Laden threatens France in message
OSAMA bin Laden said the release of French hostages depends on a pullout of France's soldiers in Afghanistan and warned Paris of a "high price" for its policies, in a tape broadcast today.Pretty good rant for a dead man... "We repeat the same message to you: The release of your prisoners in the hands of our brothers is linked to the withdrawal of your soldiers from our country," said the speaker on the audiotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera television. Where are you now, Binny... The satellite channel said bin Laden was referring to two French journalists held in Afghanistan, although he did not specify if it also covered France's hostages seized in Africa. Got a photo of you holding up today's Pakistan Daily Times? The foreign ministry in Paris reacted swiftly, stressing it would not bow to such threats. They won't 'bow' like certain others do... "We are determined to pursue our action in favour of the Afghan people with our allies" in the NATO-led ISAF force that is fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told reporters in Paris. Not that anyone knows what the 'Afghan people' want, other than to be left alone... Cameraman Stephane Taponier and reporter Herve Ghesquiere, who work for France 3 public television, were seized along with three Afghan colleagues in December 2009 in the mountainous and unstable Kapisa province, east of Kabul. The al-Qaeda chief, addressing the French people, said: "The refusal of your president to withdraw from Afghanistan is the result of his obedience of America, and this refusal is a green light to kill your prisoners ... Assuming you're still alive, Binny, and we don't, we just might let a Frog sniper have the honor... "But we will not do this at a timing that suits him," he said, adding the warning that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's stand will "cost him and you a high price on different fronts, inside and outside France". Nick Sarkozy is married to Carla. You're strawberry jam in a cave in Tora-Bora. Just exactly who paid a high price? In the tape, the authenticity of which was not immediately possible to determine, Bin Laden warned in a mocking tone that Paris "with its debt and budget deficit does not need new fronts". Posted by: tipper 2011-01-21 |
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