Bin Laden threatens free speech in Europe

AP:

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden addressed the "wise men" of the European Union in a new audio message late Wednesday, slamming the publication of drawings insulting to the Prophet Muhammad and vowing a strong reaction.

The message, which appeared on a militant Web site that has carried al-Qaida statements in the past and bore the logo of the extremist group's media wing al-Sahab, showed a still image of bin Laden aiming with an AK-47.

A voice believed to be bin Laden's described the attacks of the Europeans on women and children but said these "paled (in comparison) when you went overboard in your unbelief and freed yourselves of the etiquettes of dispute and fighting and went to the extent of publishing these insulting drawings, this is the greatest misfortune and the most dangerous."

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Bin Laden gives his typical victim rant and then threatens to kill those who disagree with him about his weird religious beliefs. Perhaps this will wake up the Europeans to the fact that Bin Laden is the problem and not George Bush.

Reuters reports that bin Laden also threatened the Pope suggesting he was responsible for the cartoons. Bin Laden may be that out of touch and ignorant of the west, but he probably is using the same part of his brain in which he rationalizes the mass murders of non combatants. He is certainly revealing his pathology.