Did Usama say he wasn't responsible for 911

[Panoply_Prefect]

Hi!

Recently I've been reading a lot of post about a very early interview with Usama Bin Laden where he allegedly renounced responsibiltiy for the 911 attack.

However, after googling the issue all I come up with is a reference from what by the looks of it is a Holocaust denier site:

http://www.public-action.com/911/oblintrv.html

Here is the boil-down:


October 16, 2001-- An interview with Osama bin Laden was published in a Karachi-based Pakistani daily newspaper, Ummat, on September 28, 2001. In this interview, bin Laden says of the September 11 attacks in the US: "I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United StateCould someone help me finding the trail of this claim?

As I understand it, the interview is supposedly from this paper:

http://www.ummat.com.pk/

However, my Urdu is a tad rusty...

Cheers,
SLOB

[MikeW]

He did, yes, there and in a statement to CNN. Of course that changed later. See http://www.911myths.com/html/responsibility.html

[Panoply_Prefect]

Ahhh:


The newspaper says it submitted questions for bin Laden to Taliban officials and received written replies.


In short, they have no way of knowing if they were interviewing Usama or the Taliban government - a government facing war with the UN/US.

SLOB

[MikeW]

In short, they have no way of knowing if they were interviewing Usama or the Taliban government - a government facing war with the UN/US.
There was the CNN statement as well, but again he's trying to defend the Taliban, which I think was the main reason for the denials. Which might also explain why, when after Afghanistan was attacked, the denials stopped & they implicitly, then explicitly accepted responsibility.

[Panoply_Prefect]

There was the CNN statement as well, but again he's trying to defend the Taliban, which I think was the main reason for the denials. Which might also explain why, when after Afghanistan was attacked, the denials stopped & they implicitly, then explicitly accepted responsibility.

What did the CNN statement say?

Cheers,
SLOB

[MikeW]

What did the CNN statement say?
It was mentioned in the link I posted before:

In a statement issued to the Arabic satellite channel Al Jazeera, based in Qatar, bin Laden said, "The U.S. government has consistently blamed me for being behind every occasion its enemies attack it.

"I would like to assure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seems to have been planned by people for personal reasons," bin Laden's statement said.

"I have been living in the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan and following its leaders' rules. The current leader does not allow me to exercise such operations," bin Laden said.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/inv.binladen.denial/

[Panoply_Prefect]

It was mentioned in the link I posted before:

Oops, didnt read carefully enough, sorry :boxedin:

SLOB

[boloboffin]

"I would like to assure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seems to have been planned by people for personal reasons," bin Laden's statement said.

"I have been living in the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan and following its leaders' rules. The current leader does not allow me to exercise such operations," bin Laden said.

Weasel words. KSM planned the attacks, not Osama. Osama didn't exercise the operation, he just funded it with al-Qaeda. That's one of the best non-denial denials I've ever read.

[kookbreaker]

There was the CNN statement as well, but again he's trying to defend the Taliban, which I think was the main reason for the denials. Which might also explain why, when after Afghanistan was attacked, the denials stopped & they implicitly, then explicitly accepted responsibility.

Note also that the Taliban quickly got replies from 'Osama' right after they were asked, but when they were asked to turn over Osama they suddnely 'couldn't find him'. Foot dragging at its most blatant.