Bin Laden Statements, 1994-2004
September 12th, 2008 by Steven AftergoodA U.S. government compilation of interviews and other public statements issued by Usama bin Laden between 1994 and 2004 is now publicly available (pdf).
The texts were translated by the CIA’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service (which has since been succeeded by the Open Source Center).
The 289-page collection has not been approved for public release, but a copy was obtained by Secrecy News. See “Compilation of Usama Bin Laden Statements, 1994 – January 2004,” Foreign Broadcast Information Service, January 2004.
September 13th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
[...] Bin Laden Statements, 1994-2004 Source: Foreign Broadcast Information Service, January 2004 (via Secrecy News) A U.S. government compilation of interviews and other public statements issued by Usama bin Laden between 1994 and 2004 is now publicly available (pdf). [...]
September 14th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Fascinating!
September 19th, 2008 at 9:53 am
[...] been a couple of days since Secrecy News has published the official U.S. compilation of the “Bin Laden Statements, 1994-2004″: [...]
November 13th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Interesting that the CIA’s FBIS apparently didn’t consider the so-called Bin Laden “confession tape” allegedly recorded Nov 01 (released to the public in Dec 01) to be a ‘Bin Laden’ statement- from the Table of Contents:
‘EXCLUSIVE’ INTERVIEW WITH USAMA BIN LADIN ON 11 SEP ATTACKS IN US…………178
KARACHI UMMAT IN URDU 28SEP01 PP 1,7……………………………………………………………………………..178
AL-JAZIRAH CARRIES BIN LADIN’S ADDRESS ON US STRIKES……………………………………..183
DOHA AL-JAZIRAH SATELLITE CHANNEL TELEVISION IN ARABIC 1825GMT07OCT 01………………….183
2002…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………184
AL-JAZIRAH TV WEBSITE REPORTS ON ‘ROW’ WITH CNN OVER BIN LADIN’S TAPE..184
DOHA AL-JAZIRAH NET WWW-TEXT IN ARABIC 1211GMT01FEB 02………………………………………..184