Bin Laden Warns U.S. Its End Is Imminent

01/06/2001| IslamWeb

DUBAI (Islamweb & News Agencies) - Osama bin Laden warns the United States in his latest video message that it will soon collapse, regardless of whether he lives or dies, as Muslims around the world ``awaken to its tyranny.''
Qatar's al-Jazeera television broadcast the full tape on Thursday, after airing excerpts on Wednesday. In it, the world's most wanted man described the September 11 attacks as ''blessed'' and urged Muslims to wage ``military and economic'' jihad, or war for a just cause, against a ``fragile'' America.
``It is very important to concentrate on hitting the American economy with every available tool... the economy is the base of its military power,'' he explained. ``The United States is a great economy but at the same time it is fragile.''
Washington accuses bin Laden of planning the attacks on U.S. cities, which killed more than 3,000 people.
``I summarize by emphasizing the importance of continuing the holy struggle against America, militarily and economically,'' he said toward the end of the 34-minute address.
Jazeera said bin Laden's latest video tape had been mailed from Pakistan.