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By Martina Fuchs and Tamara Walid
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Fri Oct 1, 2010 10:44am EDT
DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden criticized relief efforts in Pakistan and called for action against climate change in what appeared to be a new audio tape from the al Qaeda leader issued on Friday in an Islamist forum.
The message marks the second time in a year that Bin Laden has departed from his usual calls for armed attacks on the West to make a global theme such a natural disasters or economic crisis the centerpiece of a message.
It follows a statement in mid-September by al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahri also accusing the Pakistani government of reacting too slowly to the floods and a statement earlier this week by an al Qaeda spokesman, Adam Gadahn, on a similar theme.
The bin Laden message, about 11 minutes long, was broadcast with a video showing still images of Bin Laden and images of natural disasters, the Islamist website used by al Qaeda said.
The authenticity of the tape and its precise release date could not be immediately confirmed. However, bin Laden congratulates Muslims on the holy month of Ramadan, which started on August 11 and ended September 9.
He describes the fate of the Pakistani people following catastrophic floods, saying: "Millions of children are out in the open air, lacking basic elements of living, including drinking water, resulting in their bodies shedding liquids and subsequently their death."
Bin Laden also touches on global warming, the second time he is believed to have made climate change a prominent theme of one of his statements.
"The huge climate change is affecting our (Islamic) nation and is causing great catastrophes throughout the Islamic world," he says in the tape. "It is not sufficient anymore to maintain the same relief efforts as previously, as it has become crucial to deliver tents, food and medicine."
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Islamic charities, some with suspected ties to militant groups, were quicker than the Pakistani government to provide relief to flood victims. Pakistani and U.S. officials have repeatedly expressed concern that the Taliban and other militant groups could exploit the disarray to gain recruits.
Experts say south Asia is particularly vulnerable to climate change. A thaw of glaciers in the Himalayas could disrupt flows in rivers from the Ganges to the Yangtze, affecting hundreds of millions of people in Asia. Rising seas are also a big threat to densely populated low-lying areas of Bangladesh.
Noman Benotman, a former bin Laden associate who now works for Britain's Quilliam counter-extremism think-tank, said his use of a humanitarian message was a sign of desperation and showed the group was trying anything to gain popular support.
Al Qaeda has never pursued systematic humanitarian work during natural disasters of the kind carried out by aid organizations and Islamic relief charities, analysts say.
Australian counter-terrorism expert Leah Farrall described the statement as "hypocritical," noting that internal al Qaeda documents found in Afghanistan and dated about 2000 commanded members not to be "distracted by relief and aid operations."
Bin Laden urged a big transformation in how relief work is executed, calling the number of victims of climate change much bigger than the victims of war.
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Oct 01, 2010 10:22am EDT
Hey Osama, why don’t you come out into the open and help out your fellow Muslims? In return we will drop a package on (oops, I mean for) you that should help everyone feel better.
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Oct 01, 2010 10:44am EDT
Yeah Bin Laden, if you care so much tell us your plan to help these people. Also what’s your view on providing health care and retirement planning for all your brother jihadist. Maybe you don’t worry so much about it as you have them all commit suicide before they get old enough to need it. Also, why were the taliban killing the relief workers as they were there trying to help these people you seem to care so much about. Answers please. A gun carrying Christian looking to shoot your arse for the reward.
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