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Osama issues decree to kill Americans: Report IANS (Islamabad, September 17)

Saudi renegade Osama bin Laden, blamed for the U.S. terrorist attacks, has reportedly ordered his supporters to kill Americans over Washington's decision to launch air strikes on Afghanistan.

An e-mail message purported to be from bin Laden and received by the Pakistani media says all Muslims were expected to kill American civilians and military personnel and their allies, reports Online news agency.

"We -- with god's help -- call on every Muslim who believes in god and wishes to be rewarded to comply with god's order to kill the Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it.

"We also call on Muslim (clergy), leaders, youths, and soldiers to launch the raid on Satan's U.S. troops and the devil's supporters allying with them, and to displace those who are behind them so that they may learn a lesson."

The statement also flays the U.S. for stationing troops in Saudi Arabia and continuing its military aggression against Iraq.

Online said it could not be independently confirmed whether or not the e-mail message had come from Osama, who lives in Afghanistan.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001

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just another nail in his coffin, if he did send the message.

-- Anonymous, September 18, 2001