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Osama bin Laden has a lot to say lately.
From FOX News, here is a link to bin Laden's message.

How creepy!

The sound of his voice makes my skin crawl.

(CNN) -- Osama bin Laden in a tape posted on the Web encourages Sunnis in Iraq to retaliate against Shiites, deviating from al Qaeda's stand of not promoting sectarian violence.

The al Qaeda leader says that Sunnis in Iraq are experiencing annihilation. Bin Laden also says that the only way for them to win freedom is by "holding on to their jihad" and ousting the occupying power from Iraq.

...Bin Laden's call to attack Shiites represents a sea change for al Qaeda, which in the past has been reluctant to criticize Shiites.

Al-Zarqawi had been criticized for inciting sectarian violence by targeting Iraq's Shiites. Last year bin Laden's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, wrote a letter to the al Qaeda in Iraq leader telling him to stop, according to the U.S. military, which said it intercepted the letter.

On the tape, bin Laden refers to Shiites as "rejectionist," "traitors" and "agents of the Americans."

This "sea change" in al Qaeda's strategy appears to indicate that bin Laden realizes that he is losing the war. He sees the progress in Iraq that the Dems refuse to acknowledge.

...On the tape, bin Laden also names Abu Hamza al-Muhajer as the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq and wishes him luck.

"Our brothers, the mujahedeen in the al Qaeda organization, have chosen the dear brother Abu Hamza al-Muhajer as their leader to succeed the Amir Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," bin Laden says. "I advise him to focus his fighting on the Americans and everyone who supports them and allies himself with them in their war on the people of Islam and Iraq."

Let's set the record straight. We are not at war with the people of Islam or the people of Iraq.

We are fighting terrorism, the brand of extremism that led to the deaths of nearly 3000 innocents on 9/11.

...The al Qaeda leader exhorts Sunnis to reject national unity and warns them against participating in politics. He further refers to foreign forces as crusaders and to the Iraqis working with them as infidels.

"Our Muslim people in Iraq need to learn that no truce should be accepted with the crusaders and the apostates," bin Laden says. "There shouldn't be any half-solutions and there is no way out for them except by fighting and holding on to their jihad. Do not be fooled by the invitations to join political parties and taking part in the so-called political process."

Bin Laden encourages no "half-solutions" in this war. That's interesting.

It's very different from the approach that some American politicians are taking, falling all over themselves to come up with exactly those sorts of half-assed deals, such as John Murtha's shockingly lame "Okinawa redeployment strategy."

...Bin Laden ends his message by asking God to protect "mujahedeen everywhere," including in Gaza, the West Bank, Kashmir, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Algeria and Saudi Arabia, Mansfield said.

He also praises Somalia, the east African country where the Islamic Courts Union recently took power, saying the Muslim nation is stable only because it embraced Islam.

"We warn all the countries in the world from accepting a U.S. proposal to send international forces to Somalia," bin Laden says. "We swear to God that we will fight their soldiers in Somalia and we reserve our right to punish them on their lands and every accessible place at the appropriate time and in the appropriate manner."

Bin Laden is clearly stating that the War on Terror has multiple fronts, isn't he?

That's something that Dems like John Kerry, Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, and John Murtha don't understand. They think that the War on Terror was just about the Taliban in Afghanistan. They claim the Bush administration became distracted with Iraq.

They just can't seem to comprehend that the War on Terror has no traditional borders. A front is wherever there is a terrorist cell. The Dems just don't get that.

Maybe the Dems would understand if they spent more time really listening to what bin Laden has to say. We know bin Laden gets lots of his talking points from listening to them.