And, gee, to liberals dismay, he says 9/11 was about liberating Palestine, not how evil America is

(CBS News) Al Qaeda’s media operation has released a new audio message on the Internet from Osama bin Laden, dealing primarily with Israel and the Palestinians on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s creation.

The message, downloaded by CBS Newsfrom the prominent jihadist Web forum El Ekhlas, did not include any new images of the al Qaeda chief.

The 9:40-minute audio by bin Laden showed an old photo of his face over a brown graphic and included the title, “A Message to the Peoples of the West: From Sheik Osama bin Laden,” with the subheading: “The Reasons for the Struggle on the 60th Anniversary of the Creation of the Occupation State of Israel.”

Bin Laden began his message by telling listeners that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has always been the primary cause for friction between the West and the Muslim world - a struggle which he said was getting more difficult due to European policies biased in Israel’s favor.

“The Palestinian cause has been the main factor that, since my early childhood, fueled my desire, and that of the 19 freemen (Sept. 11 bombers), to stand by the oppressed, and punish the oppressive Jews and their allies,” the al Qaeda chief said.

I think Bin Laden is getting Democrat Alzheimers, which is where you forget everything but those things you can pander to a constituency over.

But, this does feed the fuel for the anti-Israel forces, including all those in such enlightened places like San Francisco (See Zombietime) and college campuses.

The paper of record managed to bury the story and just used the AP feed.

Keep an eye on The Jawa Report and Laura Mansfield. I’m working on uploading the video to Youtube from the Laura Mansfield link.

Meanwhile, when it comes to nut jobs like Bin Laden and al Qaeda, who do you think is going to be tougher on international terrorism, John McCain or Barack Hussein Obama? OK, the Hussein is a apparently a cheap shot, being that it is his middle name.