Osama bin Laden has apparently issued a new tape mourning the death of the man who chopped off Nick Berg’s head:
CAIRO, Egypt — Osama bin Laden praised slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as the “lion of holy war” in a new videotape posted on the Internet on Friday.
The 19-minute message shows an old still photo of bin Laden in a split-screen next to images of al-Zarqawi taken from a previous video. A voice resembling bin Laden’s narrates a tribute to the Jordanian-born militant, who was killed in a June 7 airstrike northeast of Baghdad.
“Our Islamic nation was surprised to find its knight, the lion of jihad (holy war), the man of determination and will, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed in a shameful American raid,” bin Laden said.
Yeah, well, Osama, we specialize in surprises so watch your back.
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