Following are excerpts from the 9/11 message of American Al-Qaeda operative Adam Gadahn, AKA Azzam the American, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on September 12, 2005.

Gadahn: Four years after the blessed raids on New York and Washington, we find the people of the West continuing to speculate about the causes and objectives which lie behind those historic events and subsequent developments. We find them in disagreement over the nature of the people who carry out operations like those on September 11th, March 11th, and July 7th, the nature of their motives, and the nature of the demands they harbor, if any. And most crucially, and as a result of their speculation and disagreement, we find them uncertain about which steps or actions they must take to achieve the restoration of the security they once enjoyed.

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Allah is our witness that the numerous audio and videotapes issued by Sheikh Osama bin Laden, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the other leaders of the jihad have not been released merely to dispel the rumors of their death, or, as the Americans once ridiculously claimed, to send coded messages to their followers. No, these communiques have been released to explain and propound the nature and goals of the worldwide jihad against America and the Crusaders and convey our legitimate demands to friend and foe alike, so that the former may join us on this honorable and blessed path, and so that the latter may acknowledge his crimes, abandon the actions and behavior which have made him subject to the wrath of God and man, and take the necessary steps to restore his erstwhile security.

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As Sheikh Osama has told you repeatedly, your security is dependent on our security. You can't have one without the other. If you ensure our security, you will have automatically ensured your own.

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