Calling bin Laden a martyr, the Islamist militant group promised to soon release an audio recording made by its leader a week before he died. The statement on Friday was the first by the group confirming bin Laden's death, five days after U.S. President Barack Obama announced that they had found and shot him in a U.S. raid in Pakistan.
"Oh glory, glory. Sheikh Osama did not build an organisation that will die with his death and leave with his exit," using the honorific sheikh, or "leader".
"Congratulations to the Islamic umma (community) for the martyrdom of its son Osama."
Osama and his militant group al Qaeda (meaning "the base" in Arabic), became the United States' most wanted target nearly a decade ago when their followers hijacked jetliners and slammed them into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, killing thousands.
Bin Laden, the wealthy son of a construction magnate in Saudi Arabia, founded al Qaeda in the 1980s when fighting in Afghanistan. After the Sept. 11 attacks and being pursued by the United States, the group became less centralised, and regional wings, most notably in Yemen, have operated more independently.
In the statement, al Qaeda vowed not to deviate from the path of armed struggle and said bin Laden's blood "is more precious to us and to every Muslim than to be wasted in vain."
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Is this the lost studio master tapes? Could this be the commemorative boxed set? If it doesn’t contain some good dance music with a good beat and some heavy bass, and at least two ballads, frankly; I’d rather not hear it.
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