“In the name of God; praise be to God and prayers and peace be upon God's Messenger and his family, companions, and followers;
“Muslim brothers everywhere, God's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.
“The first thing I would like to talk to you about is the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Thanks be to God Almighty, America, Britain, and their allies have only reaped losses, catastrophes, and calamities after three years of the crusader invasion of Iraq. They are in an unenviable predicament in Iraq, despite the lies consistently told by Bush and Blair. These losses and calamities were the result of the mujahidin's sacrifices and readiness to die for the sake of God. Al-Qa'ida of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers [I.E. Iraq] group alone carried out 800 martyrdom-seeking operations in the past three years, in addition to the sacrifices made by the other mujahidin. This has broken America's back in Iraq.
“The sacrifices of the heroic mujahidin have also exposed the total inconsistency of the West's doctrine. Perhaps this moral and material defeat of the Western crusader campaign would urge the West to reconsider its whole ideological system if it wants the truth or wishes for survival. Not only have the heroic mujahidin's sacrifices inflicted a moral and material defeat on the crusader alliance, but they have also exposed the group of traitors falsely associated with Muslims. Those traitors allied with the crusaders before, during, and after the invasion [of Iraq]. They prevented jihad against the occupation, and helped entrench it in Iraq. They promised that they will be faithful guards of its interests after it leaves.
“They are traitors even if they dress like Muslims or carry Muslim names. They are traitors even if they grow thick beards or wear turbans. They are traitors even if they claim noble descent and a connection with the unseen or any other form of charlatanry and superstitions. They are traitors, and have nothing to do with God and His Messenger and his righteous companions and pure household, and the entire Muslim Ummah [community]. How can they claim affiliation with Islam while the Lord of Glory has given a verdict about them in his book saying, "O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them is of them. Verily, Allah guideth not a people unjust"? [Koranic verse, Sura 5:51]
“Those who are in Iraq; those who are affiliated with the [royal] Hashim family in Jordan and their peers in the Arabian Peninsula, who call for the recognition of Israel and making peace with it; and their like in Egypt, who helped France against the veiled Muslim women, received the Israeli ambassador in the holy al-Azhar [mosque], and handed over Wafa Qistantin [last name also spelled Constantine; an Egyptian Coptic Christian woman who, according to varying reports, either embraced or was forced to convert to Islam in 2004. A court ruled that she be returned to her Christian husband] to be tortured in the monasteries' prisons are all traitors. The Muslim Ummah should confront them so that they would not stab it in the back while exposing its chest to the bullets and shells of the enemies.
“The second thing that I would like to talk to you about is the dismal fate toward which traitor [Pakistani President Gen. Pervez] Musharraf is pushing Pakistan. Undoubtedly, Pakistan is one of the most important countries being targeted by this new colonialist Crusader campaign, which seeks to weaken and fragment Pakistan into entities under the control of India, which is allied with the Americans and Jews.
“I would like here to clarify an extremely important point; namely, that the US-Crusader-Zionist scheme against Islam does not accept the presence of Pakistan as a strong, powerful, and capable country in south Asia. This scheme does not forgive Pakistan for breaking away from India in the name of Islam; neither does it forgive Pakistan for having the largest Islamic schools, which have great influence on Muslims in south and central Asia.
“This scheme also does not forgive Pakistan for having flourishing popular jihadist movements against Indians in Kashmir and against the Russians and Americans in Afghanistan. Neither does it forgive Pakistan for the favorable response of its people, scholars, students, mujahidin, and tribes to the Islamic emirate in Afghanistan since its emergence and until this very day; or their response to its mujahid amir the lion of Islam Mulla Mohammed Omar, may God watch over him.
“This scheme also does not forgive the sweeping popular Pakistani sympathy with Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin's call for jihad to expel the Americans and Jews from Islamic holy places and countries.
“In this context, India seems to be the best candidate for carrying out the Zionist-Crusader scheme that aims to humiliate, weaken, and dismember Pakistan. [U.S. President George W.] Bush's recent visit to Pakistan in early March was a strong proof of this as Bush gave a strong push to India's nuclear program, while he gave orders and instructions in Pakistan.
“I would like to briefly review with you some of the calamities that Musharraf and his helpers brought to Pakistan. The first of these calamities is Musharraf's fighting Islam in Pakistan. Upon orders from the Crusaders, he offered all possible support to drive the Islamic emirate out of Kabul. He fought Islamic schools and also intends to reconsider the Islamic penal law. Upon directives from the Crusaders, he created a new Qadyani creed [The Qadyani Islamic movement disagrees with several tenets of traditional Islam] that invites people to join an Islam without jihad, without the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice, and without abidance by the laws of Shari'ah [Islamic law]. He called that ‘enlightened moderation.’
“The second of these calamities is that Musharraf has posed a threat to Pakistan's national security. Musharraf was the major supporter for driving the Islamic emirate out of Kabul and was the main reason behind the emergence of a pro-US-India and an anti-Pakistan government in Kabul. As a result of Musharraf's treason, the Indian intelligence infiltrated into the Pakistani-Afghan borders and opened consulates in cities that are adjacent to Pakistan. Following the Taliban government departure from Kabul, the Pakistani Army lost twice. First, the Pakistani Army lost the strategic depth, which Afghanistan can offer to it through its highlands and mountains at any Pakistani-Indian confrontation. Second, the Pakistani Army's back has become vulnerable to a regime that is hostile to it and allied with its enemies. If you add to this India's success in exploiting air bases in Tajikistan and its pursuit of military cooperation with central Asia countries, you will realize the extent of the strategic predicament, which the Pakistani Army has got itself into. Musharraf is the one who placed the Pakistani nuclear program under US, and hence, under Jewish and Indian supervision. Musharraf used America's accusation of Abdul Qadeer Khan to impose its control over the Pakistani nuclear program [Khan, a nuclear scientist, is under house arrest for allegedly transferring secrets to Iran, Libya, and North Korea].
“Is it reasonable that Abdul Qadeer Khan was outside the Pakistani military intelligence surveillance? Therefore, the first who must be prosecuted in the Abdul Qadeer Khan case are the leading figures of the Pakistani Army and Intelligence services. However, Abdul Qadeer Khan was used a scapegoat to appease the United States. Musharraf is the one who triggers civil war inside Pakistan in America's interest in Waziristan and Balushistan, in a bloody conflict with unlimited losses and which will only rebound on Pakistan with the gravest damage. The worst that any army in the world wishes for is to be assigned to defend its borders while it is being involved in an internal civil war. The Pakistani memory has not forgotten yet the disaster caused by the civil war in eastern Pakistan. What Musharraf has done in Bajuar, Waziristan, and Balushistan, he will repeat in Karachi, Lahore, and Peshawar, and even any place the Americans request him to strike.
“Musharraf seeks to change the combat ideology of the Pakistani Army by reiterating that the real threat to Pakistan is from within and not from without. In other words, he urges the Pakistani Army to attack his kinfolk and brothers and to turn a blind eye to the Indian danger. If the combat ideology of any army is ruined and it begins to fight for nothing but wages and ranks, then this army will flee the battlefield when the fighting intensifies. How can a Pakistani officer or soldier be convinced that he defends Islam while he has enabled the Americans to kill tens of thousands of Muslims in Afghanistan and enabled the Americans to evict the Islamic emirate from Kabul? How can a Pakistani officer or soldier be convinced that he defends the Pakistanis' sanctities while his commanders order him to kill women and children in his own country? How can a Pakistani officer or soldier be convinced that he defends Pakistan's pride and dignity while his superiors order him to wage a new massacre whenever they are visited by a high-ranking US official?
“The third of these calamities is Musharraf's relinquishing of the Kashmir issue and his continuous effort to get rid of it at any price. Musharraf is the one who strangled the jihadist resistance against India, which led it to increase its savagery and to demarcate the borders. Musharraf is the one who made one concession after another in the Kashmir issue, while India has not budged one step from its stand. And Musharraf is the one who seeks to deceive the Muslim nation in Pakistan by pretending to them that the problem with India will be resolved through confidence-building measures, so as to obstruct the effort to liberate Kashmir, which is the true problem between Pakistan and India. Musharraf is the one who fights the Arab mujahidin and their brothers from all over the Islamic world, who are considered one of the most important weapons in the effort to liberate Kashmir, as they had contributed before to the liberation of Afghanistan from the Russians. Musharraf is the one brought the US forces and intelligence services into Kashmir under the pretext of aiding the victims of the earthquake. Thus, they entered under this cover and began to bolster its defenses and fortifications to establish permanent Crusader bases on the Pakistani-Indian borders.
“The fourth of these calamities is Musharraf's recognition of Israel to prepare the Pakistanis psychologically to recognize a Hindu state in Kashmir.
“The fifth of these calamities is his insult to the Pakistani dignity and sovereignty when he gave the US intelligence and investigation agencies a free hand in Pakistan and turned the Pakistani Army and security agencies into hunting dogs at the service of the Crusaders.
“The sixth of these calamities is his demoralization of political life in Pakistan, for it was through bribery and election fraud that Musharraf appointed himself president, formed a party of bribe-takers and opportunists -- whom he gave the majority of parliamentary seats -- and distributed among the members of this party and the rest of his supporters the country's wealth that he had seized despite his claims at the start of his reign that he had come to combat financial corruption in Pakistan. The West, which claims to defend democracy, was initially opposed to Musharraf, but later turned into an admirer of Musharraf and his betrayals; rather, it now encourages him to remain in power through any means after he proved his efficiency in killing Muslims.
“Musharraf's real problem is bribery, for he believes that he can only succeed in accumulating wealth if he betrays Pakistan, pleases America, and throws himself at its feet, but he forgets the other half of the truth, that America dumps its agents into the trash once they outlive their usefulness. If he looks across his western borders, he will find the fate of the [late Iranian] Shah [Mohammad Reza Pahlavi] a testament to this reality, for they [I.E. the Americans] ordered the Shah to leave Iran, but then deprived him of asylum and medical treatment, which was offered to him only by his venal friend [then-Egyptian President] Anwar al-Sadat.
“In keeping with his worship of money and his avidity for bribery, Musharraf tries to convince the Pakistani people that they should pursue their interests with total disregard for religious or moral considerations. This is the same logic of drug dealers, slavery gangs, spies, and traitors. The punishment for this approach is loss in this life and the Hereafter. Allah Almighty says, ‘The Evil one threatens you with poverty and bids you to conduct unseemly. Allah promiseth you His forgiveness and bounties. And Allah careth for all and He knoweth all things.’ [Koranic verse, Sura 2:268]
“I call on the Pakistani people to take the side of Islam against the Zionist-Crusader campaign on the Islamic world and Pakistan. I urge them to do their best to topple this venal and traitor criminal, and ask that they do all they can to support their brothers the mujahidin in Afghanistan so that they may defeat the Crusader-Zionist plot that is allied with India.
“I wish to draw the Pakistani Army's attention to the dismal fate awaiting it in this life and the Hereafter, for the Pakistani Army has transformed into forces that fall in under Bush's Cross in his Crusader campaign on Islam and Muslims, and has turned into a tool used to destroy Pakistan and rip it apart. Let every soldier and officer in the Pakistani Army know that Allah promises to painfully punish those who ally themselves with pagans against Muslims. Allah says, ‘To the Hypocrites give the glad tidings that there is for them a grievous penalty; Yea, to those who take for friends unbelievers rather than believers: is it honor they seek among them? Nay - all honor is with Allah.’ [Koranic verse, Sura 4:138-139]
“Let every soldier and officer in the Pakistani Army know that Musharraf is casting them into the furnace of civil war in return for the bribes he took from the Americans, and that he does not care if 10,000 or 20,000 from the Pakistani Army are killed as long as his pockets are fattened by bribes. Let them know that Musharraf has made preparations for fleeing abroad when the popular revolution succeeds, and has opened secret bank accounts.
“I therefore call on every soldier and officer in the Pakistani Army to disobey orders by their commanders to kill Muslims in Pakistan and Afghanistan, otherwise, let them confront the mujahidin who expelled the English and Russians in the past. Allah says, ‘Say to the Unbelievers, if they desist, their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already. And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere; but if they cease, verily Allah doth see all that they do. If they refuse, be sure that Allah is your Protector - the best to protect and the best to help.’ [Koranic verse, Sura 8:38-40]
“Our final prayer is: Thanks be to God Almighty, and may His blessings and prayers be upon Prophet Muhammad, the members of his household, and his companions."