Osama Confession Video

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95. As I wrote above, the "Confession Video" wasn't the only time Osama talked of his involvement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Osama_bin_Laden_video

This was presented in Arabic, on Al-Jazeera:

The video is reported to be 18 minutes in length; Osama only speaks for 14 minutes 39 seconds.[1] Al-Jazeera released a transcript of the complete tape on November 1, 2004

... His remarks, in Arabic but addressed to citizens of the United States, instruct them that "the best way to avoid another Manhattan" (a reference to the September 11, 2001 attacks), is to not threaten the security of Muslim nations, such as Palestine and Lebanon.

Osama is clear about his involvement:

The tape also contains bin Laden's first public acknowledgment of al-Qaeda's involvement in the attacks on the U.S., noting that he first thought about attacking the World Trade Center in 1982, after watching Israeli aircraft bomb Lebanon during the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon:

"While I was looking at these destroyed towers in Lebanon, it sparked in my mind that the tyrant should be punished with the same and that we should destroy towers in America, so that it tastes what we taste and would be deterred from killing our children and women."

He also admits for the first time a direct link to the attacks, saying that they were carried out because "we are a free people who do not accept injustice, and we want to regain the freedom of our nation". Bin Laden threatens further retaliation against the U.S., noting that the conditions which provoked the 2001 attacks still exist and compares America to "corrupt" Arab governments.

He speaks of his desire to bankrupt the U.S.