Osama Strikes Back At Pakistanis In Latest "Video"

Days after Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari admitted that Pakistan was behind nurturing and birthing Islamic terrorist groups, al Qaeda has released a video with Osama bin Laden mouthing off on the Pakistanis.

Osama Bin Laden told Pakistanis their leaders are "allies of Satan" in a newly released tape, urging them to fight the offensive in tribal areas where Al Qaeda and the Taliban are entrenched.

Bin Laden zeroed in on the Swat Valley and the Pashtun tribal belt on the Afghan border for his 32nd taped rant since the 9/11 attacks.

The Pakistani army has fought extremists in Swat who are imposing a brutal version of shariah, or Islamic law. The army has also moved against Waziristan - home turf of Taliban, Al Qaeda leaders and friendly warlords.

"Are you for the establishment of the shariah or are you for those who wage war against it, from America, [Pakistani President] Zardari and his aides?" Bin Laden said, according to a transcript of the tape provided to the Daily News.

"Zardari and his army are the allies of Satan."

I put the term video in quotes since Osama isn't actually seen in the video speaking, but it is yet another voiceover.

Osama and his fellow terrorists in al Qaeda and their coreligionists in the Taliban are feeling the sting of Pakistani military pressure while trying to outlast and outrun ISAF efforts in Afghanistan. He can't wait for that pressure to be let up, and he can only hope that some other Islamist tries to bump off Zardari or cause the Pakistani military to give up its efforts to limit the Taliban spread through the frontier provinces.

While the Taliban continue to hold on to vast areas, al Qaeda and Taliban leaders continue to be targeted by US airstrikes and Pakistani efforts. Those airstrikes have sent the Taliban leaders into hiding.