Osama has popped up again (on Al Jazeera of all places!) threatening attacks on the West and offering a “hudna”—the same type of phony Islamic “truce” used by Hamas, intended to give Al Qaeda time to regroup and rearm: Bin Laden Warns of Attacks, Offers Truce. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Jazeera on Thursday broadcast portions of an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden, saying al-Qaida is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a possible truce to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.

The voice on the tape said heightened security in the United States is not the reason there have been no attacks there since the Sept. 11, 2001, suicide hijackings.

Instead, the reason is “because there are operations that need preparations,” he said.

“The delay in similar operations happening in America has not been because of failure to break through your security measures. But the operations are happening in Baghdad and you will see them here at home the minute they are through (with preparations), with God’s permission,” he said.

“We do not mind offering you a long-term truce with fair conditions that we adhere to,” he said. “We are a nation that God has forbidden to lie and cheat. [But mass murder? No problem! —ed.] So both sides can enjoy security and stability under this truce so we can build Iraq and Afghanistan, which have been destroyed in this war. There is no shame in this solution, which prevents the wasting of billions of dollars that have gone to those with influence and merchants of war in America.”

This Associated Press photo caption refers to Bin Laden as an “exiled Saudi dissident:” Osama bin Laden on Yahoo! News Photos.