(Peshawar ) - Osama Bin Laden, the world’s most hunted terrorist and self-proclaimed leader of a global holy war against America , will not participate in traditional spring cleaning rituals. Bin Laden announced his intentions in a video released to, and broadcast on, the Al-Jazeera network. “My roommate, Dr. Al-Zawahiri, has been pestering me for weeks about giving this cave a good scrubbing, but I’m sick of looking at these rock walls,” he said. “Let him take me out once in a while, and I’d be more agreeable to performing domestic chores.” Mr. Bin Laden went on to describe a litany of insults he has been subjected to by Dr. Al-Zawahiri since the two men went into hiding following the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Chief among those insults was a failure of Dr. Al-Zawahiri to express gratitude to Mr. Bin Laden for his willingness to prepare food on a daily basis. “There’s not a day goes by he doesn’t come home from a hard day of fomenting hatred and doesn’t have a hot meal on the table,” Bin Laden complained. “You think he’d ever say thanks?”
CIA officials who examined the tape believe it is authentic. One analyst, speaking on condition of anonymity, said “the walls of that cave appear to have built up a significant amount of grime and dust,” leading the agency to conclude it was made within the past several weeks.
