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New Tape Promises Attacks On U.S. Voice Purported To Be Bin Laden's
By Sarah El Deeb Associated Press Sunday, October 19, 2003; Page A18
CAIRO, Oct. 18 -- In a new audiotape aired Saturday, a voice purported to be Osama bin Laden's vowed suicide attacks "inside and outside" the United States and threatened nations that are helping the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.
The speaker on the tape, broadcast by the al-Jazeera television network, also warned Iraqis against cooperating with U.S. forces and urged youths in neighboring countries to join a jihad, or holy war, against the Americans.
"We reserve the right to respond at the appropriate time and place against all the countries participating in this unjust war, particularly Britain, Spain, Australia, Poland, Japan and Italy," the voice said.
The voice added that there would be "no exception for those participating from the countries of the Islamic world and the Gulf, especially Kuwait."
It was the first tape since one released on the eve of the second anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. The message came as President Bush toured Asian nations to rally allies in the war on terrorism.
U.S. officials said they were studying the tape. "We're doing a technical analysis of the tape to try to determine whether or not it's authentic," said Mark Mansfield, a spokesman for the CIA.
Al-Jazeera, based in Qatar, received the recording Saturday from a "trusted source" who called and offered the audiotape, news editor Ibrahim Hilal said.
The message was apparently recorded before early September, because the speaker refers to the government of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned Sept. 6.
In the portion of the recording addressed to Americans, the speaker said, "I tell the American people we will continue fighting you, and we will continue martyrdom operations inside and outside the United States until you stop your injustice, and you end your foolishness."
On Sept. 10, al-Jazeera broadcast a videotape that contained a pair of voiceovers, one purportedly from bin Laden and the other from his deputy Ayman Zawahiri. The CIA said two days later that analysts believed that bin Laden's voice on the tape was probably authentic.
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