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Osama Tape Cautions Europeans

Al-Qaeda leader urges withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Zach Samalin, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 29, 2007 1:34 PM CST

(Newser) – A new audio tape has Osama Bin Laden calling for European nations to sever military ties with US forces in Afghanistan. Cable network Al Jazeera today broadcast portions of the tape, in which a voice resembling Bin Laden's denies allegations that the Taliban, then ruling Afghanistan, knew of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the US, Reuters reports.

"It would be better for you if you [restrained] your politicians who flock to the White House and worked actively to end the wrong done to the oppressed," the voice on the latest tape says. The tape is the fourth in two months said to have been issued by the al-Qaeda leader, the BBC reports.

This undated photo shows al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. Bin Laden called for Iraqi insurgents to unite and avoid divisive "extremism," speaking in an audiotape aired Monday, Oct. 22,... (Associated Press)

El gráfico muestra los vídeos de Osama bin Laden que se han difundido desde el 2001; dos versiones; 3c 146 mm x 48 mm; 1c 46,5 mm x 100,3 mm (Associated Press)

This two picture combination shows on the left, Osama bin Laden in an image made from an undated video broadcast on Friday, Oct. 29, 2004 by the Arab television station Al-Jazeera. On the right, bin Laden... (Associated Press)

This image from video made available by IntelCenter, on Saturday, July 14, 2007, shows Osama bin Laden in a new videotape posted on a militant Web site by Al-Qaida's media production wing. The bin Laden... (Associated Press)

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