SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2007
0:21 MECCA TIME, 21:21 GMT
Bin Laden urges against US 'plots'
The latest recording accused the US of attempting to
control Iraq's oil [AFP]
Osama bin Laden has accused the US of plotting to take
control of Iraq's oil and urged Iraqis to reject
efforts to rebuild a US-backed national unity
government.
In a new audio recording, the al-Qaeda leader also
threatened more attacks against Israel and to expand
his group's so-called holy war, or jihad, to Jerusalem
and Palestine.
The authenticity of the tape could not be verified.
In it, bin Laden urged Iraqis to reject a plan which
he said meant "to give the Americans all they wish of
Iraq's oil" and said those who take part in a unity
government would be turning their backs on Islam.
He also urged Iraqis not to join the Awakening
Councils which are predominantly Sunni tribal police
funded by the US military to fight al-Qaeda and reduce
violence.
"I advise those who follow the path of temptation
should wash out this disgrace by repentance," he said
in the 56-minute recording posted on the internet on
Saturday.
US progress
"This participation [in the Awakening Councils] is a
great apostasy and sedition that will lead them to
Hell."
The release of the recording comes as the US and the
Iraqi interior ministry claim they have the al-Qaeda
organisation in Iraq on the run.
Several hours before the tape was issued, General
David Petraeus, the most senior US commander in Iraq,
said al-Qaeda was becoming increasingly fearful over
losing the support of Sunnis and had begun targeting
the leaders of the tribal councils who have switched
allegiances to the US.
Bin Laden also criticised the Saudi government for
supporting US policies in Iraq.
"The government of Riyadh is still playing its wicked
roles," he said.
The recording was posted on the website where
al-Qaeda's media arm, al-Sahab, issues the group's
messages.
A US counter-terrorism official said Washington was
aware of the recording and was looking into it.
"There has never been a fake bin Laden tape, so there
really wouldn't be any reason going in to believe it
would be anything other than authentic," the official
said.
Palestine threat
The tape was the latest message from al-Qaeda leaders
trying to patch up divisions among groups in Iraq and
rally Sunnis behind al-Qaeda.
On December 16 bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri,
branded those who work with the anti-Qaeda tribal
councils as traitors and called for Sunnis to purge
anyone co-operating with the Americans.
Also in Saturday's tape, bin Laden promised to widen
al-Qaeda's fight to include Israel, stepping up the
organisation's attempts to use the Israeli-Arab
conflict to rally supporters.
"I would like to assure our people in Palestine that
we will expand our jihad there," bin Laden said.
Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders frequently vow to
liberate Jerusalem and Palestine in their messages,
but the latest comments were more direct.
Israel has warned of growing al-Qaeda activity in the
occupied Palestinian territory, but the network is not
believed to have taken a strong direct role there so
far.
"We will not recognise even one inch for Jews in the
land of Palestine as other Muslim leaders have," bin
Laden said.
The tape did not refer to the assassination of Benazir
Bhutto in Pakistan on Thursday.
Source: Agencies
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