Bin Laden warns Iraqi Sunnis
Osama bin Laden warned Iraq’s Sunni Arabs against fighting Al Qaeda and vowed to expand the terrorist group’s focus to Israel in an audiotape released Saturday.
Most of the 56-minute tape dealt with Iraq in an apparent effort to keep supporters there unified at a time when the U.S. military claims to have the Sunni group Al Qaeda on the run.
Bin Laden’s comments included unusually direct remarks about Israel, which has warned of growing Al Qaeda activity in the Palestinian territories.
“We intend to liberate Palestine, the whole of Palestine from the [Jordan] river to the sea,” he said, threatening “blood for blood.”
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