Bin Laden issues threat over images
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Osama bin Laden in a new audio message criticized the publication of drawings he said were insulting to the prophet Muhammad and warned Europeans of a strong reaction to come.
The message appeared on a militant website that has carried Al Qaeda statements in the past and bore the logo of the extremist group’s media wing, As Sahab. It was accompanied by a picture of Bin Laden aiming an assault rifle.
A voice believed to be that of Bin Laden, who is thought to be hiding along the Afghan-Pakistani border, called the cartoons, which have appeared in Danish newspapers, part of a “new crusade” against Islam.
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