CIA concludes bin Laden tape is authentic

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2006

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The CIA has has concluded that an audiotaped message attributed to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is authentic.

"Following a technical analysis of an audiotape on the Internet, the CIA assesses it is the voice of Osama bin Laden," the official said Friday.

On the tape, bin Laden hails Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the slain Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, as a "lion of Islam" and vows that the jihad, or holy war, will continue in Iraq.

© 2006 AFP

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