Bin Laden Urges Insurgent Unity
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CAIRO — Osama bin Laden called for insurgents in Iraq to unite and avoid divisions, saying in an audiotape aired today that Muslims were “waiting for you to gather under one banner.”
The authenticity of the tape aired on Al-Jazeera television could not be immediately confirmed, but the voice resembled that of Mr. bin Laden in previous messages. Al-Jazeera did not say how it obtained the tape of the Al Qaeda leader.
“Some of you have been lax in one duty, which is to unite your ranks,” Mr. bin Laden said. “Beware of division … The Muslim world is waiting for you to gather under one banner.”