Bin Laden names new Iraq chief
01/07/2006 22:35  - (SA)  

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Paris - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has endorsed the appointment of Abu Hamza al-Muhajer as the network's chief in Iraq.

According to an audiotape, posted on the internet on Saturday, bin Laden has appointed Muhajer to succeed slain Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in a United States raid in Iraq in June.

On the audiotape, bin Laden urged Muhajer to "fight the Americans and their allies".

The authenticity of the audiotape was not verified.

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