Bin Laden warns of US attacks
2006-01-19 17:20
Dubai - Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden warned that new attacks are being prepared on the United States, according to an audiotape attributed to him and broadcast on Al-Jazeera television on Thursday.
But the voice on the tape also offered the American people a "long term truce".
"The delay in (attacks) is not because of security measures taken... These operations are being prepared and you will see their results," he said, addressing the American people.
Bin Laden had previously not been heard of since a December 27 2004 audiotape in which he anointed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraq's most wanted man, as al-Qaeda's leader in the war-torn country.
In December last year, Al-Jazeera aired a videotape it said dated back to September showing al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri claiming that bin Laden was still alive and leading "jihad" or holy war against the West.