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Purported New Bin Laden Threat Against Americans

   VOA News 25 March 2010
   Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden (1998 file photo)

Photo: AP

   Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden (1998 file photo)

   The  Arabic  television  network  al-Jazeera  has  aired  an audiotape
   purportedly  of  Osama  bin Laden threatening to kill U.S. soldiers if
   the United States executes the alleged mastermind of the September 11,
   2001 terrorist attacks.
   The  man on the tape says Americans taken prisoner by al-Qaida will be
   executed  if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is put to death.  He is currently
   being held by the United States, where he is to be tried.
   Al Jazeera aired the audiotape on Thursday.
   There  was  no  immediate  independent verification of the recording's
   authenticity.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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