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-- UPDATE 1-Bin Laden urges solidarity with Iraq - Jazeera -- (Adds details) DUBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Fugitive Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden has issued a statement urging Muslim solidarity with Iraq and it will be broadcast later on Tuesday on al-Jazeera television, the Qatar-based satellite TV network said. Al-Jazeera said the statement "urged Muslims to show solidarity and defend the Iraqi people". It did not say if it was an audio tape or a written statement and just ran one line of the message. "We have a statement and we will show it later tonight. It has a message," al-Jazeera editor Saeed al-Shouly told Reuters. The United States has accused Iraq of links with bin Laden's al Qaeda network, a charge Iraqi President Saddam Hussein denied earlier this month. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the U.S. Senate Budget Committee on Tuesday that he had read a transcript "of what bin Laden, or who we believe to be bin Laden, will be saying on al-Jazeera during the course of the day". Powell told lawmakers they would "be seeing this as the day unfolds, where once again he speaks to the people of Iraq and talks about their struggle and how he is in partnership with Iraq". Powell cited this as a reason the United States could rely on just containing Iraq with more weapons inspectors and a greater United Nations presence. "This nexus between terrorists and states that are developing weapons of mass destruction can no longer be looked away from and ignored," Powell said. Statements from bin Laden have often been issued to confirm attacks blamed on his al Qaeda network. The United States raised its national threat alert level last week to orange -- the second highest -- citing intelligence reports of a threat from groups linked to al Qaeda. The United States says it does not know where bin Laden is, or whether he is alive or dead, after he evaded capture in Afghanistan in 2001. But U.S. officials said last year an audio recording broadcast on al-Jazeera in November and purported to be from bin Laden was almost certainly genuine. The tape was considered the strongest evidence so far that bin Laden survived the war in Afghanistan. Al-Jazeera has often received audio tapes and statements said to come from bin Laden, blamed for the September 11 attacks on U.S. cities. The United States has accused the Arab TV channel of being a mouthpiece for al Qaeda propaganda. ((Reporting by Samia Nakhoul; editing by Ian MacKenzie; Gulf newsroom, +971 4 391 8301; dubai.newsroom@reuters.com)) (C) Reuters 2003. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. nL11476474 11-Feb-2003 19:57:54 GMT Source RTRS - Reuters News