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To: i-node who wrote (160615)	2/11/2003 4:03:56 PM
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bin Laden Expresses Solidarity with Iraq DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Feb. 11) - The Al-Jazeera Arab satellite station broadcast a new audio statement from Osama bin Laden on Tuesday in which he expresses solidarity with the Iraqi people. Chief editor Ibrahim Hilal told The Associated Press the 16-minute tape was a message to Iraqis to remain steadfast in the face of a potential American attack. Yasser Thabet, a broadcast editor at Al-Jazeera, said the tape appears to be authentic because the television station got it through the same means as previous bin Laden statements. He did not elaborate. ''When you listen to the tape, you can tell it's Osama bin Laden's voice,'' Thabet said. Ahead of the broadcast, a headline at the bottom of the screen during regular programming Tuesday night read, ''Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden calls on all Muslims to unite to defend the Iraqi people, in an audio message Al-Jazeera will broadcast later.'' Hilal said that on the tape, bin Laden urged Muslims not to cooperate with the U.S against Iraq, saying any Muslim who cooperates with America against another Muslim is an apostate. He said the station was not sure it would air all of the tape, saying the quality was not very good. Secretary of State Colin Powell told a Senate panel Tuesday that what appears to be a new statement from Osama bin Laden shows why the world needs to be concerned about Iraqi ties to terrorism. Powell said he read a transcript of ''what bin Laden - or who we believe to be bin Laden'' was to say on Al-Jazeera, ''where once again he speaks to the people of Iraq and talks about their struggle and how he is in partnership with Iraq.'' The last Bin Laden tape aired on Nov. 12 on Al-Jazeera. Bin Laden, in the statement, promised new terrorist attacks. AP-NY-02-11-03 1511EST Copyright 2003 The Associated Press.