| | Bin Laden urges jihad against Israel over Gaza
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has issued a 22-minute audio statement calling for jihad, or holy war, to stop Israeli "aggression" in Gaza, the US-based IntelCenter monitoring service reported Wednesday.
In the statement, titled "A Call for Jihad to Stop Aggression Against Gaza," Bin Laden calls for jihad to restore "Jerusalem and Palestine."
The Al-Qaeda leader also criticizes the Arab handling of the Gaza conflict and discusses both outgoing US President George W. Bush's administration and president-elect Barack Obama.
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