Liberate Palestine, Bin Laden Demands on New Tape

Second message blasts Arabs for 'sacrificing' Palestinians
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted May 19, 2008 3:03 AM CDT
Liberate Palestine, Bin Laden Demands on New Tape
Osama bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in the mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in this Dec. 24, 1998 file photo.    (AP Photo/Rahimullah Yousafzai, File)

A new audio message apparently from Osama bin Laden blames Arab leaders for “sacrificing” Palestinians and calls for followers to "liberate Palestine," CNN reports. “Each one of us is responsible for the death of our people in Gaza,” the tape says. The message, posted on Islamist web sites yesterday, also calls for an end to the Gaza blockade. It marks the second such release in three days. (More Osama bin Laden stories.)

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