Bin Laden tape calls for suicide attacks and holy war to help Iraq.

(From Agence France Presse)

An audio recording said to be the voice of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden called for Muslims to stage suicide attacks and join the Iraqi regime in any war against the United States.

Washington, which is battling to put together a coalition to disarm Iraq, immediately seized upon the message as evidence that bin Laden's al-Qaeda network had a "common cause" with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

The Al-Jazeera Arab television network broadcast the message it said was from bin Laden. The US government said it also believed the message came from bin Laden, who organised the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States which killed more than 3,000.

The speaker called on Muslims …