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Osama bin Laden threatens to escalate war against U.S.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)

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Byline: Michael A. Lev

PESHAWAR, Pakistan _ Within hours of the allied strike on Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden appeared in a videotaped message of defiance and threatened to broaden his war against America and its allies, vowing to spread fear throughout the world and to not rest until the U.S. leaves the Middle East and the Palestinian issue is resolved.

In the tape, made before the bombing and broadcast on the Arab satellite television station Al-Jazeera, bin Laden called President Bush the "head of the infidels" and praised the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed thousands at the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Representatives of the Taliban government that has sheltered bin Laden in Afghanistan since 1996 called the U.S.-led strikes terrorist acts and said they were prepared to wage holy war in response.

America "will never achieve its goal," said Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan. A Taliban official said following the attacks that bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar,…

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