'Bin Laden' Endorses Islamist War on Iraq Vote
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Osama bin Laden apparently urged Iraqis  to boycott U.S.-backed elections, endorsing Sunni Muslim  insurgents on the day a senior Shi'ite leader survived a car  bombing and the top Sunni party pulled out of next month's  vote.
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Osama bin Laden called for Iraqi insurgents to unite and avoid divisive "extremism," speaking in an audiotape aired Monday and apparently intended to win over Sunnis opposed to al-Qaida's branch in Iraq
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An audio tape purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged Iraqis Monday to boycott January&#39;s elections, saying anyone who takes part would be an &quot;infidel.
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President Bush on Wednesday denounced Osama bin Laden's call to boycott the Iraqi elections, saying that the balloting marks a crossroads for Iraq.
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Osama bin Laden endorsed the new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq in an Internet posting Saturday, and he warned Shiites there against collaborating with the United States in its fight against Sunni insurgents.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden on Sunday, saying it had agreed with al-Qaida over strategy and the need for unity against "the enemies of Islam."   The declaration, which appeared on a Web site often used as a clearinghouse for statements by militant groups, began with a Quranic verse encouraging Muslim unity and said al-Zarqawi considered bin Laden "the best leader for Islam's armies against all infidels and apostates."   The statement, whose authenticity could not be independently confirmed, said the two had been in communication eight months ago and "viewpoints were exchanged" before the dialogue was interrupted.   "God soon blessed us with a resumption in communication, and the dignified brothers in al-Qaida understood the strategy of Tawhid and Jihad," the statement said...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Osama bin Ladenâs sudden reappearance on videotape and the deaths of eight Marines in Iraq on Saturday sent President Bush and Democrat John Kerry into a sharp final round of argument over which one can defeat terrorism, the
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Any Iraqi who votes in the Jan. 30 election will become "a nonbeliever," according to an audiotape attributed to Osama bin Laden and broadcast yesterday by al-Jazeera.
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A new tape purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden backed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as the Islamist network's leader in Iraq, Al Jazeera television reported Monday.
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An audio tape purportedly from al Qaeda  leader Osama bin Laden has urged Iraqis to boycott January  parliamentary elections, Arabic Al Jazeera television said on  Monday.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush said Osama bin Laden's mention of the Iraq war in his video message is a reminder of Al Qaeda's long-term objectives in Iraq and of the "dangerous world in which we live."
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President Bush declared that Osama bin Laden's call for Iraqis to boycott the elections "make the stakes of this pretty clear to me."
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Osama bin Laden will address the fight by Islamic militants in Somalia and Iraq in an upcoming Internet message, a Web site said Friday, just hours after the al-Qaida leader released a rare statement that praised the slain Iraq insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi  declared all-out war on Iraq's elections, berating the Shi'ite  majority for embracing the Jan. 30 poll and urging Sunnis to  fight against what he called infidel voters.
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An audio tape purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged Iraqis today to boycott January&#39;s elections, saying anyone who takes part would be an &#39;&#39;infidel&#39;&#39;.
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Osama bin Laden finally voted for president. So did Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Jordanian leader of &quot;Monotheism and Holy War,&quot; alleged beheader of Western hostages in Iraq, and the US target of choice in and around embattled Fallujah.
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In a new audiotape, Osama bin Laden warned Iraqâs Sunni Arabs against fighting Al Qaeda and promised to expand the terror groupâs holy war to Israel.