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Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has warned the United States
of new attacks that his organization has planned. In a
recording sent to West Asian news broadcast channel Al-Jazeera,
he said that the attacks were not delayed by security
arrangements. However, he also offered a "long-term truce"
to the US and promised to keep his word saying that Islam
does not accommodate liars and those who break promises. The
US was quick to reject the "truce" saying that they do not
negotiate with terrorists and will work hard to "put them
out of business." They said they are also analyzing the
authenticity of the tape. Meanwhile, there is widespread
speculation in the Western and South Asian media on the
effects of the weekend bombing by a CIA drone. Pakistan
Information & Broadcasting Minister Sheik Rashid Ahmed said
that some foreigners were present in the house that was
bombed and said that they were killed in the bombing. While
reports say that Taliban and al Qaeda elements removed the
bodies and took them to an undisclosed location in the
hills, several believe that second-in-command Ayman al
Zawahiri was one of those killed. Intelligence officials
believe that one of Osama's sons-in-law and the al Qaeda's
chemical and explosives expert Midhat Mursi al Sayid
carrying a bounty of USD 5 million were also killed.
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