Bin Laden slams Gaza 'holocaust'
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2009
Source: ITN
A tape said to be the voice of Osama bin Laden has described Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip as a "holocaust".
The al-Qaeda leader also lashed out at "moderate" Arab governments accused of colluding with "the Crusader-Zionist alliance".
In the audio recording broadcast on Saturday, a voice identified as bin Laden's calls Arab leaders hypocrites and accuses them of sacrificing the Palestinians in Gaza and collaborating with Israel.
The message was released in excerpts on the Arabic television station Al-Jazeera.
The devastating three-week offensive by the Israeli military, which ended on January 18, killed around 1,300 Palestinians, according to Palestinian medics and human rights groups.
The voice on the tape said: "It was clear that some of the Arab leaders have collaborated with the Crusader-Zionist alliance against our people, those whom America calls the moderate leaders."
The message was the second attributed to bin Laden on the Gaza offensive since January, when he urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel.
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2009
Source: ITN
A tape said to be the voice of Osama bin Laden has described Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip as a "holocaust".
The al-Qaeda leader also lashed out at "moderate" Arab governments accused of colluding with "the Crusader-Zionist alliance".
In the audio recording broadcast on Saturday, a voice identified as bin Laden's calls Arab leaders hypocrites and accuses them of sacrificing the Palestinians in Gaza and collaborating with Israel.
The message was released in excerpts on the Arabic television station Al-Jazeera.
The devastating three-week offensive by the Israeli military, which ended on January 18, killed around 1,300 Palestinians, according to Palestinian medics and human rights groups.
The voice on the tape said: "It was clear that some of the Arab leaders have collaborated with the Crusader-Zionist alliance against our people, those whom America calls the moderate leaders."
The message was the second attributed to bin Laden on the Gaza offensive since January, when he urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel.
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