‘Osama’ tape refers to Saddam capture

DUBAI: Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television on Sunday night aired an audiotape attributed to Osama Bin Laden in which he appeared to refer to the December 13 capture of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Gulf leaders “know that their turn is coming” after seeing “the capture of their former comrade in treason and collaboration with America”, the voice purported to be that of the Al Qaeda chief said. “The audiotape contains new things. It refers to the Geneva Initiative (an unofficial Israeli-Palestinian peace plan unveiled on December 1) and the capture of Saddam Hussein on December 13,” Al-Jazeera editor Ibrahim Hilal earlier told AFP. The man said to be Bin Laden also referred to the suicide bombings last May and November in Riyadh. —AFP

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