"The
responsibility
for
the
current
situation
in
Saudi
Arabia
rests
with
the
regime,"
said
the
voice
on
the
tape,
broadcast
on
a
website
and subsequently
on
Aljazeera.
The
authenticity
of
the
tape
could
not
be
immediately
verified.
"In
Saudi
Arabia
,
it
is
the
king
and
not
Allah
who
commands
sovereignty
and
complete
obedience,"
the
voice
on
the
tape
said.
"I
advised
the
government
two
decades
ago
to
remedy
the
situation ...
but
it
has
not
changed
at
all."
"We
pray
to
Allah
to
welcome
the
souls
of
the
mujahidin
(Islamic
fighters) who
attacked
the
American
consulate
in
Jedda,"
he
said,
referring
to
the
6 December
attack
in
the
Saudi
city
in
which
four
of
the
attackers,
together
with
five
non-American
embassy
staff
members,
were
killed.
Bin
Ladin
said
there
is
no
difference
between
one
Arab
leader
and
another
as
they
are
all
keen
to
implement
US
policies
in
the
region.
No
difference
"We
are
not
talking
about
a
corrupt,
impious
leader,
but
about
the
apostasy
and
collaboration
of
leaders
with
the
infidels.
"Since
there
is
no
difference
between
[Paul]
Bremer,
the
former
governor
in
Baghdad,
and
[Iyad]
Allawi,
the
current
leader,
in
applying
US
policies
in
Iraq,
there
is
no
difference
between
Bremer
and
the
rest
of
the
region's
leaders
in
applying
US
policies," Bin
Ladin said.
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Bin
Ladin:
Saudis
have
ignored
all
conditions
to
prevent
bloodshed
|
With
regard
to
Saudi
Arabia,
he
talked
about
"the
conflict
between
the
leaders
and
the
people",
and also
about the
stands
of
other
Arab
leaders.
