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Bin
Ladin
urges
Iraq
election
boycott
Usama
bin
Ladin
has
called
for
a
boycott
of
next
month's
elections
in
Iraq
and
endorsed
Abu
Musab
al-Zarqawi
as
his
deputy
in
Airing
parts
of
bin
Ladin's
speech
on
Monday,
the
message
condemned
the 30
January
elections
to
elect
a
national
assembly
that
will
draft
a
new
constitution. "In
the
balance
of
Islam,
this
constitution
is
infidel
and
therefore
everyone
who
participates
in
this
election
will
be
considered
an
infidel,"
he
said.
"Beware
of
henchmen
who
speak
in
the
name
of
Islamic
parties
and
groups
who
urge
people
to
participate"
in
the
election.
He
also
described
al-Zarqawi
as
the
"amir"
of
al-Qaida
in
Bin
Ladin added
his
al-Zarqawi announcement
was "a
great
step
on
the
path
of
unifying
all
the
mujahidin
in
establishing
the
state
of
righteousness
and
ending
the
state
of
injustice".
Previous
message The
al-Qaida
chief
added
that
al-Zarqawi
and
those
with
him
are
fighting
"for
Allah's
sake.
We
have
been
pleased
that
they
responded
to
God's
and
his
Prophet's
order
for
unity,
and
we
in
al-Qaida
welcome
their
unity
with
us",
he
said. Believed
to
be
hiding
in
the
mountains
along
the
Pakistan-Afghanistan
border,
the
Saudi-born
bin
Ladin
last
sent
a
video
message
to
Aljazeera
before
the
In
that
statement,
he
for
the
first
time
clearly
took
responsibility
for
the September
11
attacks
on
the
The
latest
message
was
broadcast
on
the
same
day
that
two
US
soldiers
were
killed
in
roadside
bombings.
Five
more
were
wounded
in
two
separate
blasts,
according
to
the
military. The
first
attack
hit
a
patrol
in
Samarra,
about
100km
north
of
the
capital.
The
second
was
in
Baghdad. Suspected
fighters
also killed
five
Iraqis
whose
bodies
were
found
on
the
roadside in
the
Iraqi
city
of
Ramadi. The attackers
left
a
handwritten
statement on
the
bodies
saying
the
killed
were
policemen
who
had
been
pursuing
mujahidin
and
were
executed
according
to
the
sharia
(Islamic
law).
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