Voice on Tape Probably Bin Laden’s, CIA Says
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CIA officials said they believed that an audiotape purportedly of Osama bin Laden aired Saturday by the Arabic Al Jazeera television network was probably authentic and showed he was alive in the recent past.
Bin Laden made several references that suggested the tape was recorded in the last several months. For example, he spoke of the government of former Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who served from April until Sept. 6. Bin Laden called Abbas’ government “a traitor and collaborator government” with the United States.
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