Bin Laden vows revenge against Pakistan president

DUBAI, Sep 20 (Reuters) Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden vowed in a new audio message to retaliate against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for the killing of a rebel cleric and the raid on his mosque in July, a US Web site said today.

''We in al Qaeda organisation call on God to witness that we will retaliate for the blood of ... Abdul Rashid Ghazi and those with him against Musharraf and those who help him, and for all the pure and innocent blood,'' it quoted bin Laden as saying in English excerpts of his comments.

An al Qaeda linked Web site had earlier said that a new bin Laden tape was expected.

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