DUBAI - Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden urged Muslims on Thursday to support the insurgency in Iraq as the best way to support the Palestinians, and accused Arab leaders of backing Israeli attacks on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
"The nearest Jihad (holy war) battlefield to support our people in Palestine is the battlefield of Iraq ... It should be taken care of and supported," said an audiotape attributed to him aired on Al-Jazeera television.
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