US believes new Osama tape is authentic

The White House believes that a new videotape by Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is authentic, spokesman Scott McClellan said on Sunday.

The White House believes that a new videotape by Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is authentic, spokesman Scott McClellan said on Sunday.

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In the tape, which surfaced on Al-Jazeera television on Sunday, the Al-Qaeda leader called on Muslim fighters to go to Sudan to wage war against "crusader thieves" and slammed the international isolation of the Hamas-led Palestinian government.