Terror leader Osama bin Laden has warned Europe of a “severe” reaction to come, in a recording which condemns former British prime minister Tony Blair as well as drawings seen as insulting to the Prophet Mohammed.

Osama bin Laden will release a new message soon declaring war on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, al-Qaida announced today.

World governments are playing down a leaked French intelligence document that raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid.

Al Qaida’s number-two leader today warned that the terrorist group would not stand idly by while “these (Israeli) shells burn our brothers” in Lebanon and Gaza.

Osama bin Laden’s deputy today urged all Muslims to take up arms and wage jihad against “the Cross and Zionism”.