Bin Laden threatens attacks in US but offers truce

OSAMA BIN LADEN warned al-Qaida is preparing new attacks inside the United States, but said the group was open to a conditional truce with the US, according to an audio tape attributed to him yesterday.

A CIA official last night said “a technical analysis” authenticated the audio tape as a genuine message from Bin Laden.

It was the first purported tape by Bin Laden since 2004. Al-Jazeera television, which aired the tape, said it was recorded in December.