Bin Laden accuses US of Mideast plot

AN AUDIO tape said to be from Osama Bin Laden accuses the US of plotting to carve up Muslim countries in the Middle East to benefit Israel.

The message urges Muslims to “fight the enemy that sabotages the world”, describing jihad, or holy war, as “a necessity”.

The tape says “foolish” US President George W Bush wants a “Zionist Crusader war”.