BIN LADEN calls for a ‘long war’ against infidels

AL-QAIDA leader Osama bin Laden called for a long war against “infidels and their agents” and warned Muslims that alliances with Christians and Jews would turn them into apostates.

Bin Laden’s remarks came in a recording, parts of which had been aired by Al Jazeera television just one day before US president Barack Obama said he sought a “new beginning” between the United States and the Muslim world in a speech.

“We either live under the light of Islam or we die with dignity... brace yourselves for a long war against the world’s infidels and their agents,” bin Laden said in the recording posted on an Islamist website.