Bin Laden urges Muslims to join 'Holy War' on video

Osama bin Laden has urged Muslims to join his holy war in new video footage found in Afghanistan.

The tape was found by a Kabul resident in a house previously used by pro-Taliban or al-Qaida forces.

It's not known when it was filmed.

The footage lasts more than an hour but there is no specific mention of the September 11 attacks.

Bin Laden is filmed telling an audience to reject modern life and choose holy war. Battle, he says, is the best way to heaven.

The video shows Bin Laden weave together religious stories, political rhetoric and a stern view of the secular world.

Bin Laden briefly mentions the suffering of Muslims in Bosnia, Chechnya and the Palestinian territories and the presence of American troops in Saudi Arabia, particularly women soldiers.

He dismisses those who warn it is impossible to defeat America, recalling fighters in Afghanistan drove out a Soviet army far stronger than they were.

Bin Laden appears healthy but, as in a videotape aired on the Arab channel Al-Jazeera in December, his left arm is kept immobile at his side.