Bin Laden says he is Iraqi partner - Powell

US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned today that what appears to be a new threat from Osama bin Laden shows why the world needs to be concerned about Iraqi ties to terrorism.

Powell said he read a transcript of “what bin Laden – or who we believe to be bin Laden” will be saying on the Al-Jazeera Arab satellite station later today, “where once again he speaks to the people of Iraq and talks about their struggle and how he is in partnership with Iraq.”