Bin Laden appoints Iraq chief

An audio tape claiming to be the voice to be Osama bin Laden tonight endorsed terror leader Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi as his deputy in Iraq and called for a boycott of next month’s elections.

Bin Laden appoints Iraq chief
Mon, 27 Dec, 2004 - 18:48

An audio tape claiming to be the voice to be Osama bin Laden tonight endorsed terror leader Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi as his deputy in Iraq and called for a boycott of next month’s elections.

Al-Jazeera satellite television quoted the tape in a news summary but had not broadcast the recording.

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