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Source: http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-10-29-voa82.cfm
Bin Laden Threatens U.S. in New Video
(VOA News) Four days before the U.S. presidential election al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened new attacks on the United States. He appeared in an 18-minute video broadcast on the Arab TV network Al Jazeera claiming responsibility for the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York. Bin Laden says al-Qaeda decided to destroy New York's World Trade towers in 2001 and listed several factors that motivated the attack, including frustration over what he called America's pro-Israeli Middle East policies. White House spokesman Scott McClellan says U.S. officials believe the tape is authentic and was made recently. This is the first video of bin Laden in more than a year.