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Bin Laden Accuses Pope of Anti-Islam Crusade
[AP] Paul Schemm - Osama bin Laden accused Pope Benedict XVI of helping in a "new Crusade" against Islam and warned of a "severe" reaction to European publications of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that insulted many Muslims. Bin Laden's audiotape, posted Wednesday, said the cartoons "came in the framework of a new Crusade in which the pope of the Vatican has played a large, lengthy role." The Vatican spokesman, Rev. Federico Lombardi, said bin Laden's accusation is "baseless."