In a new audio message attributed to Osama bin Laden and sent to the Qatar-based TV channel al-Jazeera, the al-Qaeda leader calls for a holy war to free Iraq from US forces and for jihadists to launch attacks against Israel from Jordan. He also describes Israel's January military offensive in the Gaza Strip as a 'holocaust.' bin Laden's last message was on January 14 when he called on Muslims to take revenge against Israel for the Gaza offensive1.

• 1. “Bin Laden releases holy war tape,” Bangladesh News.Net, March 14, 2009, at http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/477781