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CAIRO — Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip a “holocaust” and lashed out at Arab governments that he said failed to stop the bloodshed in an audio recording broadcast Saturday.
Bin Laden, whose message was released in excerpts on al-Jazeera TV, called Arab leaders hypocrites and accused them of sacrificing the Palestinians in Gaza and collaborating with Israel. The three-week offensive ended Jan. 18.
“It was clear that some of the Arab leaders have collaborated with the Crusader-Zionist alliance against our people, those whom America calls the moderate leaders,” said bin Laden. “We must disown ourselves from all those” governments.
