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Fri 03 Mar 2010Bin Laden threatens reprisal over 9/11 trial
AL-QAEDA FOUNDER Osama bin Laden yesterday threatened to kill US captives if the alleged mastermind of the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington is executed.
In an audio tape broadcast by al-Jazeera, bin Laden said, “The White House has declared its wish to execute [Khaled Shaikh Mohammad]. The day the United States takes such a decision, it would also be taking the decision that any of you falling into our hands will be executed.”
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