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German Security Source: Bin Laden Tape 'Authentic'

German security sources said on Wednesday they believed the voice exhorting Muslims to fight the “allies of the devil” heard on a tape broadcast by a Qatar television channel was that of Osama bin Laden. “Based on current findings, it appears that the tape is authentic,” a German security source told Reuters. “The examinations of the recording are continuing.” U.S. officials have said the tape, broadcast Tuesday on al-Jazeera television, was probably genuine. They said it showed links between Iraq and bin Laden’s al Qaeda network, blamed for the September 11, 2201, suicide attacks on U.S. cities. Full Story