CAIRO — Osama bin Laden threatened Americans in a new audio recording aired Wednesday, saying President Barack Obama inflamed hatred toward the U.S. by ordering Pakistan to crack down on militants in Swat Valley and block Islamic law there. Bin Laden claimed U.S. pressure led to a campaign of "killing, fighting, bombing and destruction” that prompted the exodus of a million Muslims from northwest Pakistan.
The message was broadcast for the first time on pan-Arab Al-Jazeera Television around the same time Obama touched down in Saudi Arabia.
"Let the American people be ready to reap what the White House leaders have sown,” he said.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the White House was not surprised that the terrorist leader released the message just as Obama was preparing to deliver a speech on U.S. relations with the Muslim world.
by the associated press
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