Bin Laden urges Iraq rebel unity, admits wrongs

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Source: Reuters

Bin Laden urges Iraq rebel unity, admits wrongs
Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:17pm EDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden urged insurgents in Iraq
to unite with his al Qaeda followers, admitting that wrongs
had been committed because of fanaticism, according to an
audio recording aired on Monday.

"The interest of the Islamic nation surpasses that of a
group ... the interest of the (Islamic) nation is more
important than that of a state," said a voice which sounded
like the al Qaeda leader's in the tape carried by Al Jazeera
television.

The recording was aired as Iraq's government reported
violence had dropped by 70 percent since the end of June,
following a series of U.S.-led offensives against insurgents.

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Bin Laden acknowledged that some insurgents were involved
in "wrongdoings", mentioning a particular group of holy
commandments that includes killings. He did not give
further details.

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