Defend Afghans: Osama

DUBAI, SEPT. 24. Qatar's al-Jazeera satellite television on Monday quoted Osama as urging Pakistanis to fight any assault on Afghanistan by ``crusader Americans''.

``We incite our Muslim brothers in Pakistan to deter with all their capabilities the American crusaders from invading Pakistan and Afghanistan,'' the television reported him as saying in a statement.

The statement faxed to Jazeera was typed in Arabic, signed ``Osama bin Laden'' in typed letters and signed in handwriting by ``Osama Mohammad''.

- Reuters

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