DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Osama bin Laden, the prime U.S. suspect in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, called on Pakistan's Muslims to fight "the American crusade."
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.
"I assure you, dear brothers, that we are firm on the road of jihad (holy struggle) for the sake of God."
The statement faxed to Jazeera was typed in Arabic, signed "Osama bin Laden" in typed letters and signed in handwriting by "Osama Mohammad."
"The new Jewish crusader campaign is led by the biggest crusader Bush under the banner of the Cross," the statement said in a reference to President Bush.
Bin Laden, believed in hiding in Afghanistan, often communicates with the outside world through Al-Jazeera, known among Arabs for its wide reach and its independent and aggressive editorial policies.
