Bin Laden tape rips U.S.; U.S. blasts back  June 3, 2009 at 7:04
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June 3 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden purportedly
saying U.S. policy in Pakistan foments hate is just more of the
same old rhetoric, the White House said Wednesday.  In what the
Arabic-language TV network al-Jazeera says is a voice recording
issued by the fugitive terrorist, a speaker is heard saying the
Pakistani government's military offensive against Taliban
militants in the Swat Valley, supported by Washington, is
generating "new seeds of hatred and revenge against America,"
CNN reported.  "I think the reports we've seen are consistent
with messages that we've seen in the past from al-Qaida,
threatening the U.S. and other countries that are involved in
counter-terrorism efforts," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs
said during a news briefing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the first
stop of President Barack Obama's Middle East trip.  The voice in
the message says Obama is "w