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Bin Laden says Obama to follow Bush's steps

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-03 21:55

CAIRO -- Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden said in a latest tape broadcasted on Wednesday by pan-Arab TV channel al-Jazeera that US President Barack Obama will follow the steps of his predecessor George W. Bush.

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"He (Obama) has chosen to follow the steps of his predecessor in hostility against Muslims," bin Laden said in the tape, which was broadcast shortly following Obama's arrival in the Saudi capital of Riyadh for a visit to Saudi Arabia.

Obama is on a Middle East tour which will also take him to Egypt, where he will deliver a key speech on his Middle Eastern policy aimed at reaching out to the Muslims.