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An Islamist website said it would carry a new recording from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden about "foiling plots" in Iraq.
The website said the 56-minute recording would also be about the Islamic State in Iraq, an al Qaeda-linked group in the country.
It did not say when the video or audio recording, produced by al Qaeda's media arm As-Sahab and entitled "The Path to Foiling Plots in Iraq", would be posted.
Al Qaeda messages have often been released within three days of their announcement on websites.
- REUTERS
