Osama bin Laden congratulated the Islamic world today over the "heroic operations" undertaken by "fighters" in Kuwait and Yemen, two Islamist websites reported.
"We congratulate our Islamic world for the heroic operations of courageous jihad carried out by its pious fighter children in Yemen, against the tanker of the crusaders, and in Kuwait, against the American invasion and occupation forces," said a message signed "Osama bin Mohammad bin Laden, your brother".
It referred to the explosion on October 6th that crippled a French supertanker off the coast of Yemen and Tuesday's attack on the Kuwaiti island of Failaka by two Kuwaitis that killed one US marine and injured another.
It was not possible to check the authenticity of the long message, dated October 12th and addressed to "the Nation" on the occasion of the first anniversary of the US offensive in Afghanistan.
The message reportedly appeared on the www.cenobite.comand www.islammemo.comwebsites.
AFP