Bin Laden claims responsibility for Detroit bombing attempt

al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden has claimed responsibility for the failed Christmas day airliner bombing attempt in the United States. The al-Jazeera Arab television network has aired what it says is a new audio message bin-Laden. Bin Laden claims responsibility for Detroit bombing attempt In the message broadcast Sunday, bin Laden said al-Qaida would launch further attacks against the United States as long as it continues to support Israel. He said there will be no U.S. security until the Palestinians are secure. There was no immediate confirmation that the voice was bin Laden's, but it resembled previous recordings attributed to him. On December 25, Christmas Day, 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to detonate explosives on a U.S.-bound jetliner with nearly 300 people on board as the plane approached Detroit from Amsterdam.

Bin Laden claims responsibility for Detroit bombing attempt

In the message broadcast Sunday, bin Laden said al-Qaida would launch further attacks against the United States as long as it continues to support Israel.

He said there will be no U.S. security until the Palestinians are secure.

There was no immediate confirmation that the voice was bin Laden's, but it resembled previous recordings attributed to him.

On December 25, Christmas Day, 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to detonate explosives on a U.S.-bound jetliner with nearly 300 people on board as the plane approached Detroit from Amsterdam.