Bin Laden threatens Americans

"Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda chief, has threatened to have American soldiers killed if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, considered as one of the masterminds behind the September 11 attacks, is executed.

The latest audio recording purportedly from the al-Qaeda leader was broadcast on Al Jazeera on Thursday.

"The day America will take such decision [to execute Mohamed and any others] it would have taken a decision to execute whoever we capture," Bin Laden said.

Mohammed and four other people allegedly involved in the 9/11 attacks are due to go on trial in the US, where prosecutors are expected to seek the death penalty."

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