Bin Laden warns Brits; TERROR.

OSAMA bin Laden has warned that al-Qaeda will retaliate against Britain and other European countries unless they pull their troops out of Afganistan.

The call comes in an audiotape posted on Islamic websites yesterday.

Bin Laden also denounced Nato airstrikes in Afghanistan that have killed civilians.

And he predicted that American forces would soon pull out of the country, abandoning their European allies. Speaking directly to Europeans he said: "It won't be long before the war's dust in Afghanistan clears out and you will not find a trace of an American. It will be only us and you left."

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MESSAGE Bin Laden