In his first verified statement since the September 11th attacks, Osama bin Laden swore the United States would not live in peace until peace reigned in Palestine.
"America has been filled with horror from north to south and east to west, and thanks be to God what America is tasting now is only a copy of what we have tasted," he said in videotaped remarks to Qatar's al-Jazeera television.
"Our Islamic nation has been tasting the same for more than 80 years," he said, adding US President George W. Bush was the head of the infidels.
"God has blessed a group of vanguard Muslims to destroy America . . . and may God bless them and allot them a place in heaven".
An aide to bin Laden, Mr Ayman Zawahri, urged Muslims to resist America, and another aide said the attacks were because America supported Israel's occupation of Arab lands.