Laden calls on Muslims to end Israeli Gaza blockade

Al- Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has called on Muslims to help lift the Israeli blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, in an audio message purportedly recorded by the Al-Qaeda chief and posted on the Internet. Bin Laden called on Muslims, especially those in Egypt, to work to break the "unjust blockade" on Gaza, which has resulted in "dozens of deaths." He also criticized the participation of some western leaders in recent celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the creation of Israel as "proof that (their) values of justice, freedom and humanism are mere slogans brandished about to trick the weak."