In a new tape, Al - Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatens to kill citizens of France. He says it is in revenge for the killing of Muslim civilians in the war in Afghanistan and the recent law approved in France, which prohibits wearing the Muslim burqa - the traditional full body covering in public.
Bin Laden added that the kidnapping of five French nationals in Niger last month is a response to the "oppression of Muslims" by the French.