The United States has voiced its concern to Qatar over the broadcast by the al-Jazeera satellite television channel of an alleged message from a senior al-Qaeda leader. US Secretary of State Colin Powell termed the broadcast unfortunate and said that giving air time to terrorists just heightened tensions. Al-Jazeera, which is based in Qatar, said the audio tape was the voice of Ayman al-Zawahri, a top aide to Osama bin Laden. The tape urged Muslims to strike at the embassies and commercial interests of the US, Britain, Australia and Norway. It was broadcast as the American military put its bases in the US on the highest possible alert amid fears of an imminent attack. Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network is believed to have been behind last week's suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia, in which dozens of people were killed.

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