More voices from beyond the grave...

Remember that post about the French nun who claims the dead Pope cured her of her disease? Here's another "miracle", a well known dead person making contact with France. Better call the Vatican...

Bin Laden says France will pay a 'high price' for its policies in Afghanistan

In a message specifically targeting France, al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden warned that Paris would pay a “high price” for its policies and that the fate of French hostages would depend on the pullout of French troops from “Muslim lands”, in a purported audiotape broadcast on Arabic news network Al Jazeera on Friday.

“We repeat the same message to you: The release of your prisoners in the hands of our brothers is linked to the withdrawal of your soldiers from our country," bin Laden said. "The refusal of your president [Nicolas Sarkozy] to withdraw from Afghanistan is the result of his obedience of America and this refusal is a green light to kill your prisoners,” he added.

French officials have not yet confirmed the authenticity of the tape. But in a statement released shortly after the broadcast the French foreign ministry said France was "determined" to keep troops in Afghanistan despite a threat from al Qaeda.

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http://www.france24.com/en/20110121-bin-laden-warns-france-hostages-pay-policies-muslim-lands-sarkozy-afghanistan-niger