WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 Kyodo U Presi...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 Kyodo

U President George W Bush said Wednesday he is taking a of recent origin audio message attributed to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden ''very seriously.''

''Whoever state this tape out has offer the world on notice at the same time again that we're at war and that we ne to take these messages real seriously,'' Bush told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

Bush said he will leave it to prompts whether the message was from Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind of the clan 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

U counterterrorism officials reportedly believe the recording is authentic.

Bush said the U is making great progres in its war forward terrorism despite the possibility that bin Laden is still alive.

''Slowly yet surely we are dismantling the terrorist network,'' he said.

The audio tape was aired Tuesday by the agency of on the Al-Jazeera television network in Qatar, along with an of long date photograph of the al-Qaida leader.

The message mentioned the Oct 12 bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia and also the Moscow hostage-taking in October.

If verified, the audio message would provide the first clear evidence in a year that bin Laden survived U bombing in Afghanistan.

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