Al-Qaeda vows revenge for bin Laden's death

Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden, and said in an online posting that it would continue to launch attacks on the West. The group said it would not deviate from the path of armed struggle and that bin Laden's blood "is more precious to us and to every Muslim to be wasted in vain". The statement was released on forums sympathetic to al-Qaeda and translated by the SITE monitoring service on Friday.

"It (bin Laden's blood) will remain, with permission from Allah the Almighty, a curse that chases the Americans and their agents, and goes after them inside and outside their countries,"al-Qaeda said. It was not clear what country the statement had been posted from. The message called upon Pakistan, where bin Laden was discovered, to "rise up and revolt to cleanse this shame that has been attached to them... and to clear their country from the filth of the Americans who spread corruption in it".