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  It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the recording.

The speaker on the latest tape calls on Muslims ``not to wait any longer, otherwise, we will be devoured, one country after the other,'' according to Al-Jazeera.

``The youth must not wait for anyone and must begin resisting from now and learn a lesson from Iraq and Afghanistan and Chechnya.''

In addition to the United States and Britain, al-Zawahri singled out Australia, France, Poland, Norway, South Korea and Japan, saying they had all participated in occupying Afghanistan, Iraq or Chechnya and gave Israel the ``means of survival.''

An Al-Jazeera producer said the tape was ``supposedly received today,'' by usual means, which he refused to discuss. The station showed almost four minutes in two clips of a longer recording, and, as usual, was not planning to broadcast the tape in full.

The last message purportedly from al-Zawahri surfaced last month just prior to the third anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. In that videotape, a bearded al-Zawahri proclaimed the United States will be defeated in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The CIA determined with a high degree of confidence that the speaker in the previous message was al-Zawahri.

The U.S. government has offered up to $25 million for information leading to his killing or capture.

(Corrects in 1st graf that the call was for attacks on interests, sted forces; ADDS details; ADDS byline.)

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