The Qatar-based Arabic news channel, Al Jazeera, announced receipt of the audio tape purportedly from Osama Bin Laden.  Portions were broadcast in which Bin Laden offers a "a long-term truce" to allow rebuilding of Afghanistan and 
Iraq while also making threats of "new attacks" against the United States.
Following are several excerpts from the tape.
In a White House press conference today, Press Secretary Scott McClellan showed no fear: "We are taking the fight to the enemy and we will find them where ever they are. Terrorists view democracy as a threat. We will not let up or stop until the job is done. We will win this war on terrorism. We do not negotiate with terrorists, we put them out of business. We're working to advance freedom and democracy. We will pursue those who seek to do harm."
The CIA ran voice analyzer tests on the tape against previous tapes and confirmed that the tape is authentic and that of Bin Laden's voice. 
This tape, says Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA's Bin Laden unit, "proves two things...he's not dead. And despite all the things we say about him being isolated and alone, he can clearly dominate the international media when he wants to."
Judith Yaphe, a former CIA Middle East analyst now at the National Defense University in Washington says, "He's saying that whatever measures we've taken, they have not affected him. He's got to reassure people that he's alive and well."
No conditions of the truce offering were present in the portion of the tape broadcast.
Al Jazeera also says that the tape was made during the Muslim holy month of December, in 2005.
U.S. officials also say the terror alert level will not be raised as of yet.
The Associated Press is also reporting that there is no unusual amounts of "chatter", which is what U.S. officials term as terrorist talk.
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Al Jazeera airs new Osama Bin Laden tape