HRH Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, the Kingdom's Ambassador to the United States, in response to questions regarding Thursday's release of the bin Laden tape stated the following: "The tape displays the cruel and inhumane face of a murderous criminal who has no respect for the sanctity of human life or the principles of his faith. Bin Laden and those he mentions in his tape are deviants and renegades who do not represent the Islamic faith or the Saudi people. We reject and condemn in the strongest terms possible their attitudes and their actions. We hope that the perpetrators of this horrific crime will soon be brought to justice and severely punished."

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