The latest audio recording, attributed to Bin Laden, again attempts to justify al-Qaeda's September 11,2001, terror attack on the United States as being part of the group's quest for the liberation of Palestine.
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Still visible are the words Tawhid and Jihad, an al-Qaeda group, as well as promises of death to the disobedient.
The BBC's correspondent in Jakarta, Richard Galpin, says security experts believe this latest closure of the embassy may be the result of further intelligence reports indicating the presence of another al-Qaeda group inside the country.
The general's position as loyal ally in the fight against global terror was further cemented this week with the arrest in Pakistan of Abu Zubaydah, thought to be the third-ranking member of the al-Qaeda group.