In a copy of the recording provided by the US-based SITE Intelligence Group on Saturday, Bin Laden also accuses the media of not reporting on the tragedy effectively, said an Associated Press report.
Another report by Reuters said the audio message, entitled “Pauses with the Method of Relief Work,” was about 11 minutes long and was broadcast with a video showing still images of Bin Laden and images of natural disasters, the Islamist website used by Al-Qaeda said.
In his earlier recording, released Friday, Bin Laden called for the creation of a relief body to aid Muslims affected by natural disasters and wars.
Records of donations to Pakistan that have been published on the Internet show that the only Muslim nation among the top 10 donors was Saudi Arabia, whose donations in cash and relief goods was surpassed only by the United States.
The Kingdom has also sent teams of rescue and relief workers to help in the relief effort.
Bin Laden’s deputies have issued similar messages recently as a way to angrily criticize the government of Pakistan, where Bin Laden is believed to be hiding.
But the Al-Qaeda leader’s two messages on the floods have taken a softer tone in an apparent attempt to broaden the group’s appeal.
The message was Bin Laden’s first since March 25, when he threatened to execute any Americans taken prisoner by Al-Qaeda if accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was executed.
US soldiers and Afghan militia forces launched a large-scale assault on the Tora Bora mountains in 2001 after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States in pursuit of the Saudi-born Bin Laden.
But he has never been found and is believed to be hiding in the mountainous border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
