A CIA analysis has found that an audio tape broadcast this weekend is "likely" the voice of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a CIA official said on Monday.
"After conducting a technical analysis, the CIA's assessment is that it is likely bin Laden's voice," the CIA official said on condition on anonymity.
The Arabic television network Al Jazeera aired a tape on Sunday purporting to be from bin Laden in which he mentioned last month's arrest of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by US troops.