Bin Laden calls for long war against "infidels"

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden told Muslims to prepare for a long war against "infidels and their agents."

"We either live under the light of Islam or we die with dignity ... brace yourselves for a long war against the world's infidels and their agents," the militant leader said in an audio tape was posted on an Islamist website on Thursday.

Parts of the tape were aired on Wednesday in which he accused U.S. President Barack Obama of planting the seeds of hatred towards the United States among Muslims.

(Reporting by Inal Ersan; Editing by Daliah Merzaban)