Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday the Iraq war had brought more trouble to the world and made the world more dangerous.

"(The world) is more dangerous ... because (the Iraq war) has aroused the passions of the Muslims more," Musharraf said in an interview with the CNN in Washington.

"(The war in Iraq) has complicated the war on terror ... it has made the job more difficult," Musharraf said, adding that the Iraq war "has ended up bringing more trouble to the world."

Musharraf said he was "reasonably sure" that Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader accused by the United States of being responsible for the Sept. 11 terror attacks, was still alive and hiding in remote eastern Afghanistan or western Pakistan.

"He has supporters there," Musharraf said.

The Pakistani president denied that the United States had been increasing pressure on Pakistan in recent months to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.

"There is absolutely no pressure ... It is a joint responsibility of the whole coalition, and also Pakistan, to eliminate terrorism from Pakistan," Musharraf said.

Musharraf, in the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly, has been a strong ally of the United States on the war against terrorism.

Source: Xinhua