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Zawahiri tape came from Pakistan
A new audiotape attributed to Osama bin Ladenâs second-in-command was received via telephone from Pakistan, Al-Jazeera television said on Monday. âAn anonymous caller from Pakistan contacted us to offer Ayman al-Zawahiriâs message,â said Al-Jazeera spokesman Jihad Ballout.
| "Mr. Ballout, I have an anonymous caller on line one..." |
âThe message was recorded by telephone and broadcast immediately,â he added. Rival Arabic channel Al-Arabiya also aired the same tape on Sunday night, but the Dubai-based news station refused to give any details about the tapeâs source.
| Recorded it off al-Jazeera's broadcast, did they? Tusk tusk... |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-09-30 |
