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Al-Qaida's new national hit list
An audiotape, allegedly from Al-Qaida's number two man Ayman al-Zawahiri, aired on Arab television station Al-Jazeera on Friday calling on Muslims to begin "resistance" against "occupation forces" in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. "American, English, Australian, French, Polish, Norwegian, South Korean and Japanese interests are everywhere. All of these nations took part in the occupation of Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya, or helped Israel to survive," the tape said. The recording of al-Zawahiri, which has yet to be authenticated, also focused on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. It said that defending Palestine is not a "political struggle" but rather a religious one. It's a death wish "Therefore, Muslims cannot abandon Palestine even if the entire world abandons it," the recording said. There is no indication of when or where the tape was recorded. Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-02 |
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