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Ayman sez kill everybody
An audio tape purportedly released by Osama bin Laden's deputy urges young Muslims to get organised and go after the United States and its allies, according to comments aired by al-Jazeera TV. The station said the speaker on the tape was Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian-born surgeon and the closest aide to al-Qaeda terrorist group leader bin Laden. It was the second message purportedly from al-Zawahri to surface in less than a month. It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the recording, which surfaced hours after al-Qaeda was a major subject in the first US presidential debate ahead of November elections. How recently it had been taped could not be determined from the segments aired. In Washington, a US official said the US Central Intelligence Agency is aware of the tape and is looking at it.The voice sounded like past recordings of al-Zawahri, but it also made an unusual reference to the possibility al-Qaeda's top leaders are not be invincible. "You, youth of Islam, this is our message," he said. "If we die or are detained, continue the path after us, and don't betray God and his prophet, and don't knowingly betray the trust." The speaker's words came more quickly and energetically, sounding in general more upbeat than previous tapes believed to be from al-Zawahri. "The interests of the Americans, British, Australians, French, Polish, Norwegians, South Korean and Japanese are spread everywhere," the speaker said. "We must not wait more ... or we will be devoured one country after the other," the speaker said. "The youth must not wait for anyone and must begin resisting from now, and take experience and lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan and Chechnya," the speaker said. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-10-02 |
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