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| Terrorism: Arab leaders on Al-Qaeda 'enemies' list |
| 2008-09-23 |
| (AKI) - By Hamza Boccolini - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are among several Arab leaders considered enemies of Al-Qaeda, according to a new video released by the terror network. Their names are included on a list of enemies in the video released by Al-Qaeda's production arm, al-Sahab, on the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, and leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, are also included on the list. The video, released by the Arab network, also focuses on relations between Al-Qaeda and other Islamist groups. After having accused Iran of complicity in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the number two of the group, Ayman al-Zawahiri, focused on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood for the first time. "While the muftis of Saudi Arabia ask the mujahadeen to fight and have dialogue with Jews and Christians and make Muslims accept the Jewish presence in the heart of the Islamic world, the leaders of the international organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood come to Kabul in American tanks talking about wanting to liberate it from the Taliban and agents of Pakistan," the video says. But the former Egyptian doctor has even harsher words for Iran. He accuses Tehran of driving the Islamic Afghan warlord, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is linked to Al-Qaeda, out of his own territory. Ahmadinejad is accused of taking part in the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2007 "recognising an organisation that includes countries like Israel and like Spain that occupies (the Spanish enclaves) of Ceuta and Melilla". The video accuses Iraq's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, of serving American interests and also attacks Lebanese Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Segments of the video had already been released and sent to Al-Jazeera on 8 September. The full 90-minute video was distributed on several Islamic web forums on Friday. Many analysts have questioned why for the first time Al-Qaeda was so late in releasing a video dedicated to 11 September. |
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