"This is a new sign of the Crusader hatred which Westerners harbour against Muslims while they boast of freedom, democracy and human rights," the voice, which sounded like previous audio tapes attributed to Zawahiri, said on the Dubai-based Al Arabiya. "France is the country of freedom which defends freedom to show the body, and to be immoral and depraved; in France you’re free to show yourself but not to dress modestly," Zawahri said. "This is a campaign planned by the Crusader Zionists with their agents in Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia and other Islamic countries," Zawahri said, in an attack on Muslim countries which have made moves to secularise their societies along Western lines.
Zawahri also cited Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, the US occupation of Iraq and detention of Muslims in Guantanamo Bay, where foreign terrorism suspects are held. "America has given itself the right to kill or detain anyone anywhere and to deport anyone to anywhere for any period, without anyone daring to ask why, who, where or until when," he said. "Atomic weapons are banned for everyone except Israel," he added, referring to US ally Israel’s presumed weapons arsenal. Banning the veil (in France) conforms with all these crimes and the moral and ideological hypocrisy of the Zio-Crusaders."
| Seems like al-Qaeda's given itself the right to kill or maim any one anywhere, without daring to ask why. What'd they think we were gonna do? Shoot a missile at one of their camps? |
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