AL-QAEDA'S deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a videotape broadcast overnight the terror group would continue to attack the US until Washington changed its policies toward the Muslim world. "We are a nation of patience and we will continue fighting you (US) until the last hour," Zawahri said in the excerpts of the tape aired on Arab television Al Jazeera. "Our final advice to America, although I know they will not heed it: You must choose between two methods in dealing with Muslims. Cooperate with them with respect and based on mutual interests or deal with them as free loot, robbed land and violated sanctity," he said.
| I think we should try that free loot option, myself... |
The latest video, in which Zawahri was wearing a white turban and sitting with an automatic rifle next to him, appeared to have been taped before the US presidential polls because he said it did not matter to al-Qaeda whether Americans chose President Bush or Democratic challenger John Kerry. |