 Al Qaeda's deputy leader said in a videotape broadcast that governments could not stop its attacks and that the security of the West depended on respect for Islam and an end to aggression against Muslims. The leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, also said that the "new crusader campaign" would end in defeat. The tape was broadcast by the Arab television network Al Jazeera on Sunday, but it was not clear when it was made. Mr. Zawahiri said he was speaking three years after the first prisoners were taken from Afghanistan to the United States Naval base at Guantänamo Bay, Cuba. "If you Western nations believe that these cartoon governments will protect you from our responses then you are deluded," he said. "Your real security lies in cooperating with the Muslim nation on the basis of respect and ending aggression." |