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| Ayman calls on all Muslims to give to Islamic charities for Pakistani quake |
| 2005-10-24 |
| Al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, urged Muslims in a video broadcast on Sunday to help Pakistan's earthquake victims even though its government was an "agent" of the United States. "I call on all Muslims and Islamic charity organizations in particular to go to Pakistan and give a helping hand to the victims there," a bespectacled Zawahri said in the tape aired on Al Jazeera. Wearing a white turban and seated beside an assault rifle, Zawahri denounced Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. "We all know that Musharraf's government is an agent of the United States but despite that I call on all Muslims to run to the help of their brothers in Pakistan," he said. "We all know the United States is against the activities of Islamic charities," said Zawahri, the Egyptian right-hand man of Osama bin Laden. he is wanted by Cairo for anti-government attacks. The tape appeared to have been recorded on October 9, as Zawahri said the earthquake had occurred the day before. U.S. intelligence was studying the videotape but results were not expected until later in the week, said an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the subject involved classified counterterrorism operations. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 I just don't understand this. How will giving money to groups that fund terrorists help with the earthquake? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-10-24 16:10 |
| #2 We all know he's got a special interest in the aid and relief effort in the PAK but couldn't bother much with the tsunami that hit the asian-pacific ummah ... how arab of him. |
| Posted by: AbuRatCatcherEl-Glutrappi 2005-10-24 08:15 |
| #1 so we can get a cut! |
| Posted by: Hupeans Snerert2476 2005-10-24 07:15 |