A top Al Qaeda commander has called on Pakistanis to rise up against the Pakistani government where Taliban are fighting the army, according to a message on websites promoting extremism on Thursday.The 29-page article by Abu Yahya Al-Libi, who is thought to be in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was dated mid-March. Pakistan's army has been trying to fight back Al Qaeda's Taliban allies who have taken control of areas close to Islamabad. "Muslims in Pakistan, and especially their clerics, should prepare themselves and rise up to perform the duty ... of fighting the Pakistani army and the rest of the apparatus that are the pillars of their tyrannical state," Al-Libi wrote.
"The criminals in the Pakistani government and its army have not only been a cover for the occupying crusader infidels in Afghanistan, they have directly helped them in committing all their crimes in Afghanistan and elsewhere," he said.