• E-mail
• Print
• Comment
• Font Size
• Digg
• del.icio.us
• Discuss article

al-Qaida No. 2 Al-Zawahri Issues Video

Posted on: Monday, 11 September 2006, 03:00 CDT

CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslims to step up their resistance against the U.S. in a video aired by CNN early Monday on the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The footage appeared to be new as al-Zawahri refers to Israel's bombardment of Lebanon this summer and the capture of Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah and militants in Gaza.

"Your leaders are hiding from you the true extent of the disaster," al-Zawahri says in the video. "And the days are pregnant and giving birth to new events, with Allah's permission and guidance."

The video could not be located by The Associated Press on any militant Web sites that normally carry messages and videos from al-Zawahri and other al-Qaida figures. As-Sahab, the terror network's media arm, posted notices late Sunday that the video would be posted shortly.

It was unclear where CNN got the tape. The network quoted a counterterrorism expert as saying the video had appeared on the Web site for As-Sahab, but the production company normally uses other Islamic Web sites to post its material.

The video appeared to be new. In it, al-Zawahri refers to Israel's bombardment of Lebanon this summer and the capture of Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah and militants in Gaza.

Source: Associated Press/AP Online

More News in this Category