Purported Tape From Bin Laden Aide Urges More Attacks on Americans
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Alleged al-Qaida Tape Urges More Strikes By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD, Associated Press Writer
CAIRO, Egypt - The pan-Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera aired excerpts Wednesday of what it said was an audiotape of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s top lieutenant calling on Muslims to carry out attacks similar to those of Sept. 11, 2001, and criticizing Arab governments for close ties with the United States.
"Consider your 19 brothers who attacked America in Washington and New York with their planes as an example," a strong voice could be heard saying as the station showed a file photo of the lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, wearing a white turban.
The voice was similar to al-Zawahri's, based on previous audio- and videotapes attributed to the Egyptian militant. Al-Jazeera has in the past aired tapes of bin Laden, al-Zawahri and other figures in the al-Qaida terror organization.
Al-Jazeera said it would air the entire 3 1/2-minute tape later Wednesday. The station did not immediately say when or how it obtained the tape.
The whereabouts of al-Zawahri and bin Laden have been unclear since the U.S.-led war on Afghanistan (news - web sites) dislodged al-Qaida from that country. U.S. intelligence officials have cited a tape that appeared in November as an indication bin Laden survived heavy U.S. bombing of his Afghan hideout after the Sept. 11 attacks and probably is with al-Zawahri in the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
In the tape aired Wednesday, the speaker lashed out at Arab leaders for offering "airports and the facilities" to allied troops, an apparent reference to the U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites).
"Here is Saudi Arabia, where planes are launched from their airports, from its lands. Here is Kuwait, where the heavy armies march from its lands," the speaker said.
"Here is Qatar, where the command of the campaign is based there. Here is Bahrain, the command of the (U.S. Navy (news - web sites)) Fifth Fleet remains inside it. Here is Egypt, the marine ships pass through its canal. Here is Yemen, the crusader ships are provided with fuel. Here is Jordan, where the crusader troops are present, and the batteries of the Patriot missiles are erected there to protect Israel."
The last public statement attributed to al-Zawahri was in February, in an online militant newsletter. That statement called on Muslims to respond to oppression with violence.
The last audiotape purportedly from al-Zawahri surfaced in October 2002. A U.S. official said then that the tape, in which al-Zawahri threatens new attacks on the United States, appeared to have been recorded within weeks of its appearance and appeared to have been genuine.
CAIRO, Egypt - The pan-Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera aired excerpts Wednesday of what it said was an audiotape of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s top lieutenant calling on Muslims to carry out attacks similar to those of Sept. 11, 2001, and criticizing Arab governments for close ties with the United States.
"Consider your 19 brothers who attacked America in Washington and New York with their planes as an example," a strong voice could be heard saying as the station showed a file photo of the lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, wearing a white turban.
The voice was similar to al-Zawahri's, based on previous audio- and videotapes attributed to the Egyptian militant. Al-Jazeera has in the past aired tapes of bin Laden, al-Zawahri and other figures in the al-Qaida terror organization.
Al-Jazeera said it would air the entire 3 1/2-minute tape later Wednesday. The station did not immediately say when or how it obtained the tape.
The whereabouts of al-Zawahri and bin Laden have been unclear since the U.S.-led war on Afghanistan (news - web sites) dislodged al-Qaida from that country. U.S. intelligence officials have cited a tape that appeared in November as an indication bin Laden survived heavy U.S. bombing of his Afghan hideout after the Sept. 11 attacks and probably is with al-Zawahri in the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
In the tape aired Wednesday, the speaker lashed out at Arab leaders for offering "airports and the facilities" to allied troops, an apparent reference to the U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites).
"Here is Saudi Arabia, where planes are launched from their airports, from its lands. Here is Kuwait, where the heavy armies march from its lands," the speaker said.
"Here is Qatar, where the command of the campaign is based there. Here is Bahrain, the command of the (U.S. Navy (news - web sites)) Fifth Fleet remains inside it. Here is Egypt, the marine ships pass through its canal. Here is Yemen, the crusader ships are provided with fuel. Here is Jordan, where the crusader troops are present, and the batteries of the Patriot missiles are erected there to protect Israel."
The last public statement attributed to al-Zawahri was in February, in an online militant newsletter. That statement called on Muslims to respond to oppression with violence.
The last audiotape purportedly from al-Zawahri surfaced in October 2002. A U.S. official said then that the tape, in which al-Zawahri threatens new attacks on the United States, appeared to have been recorded within weeks of its appearance and appeared to have been genuine.
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