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| Terror Networks |
| Al-Qaeda calls for Pakistan coup |
| 2006-04-29 |
| For the third time this week, al-Qaeda has broadcast a message, this time from the so-called al-Qaeda second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri, aimed at Pakistan's US-friendly government. In a video posted on the internet, Zawahiri on Friday called for Pakistanis to topple their president and praised insurgents in Iraq, according to Cable News Network. Zawahiri, the right-hand man to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, declared that al-Qaeda operatives in Iraq have carried out "800 martyrdom operations in three years," which has "broken the back of America in Iraq," according to CNN. The connection to the Iraq branch of al-Qaeda, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has never been clear, but Zawahiri's words would seem to indicate cooperation. The 15-minute speech, called a "message to the people of Pakistan," called for Pakistanis to overthrow Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who the terrorist leader says is leading a "Zionist-Crusader assault" on Muslims. Zawahiri and bin Laden are believed to be hiding in the mountainous terrain between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The US-led international coalition that invaded Afghanistan has tried in vain for nearly five years to capture them. Musharraf's government has supported the war on terrorism, and has captured some of the world's most wanted suspects. Earlier this week, al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian leader of al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq, appeared in a video message on an Islamic internet site vowing to continue the battle against the "crusaders". The message was clearly aimed at the long-awaited formation of a unity government in Baghdad, announced late last week. Al-Zarqawi called Iraqi Sunnis working for the government or security forces "traitors". Al-Zarqawi's extremist group has claimed responsibility for some of the worst suicide bombings, as well as a series of kidnappings and beheadings in the aftermath of the 2003 US-led war in Iraq. In a videotape aired last Sunday, bin Laden charged that the West was waging a crusade against Islam by intervening in Sudan and boycotting the new Palestinian-elected Hamas government. After an analysis of the recording, United States intelligence officials said they believed the bin-Laden recording was "authentic." |
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