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Karzai's desire for Taliban talks shows weakness: Zawahiri
Friday, November 28, 2008
WASHINGTON: The second-in-command of the Al-Qaeda terror network, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, said in a new internet video posted Thursday that Afghanistan's attempt to negotiate with the Taliban showed weakness.
The one hour, 20 minute video, posted on jihadist forums on November 27 and titled "Al-Azhar - The Lions' Den," was obtained by the US-based SITE.
In the video Zawahiri claims that the United States "is doomed to failure in Afghanistan and the tribal regions of Pakistan," a statement read.
"Zawahiri perceives Afghan President Hamid Karzai's attempt to negotiate with the Taliban as a sign of the government's weakness," according to SITE.
The Al-Qaeda number two also attacks Egypt for "being corrupt and not looking out for the interests of its people," and blasts the renown Cairo-based Al-Azhar Islamic schools "as having been corrupted and not following true Islam."
On Iraq, Zawahiri believes that US gains are temporary, claiming that Iraq's Shiite-majority administration will not accept the US-funded Sunni militias -- locally known as Sahwa, or Awakening -- into the government.
In the video Zawahiri "defends Al-Qaeda's reputation of killing innocent civilians in their attacks, maintaining that such disparaging reports are merely the propaganda of the West," SITE said.
"Furthermore, Zawahiri argues that the United States kills innocent civilians themselves when targeting mujahideen."
Zawahiri also claims that US economic weakness is due to the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States "and the wars it is waging against Muslims."
Friday, November 28, 2008
WASHINGTON: The second-in-command of the Al-Qaeda terror network, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, said in a new internet video posted Thursday that Afghanistan's attempt to negotiate with the Taliban showed weakness.
The one hour, 20 minute video, posted on jihadist forums on November 27 and titled "Al-Azhar - The Lions' Den," was obtained by the US-based SITE.
In the video Zawahiri claims that the United States "is doomed to failure in Afghanistan and the tribal regions of Pakistan," a statement read.
"Zawahiri perceives Afghan President Hamid Karzai's attempt to negotiate with the Taliban as a sign of the government's weakness," according to SITE.
The Al-Qaeda number two also attacks Egypt for "being corrupt and not looking out for the interests of its people," and blasts the renown Cairo-based Al-Azhar Islamic schools "as having been corrupted and not following true Islam."
On Iraq, Zawahiri believes that US gains are temporary, claiming that Iraq's Shiite-majority administration will not accept the US-funded Sunni militias -- locally known as Sahwa, or Awakening -- into the government.
In the video Zawahiri "defends Al-Qaeda's reputation of killing innocent civilians in their attacks, maintaining that such disparaging reports are merely the propaganda of the West," SITE said.
"Furthermore, Zawahiri argues that the United States kills innocent civilians themselves when targeting mujahideen."
Zawahiri also claims that US economic weakness is due to the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States "and the wars it is waging against Muslims."
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