 CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- An Afghan warlord wanted by the United States said in a videotape broadcast Thursday that he and his followers want to support Osama bin Laden in battle. "We hope to participate with them in a battle that they lead. They hold the banner and we stand alongside them as supporters," Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said in the tape broadcast by the Al-Jazeera satellite network. | Hek, how ya doing? We've missed you |
The tape appeared less than two weeks after top Islamist militants, including bin Laden, issued messages in quick succession. Bin Laden, his No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri and the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, weighed in on the so-called war on Islam and the political and security situations in Iraq. Al-Jazeera did not say how it received the tape.
Hekmatyar wore a black turban and eyeglasses, and sported a long grayish-white beard. A rifle was propped up against the wall behind him. | Hopefully Hek will be propped against a wall real soon |
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