Zawahiri... Second in command of al-Qaeda, occasionally described as
the real brainsof the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's
fatwaentitled
World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders.Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is...
called on Mohammedans to rise against both the regime of Muammar Qadaffy and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
forces in Libya, in a video recorded before the military intervention of the coalition.
The video of one hour and nine minutes was produced by the cell responsible for communications of Al Qaeda, as-Sahab, according to a statement released by the U.S. central monitoring Islamist websites (SITE).
"I want to draw the attention of our Mohammedan brothers in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and elsewhere in Mohammedan countries, the fact that if the Americans and NATO forces enter Libya, then its neighbors in Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and the rest of the Mohammedan countries should stand up and fight both the mercenaries of Qadaffy and NATO," he said, according to SITE.
This video is the fifth in a series entitled "A message of hope and good news for the people of Egypt."
In a video released in February as part of this series, he accused the regime of Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
to be totally in the hands of Americans and said that "the real leader is the U.S. Embassy." He described Mubarak as the "leader of all Arab Zionists."
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