07-14-2007, 04:35 AM
Bin Laden's deputy calls for Pakistani uprising
Washington - Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has called on Pakistanis to rise up against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf following the storming of a mosque in Islamabad.
Al-Zawahiri, a native of Egypt, called the assault on the mosque a "despicable crime" and accused Musharraf of working on behalf of the "crusaders"- a reference to the West.
The videotape was translated by the IntelCenter, a firm near Washington which has provided recordings of al-Zawahiri in the past.
"This is a message of blinding clarity to the Muslims in Pakistan," the al-Qaeda deputy said. "This crime can only be washed away by repentance or blood."
Pakistani forces stormed the Red Mosque Tuesday after a weeks-long standoff with extremists who had taken control of the facility and demanded that the country be governed under Islamic law.
DPA
Washington - Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has called on Pakistanis to rise up against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf following the storming of a mosque in Islamabad.
Al-Zawahiri, a native of Egypt, called the assault on the mosque a "despicable crime" and accused Musharraf of working on behalf of the "crusaders"- a reference to the West.
The videotape was translated by the IntelCenter, a firm near Washington which has provided recordings of al-Zawahiri in the past.
"This is a message of blinding clarity to the Muslims in Pakistan," the al-Qaeda deputy said. "This crime can only be washed away by repentance or blood."
Pakistani forces stormed the Red Mosque Tuesday after a weeks-long standoff with extremists who had taken control of the facility and demanded that the country be governed under Islamic law.
DPA