Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Al-Zawahiri's New Video Calls on Muslims to Support the Mujahideen / Terrorism Focus, Volume 3, Issue 15 (April 18, 2006)

http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369963
Stephen Ulph
"On April 12, a video recording by the al-Sahab Islamic Productions Foundation appeared on the internet forums. Entitled 'From Tora Bora to Iraq,' it carried the date Shawwal 1426 (November 2005) and featured Ayman al-Zawahiri speaking in customary turban and robe with an automatic rifle behind his shoulder for half-an-hour (http://alsaha.fares.net). The high quality production - styled like a satellite news feature complete with moving tickertape messages - was put together soon after the October 23 earthquake that hit Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the tape, al-Zawahiri spends two-and-a-half minutes referring to the earthquake, highlighting how the 'Crusaders' are preventing the supply of aid from Muslim organizations reaching the victims "