Thursday, September 21, 2006

Al-Zawahiri's September 11 Video Hits Main Themes of al-Qaeda Doctrine / Terrorism Focus, Volume 3, Issue 36 (September 19, 2006)

http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370135
Michael Scheuer
"On the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, al-Qaeda's media production unit presented a 70-plus-minute videotape of an interview with second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri [1]. Unlike videos issued to commemorate earlier 9/11 anniversaries, al-Zawahiri's video was not dedicated solely or even primarily to the actions of those he calls the "blessed 19." Rather, the tape appears to be primarily directed toward Muslims and to serve as a summation of where the "defensive jihad" against the United States stands and where it is going."